The annual number of homeless deaths in the county, largely driven by overdoses, have skyrocketed since 2005, even as estimates of the overall homeless population have gone down.
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, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Debate Proposed Changes to CalOptima Board
Proposed changes to the health plan for over 700,000 poor and disabled residents include a guaranteed seat for the First District supervisor and allowing spending requests to be approved by less than a majority of the board.
Posted inGovernment, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
County Continues to Draw Criticism for Homeless Shelter Delays
Officials were supposed to bring a shelter beds contract to county supervisors today, but nothing is on the agenda.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Supervisors to Consider Another Remake of CalOptima Board
Proposed changes include reducing the size of the board and allowing spending requests and other issues to be approved by less than a majority of the full board.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
County Bus Contractor Grilled Over Poor Service
Supervisor Andrew Do, who is also a board director at the Orange County Transportation Authority, had harsh words for the agency’s private contractor.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Do Pushes to Fast-Track Bus Terminal Purchase for Temporary Homeless Shelter
With more El Niño storms coming, Supervisor Andrew Do wants to shorten the 90-day escrow period so the structure can provide shelter to homeless people sooner rather than later.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisors Wrangle Over Cost of Ethics Commission Proposal
As voters gear up to decide on an ethics commission proposal in June, county supervisors are wrangling over how much the commission will cost and how to present that to voters.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: 2016 Promises to be a Year of Fresh Starts for County Government
It will be up to supervisors and other county officials to hammer out the details on last year’s policy progress, which includes such things as worker relations, homelessness, animal shelters and ethics reform.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Norberto Santana Jr., Transportation
Santana: OC Supervisors Offer Hope for Homeless This Holiday Season
Voice of OC’s publisher congratulates county supervisors for stepping up to the challenge and purchasing an abandoned bus terminal for homeless services just before winter sets in.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories, Tustin
Supervisors Scrap Controversial Housing Project in North Tustin
It was a major turn in a years-long development battle, with a split Board of Supervisors narrowly voting to kill the proposed senior housing project by the Catholic Church.
