Mayors Seek State Audit of OC Homeless and Mental Health Money
Housing & Homelessness
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The announcement came as county and city officials said the county is working on a proposal for adding shelters at three yet-to-be-named locations.
State Auditors Find Problems With How Santa Ana Police Handle Gang Database
Immigration
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A review of 25 people entered into the CalGang system by Santa Ana police showed that three were in the database without adequate justification. This could mean that hundreds across Orange County could be wrongfully entered.
Supervisors Approve Payment to HUD for Faulty Home Inspections
County Government
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Federal authorities demanded $270,000 in reimbursements after an audit found the county failed to properly inspect federally subsidized housing.
Supervisors Bring Dana Point Harbor Back Under Park Dept. Control
County Government
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The supervisors’ action, which came at the request of county CEO Frank Kim, follows a highly critical audit of the harbor and the resignation of Harbor Director Brad Gross.
Dana Point Harbor Chief Quits Following Critical Audit
County Government
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Dana Point Harbor Director Brad Gross retired Thursday following an audit that determined the county-owned Dana Point Marina Inn handed out steep discounts to high-level harbor and Dana Point city workers for hundreds of room nights.
Transportation Authority Will Likely Seek Refunds for Santa Ana’s Senior Junkets
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The decision by a Transportation Authority board committee stems from the city’s spending of taxpayer money to take local senior citizens on gambling trips and winery tours.
Santa Ana Used Taxpayer Money to Take Seniors on Gambling Junkets
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Trips to casinos and wineries were some of the destinations that Santa Ana city officials improperly allowed under a public transportation service for seniors, according to a review by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Audit: DA Deficient in Training and Oversight of Major Cases
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A review, sparked by revelations of prosecutorial misconduct involving a jailhouse informants system, found the office is significantly behind other local counties in the level of training provided to prosecutors.
Questions Continue to Dog Great Park Auditors
Great Park
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Lost amid the attention grabbing findings of a scathing Great Park audit report was the fact that some of the most sensational earlier findings were officially withdrawn or replaced. A state investigation into the firm’s actions remains ongoing.
Lawmakers Say No to State Investigation of Great Park Audits
Great Park
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A request by a San Diego assemblywoman for an investigation into the multiple audits done on Irvine’s Great Park did not make it though a legislative audit committee.