Orange County officials have a federal judge’s green light to clear out the county’s largest homeless encampment starting next Tuesday, but only if they provide an alternative bed for each of the estimated 400-plus people at the Santa Ana River encampment.
Tag: Andrew Do
Andrew Do served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and is now imprisoned for corruption. This archive follows the whole arc: the nonprofit contracts, the federal case, the guilty plea, his resignation and the forensic audits still finding questionable spending.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Steel Criticized By Other Supervisors for Taxpayer Mailers Featuring Herself and Rackauckas
“This was a campaign mailer, plain and simple,” said Supervisor Todd Spitzer. He and supervisors Shawn Nelson and Lisa Bartlett criticized Supervisor Michelle Steel’s handling of the invitations, which featured herself and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and were sent to 16,000 voters at county taxpayer expense, even though the event only could handle 50 people.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Lawsuit Claims Auditor-Controller Had County Staff Drive His Kids To School
Orange County’s top watchdog of public dollars, Eric Woolery, is accused by a former employee of having government employees drive his young children to school and other activities during work hours and babysit them at the office.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Quietly Deleted Plan to End Homelessness From Goals
The now-removed plan had emphasized expanding the affordable housing supply for homeless people as a “top priority.” The supervisors also consolidated their power over the commission, removing all current members and changing the selection rules so supervisors now will pick all of the commissioners who have voting power.
Posted inCanyons, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff’s vs. Fire Authority Helicopter Rescue Battle Heats Up
County Supervisors, who are responsible for defining who responds to which type of search and rescue incident, said it wasn’t their job to fix the dispute – which reportedly has led to near-collisions between rescue helicopters. Supervisors instead pointed to other agencies to resolve the issue.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Andrew Do is Chosen as OC Supervisors’ Chairman for 2018
Do takes over as chair as the county grapples with issues like growing homelessness, gaps in mental health services, and being shortchanged in tax revenues by Sacramento to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Supervisors Criticized for Plan to Push Hundreds of Homeless People From Riverbed to Cities
Orange County supervisors are facing criticism over their plan to require hundreds of homeless people to leave an encampment along the Santa Ana River by Jan. 22 without a place for most of them to go – a move one county supervisor said would push a large number of homeless people into cities like Anaheim.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homelessness in the OC: 2017 Year in Review
Homelessness is growing to record levels in Orange County and elsewhere in the country, with more and more county residents struggling to afford rising housing costs and ending up on the streets.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Mental Health Reform Suggestions Get Muted Reception From OC Supervisors
The recommendations are aimed at diverting mentally ill people from jails into treatment, which county officials say would improve public safety by reducing crime, while also saving taxpayer dollars.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
County Buying Building for Mental Health Services Along Santa Ana River
The proposed center – next to a freeway, office buildings, and the Santa Ana River – is seen by advocates and officials as a major step toward addressing a severe shortage of mental health services.
