Meetings of the statewide redistricting panel have drawn
hundreds. But meetings at the county level can’t draw two
dozen.
When officials at the county agency needed someone to conduct an
“independent” audit of a $12-billion transportation improvement
program, they chose a group that included the father of their
financial manager.
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Miguel Pulido received payments from green energy entrepreneur
who led the city of Anaheim into a failed partnership and has been
described in lawsuits as a scam artist.
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In 2009, Gary Monahan helped steer a towing contract to a
company whose owners have ties to his bar.
Supervisors will take one more stab at honing a law that, as
written, exempts most nonprofit organizations, which the state
lobbying ordinance does not do.
The loss of more than 13,000 residents over the past decade
dropped the city from ninth to 11th-largest in the state.
The city’s ordinance that dictates how markets have to corral
their carts benefits a company owned by R.J. Brandes, a wealthy
local business man and a Pulido client for many years.
Good government experts say it would be wrong for the Santa Ana
mayor to use his position to benefit financially from the sale of
state properties.
David Ream’s contract with the city includes a golden parachute
clause that guarantees him a lump sum payout worth at least two
years’ salary. It could go even higher to $786,816.
Two grassroots ballot initiatives — one on parking and one on open governance — might make the November ballot in Brea.
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