Two supervisors claimed Sacramento is using misleading statistics to justify a shift of prisoner parole and probation responsibilities to counties. Orange County appears to be the only large county in California to withhold the data.
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 inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Advocate Shuts Down OC Supervisors’ Meeting Over Children in Riverbed
Mohammed Aly refused to stop speaking when his three minutes were up. A sheriff’s deputy threatened to arrest a Voice of OC reporter who was filming Aly and sheriff’s officers when everyone was ordered to leave the board room.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Supervisors Increase Their Influence Over County Contractors
Under new rules, county contractors will get shorter terms for their agreements and must return more often to the Board of Supervisors for approval of extensions.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Complaint to FAA: Campaign Contribs Caused “Bias” by OC Sups on Airport Contract
Signature Flight Support alleges supervisors were biased toward their campaign donors and violated federal rules in awarding a major lease at John Wayne Airport to the fifth-ranked bidder.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Supervisor Andrew Do Loses Bid for CalOptima Chair
Do suggested his “ethnicity” had a role in opposition to him, saying the board’s vice chairman unfairly compared him to his former boss, Janet Nguyen.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Transportation
Housing Shortage is Threatening Orange County’s Middle Class, Researchers Warn
There’s a serious risk of the county eventually becoming an economy of low-wage “servants” and wealthy homeowners, unless there’s a stronger focus on expanding the housing supply, according to Chapman University researchers who are advising county officials.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Approve Funding for New Mental Health Crisis Facility
The county Board of Supervisors this week approved plans to open a facility in Garden Grove that will treat patients, including children, who are experiencing mental health crisis. Scheduled to open in December, the facility will address the county’s acute shortage of psychiatric beds.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisor Do Wants to Lead CalOptima Board
Supervisor Andrew Do says he is in “an ideal position” to lead county’s $3.4 billion healthcare plan for the county’s low-income, disabled and elderly residents as it continues to deal with past problems and confronts the promised Obamacare repeal.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Deal for New County Law Enforcement Watchdog Nixed
A plan by Orange County supervisors to hire a former state prosecutor to be the director of the county’s Office of Independent Review has been scuttled. Supervisors apparently jumped gun on announcing the deal, and now are back to square one in their search.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Hammer John Wayne Airport Staff Over Major Contracts
Supervisors lambasted top airport officials for what they consider poor management of lucrative airport contracts for private plane services, and then rejected the staff recommendation for a big contract.
