The county Board of Supervisors indicated this week that they’ll launch a probe into the DA’s controversial DNA collection program.
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, Top Stories, Tustin
Most OC Supervisors Taking a Hard Line on Pot Businesses
Starting next year, it will be legal to sell recreational marijuana in California. But local governments will have a lot of say in where the shops can operate, and the majority on the county Board of Supervisors seem to favor heavy restrictions.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Issue of the Year: OC’s Fight Against Homelessness
While many challenges remain, 2016 will go down as a year in which Orange County officials finally began to address one of the county’s most shameful realities — its ever-increasing homeless population.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Holding the Powerful Accountable in 2016
In 2016, Voice of OC delved into how corporations spend to influence public policy, the ways in which politicians pull the levers of government to stay in power, and how they use their public offices for private gain.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Government, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
Drama on the Dais as Supervisors Narrowly Reject Development Plan
The personality conflicts that often bubble just under the surface on the county Board of Supervisors spilled onto the public dais Tuesday as supervisors considered plans for a controversial development in Yorba Linda.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Why Did Andrew Do Reject a Popular Crime Prevention Program?
The county supervisor shot down a state-funded pilot program that would have brought social workers into the public defender’s office to help with prisoner re-entry. Elsewhere, similar programs have been found to be hugely successful.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
New Restrictions on Public Comments Stir Debate at OC Supervisors’ Meetings
While the citizens of Orange County were casting ballots on Election Day, the county’s elected Board of Supervisors voted to restrict how often and how long people can speak at public meetings.
Posted inCountywide, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Transportation, Westminster
County Supervisor Andrew Do Wins Re-Election
The last Election Day update from the county Registrar of Voters shows Do winning 53 percent to 47 percent over his Democratic opponent, Michele Martinez.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Correa Beats Nguyen in Race for Sanchez’s U.S. House Seat
Lou Correa Tuesday easily won his battle against Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen for the congressional seat vacated by Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Records Indicate Voter Data Was Used to Target Do’s Taxpayer-Funded Mailers
Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do’s office spent over $240,000 in taxpayer money on a stream of mass mailers. Now it appears that many of the mailers were targeted based on powerful voter databases normally used by political campaigns.
