OC Board of Education Releases Previously Silenced Comments on Starting School Without Masks
OC Schools During Coronavirus
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The first tally of emails offers a stark contrast in public opinion to the majority of speakers opposing masks.
OC Approves New Policy to Immediately Destroy Public Records
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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The policy change comes after a judge found the county failed to cite a valid legal justification to destroy records before two years. ACLU lawyers say the new policy goes against the court ruling, while county officials say it’s entirely legal.
OC Proposes New Policy to Destroy Public Records Before 2 Years
public records
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A new policy, up for approval Tuesday, comes on the heels of a court ruling and order this summer tossing out the county’s previous reason for destroying records before two years.
County Asks Court to Let It Keep Deleting Texts About Government Business
Countywide
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County officials are trying “to circumvent California Supreme Court precedent regarding the preservation of text messages,” the ACLU told the court in response. County officials declined to respond to questions about their proposed order.
Despite Ruling, County Won’t Say If It Will Stop Immediately Destroying Public Records
California Public Records Act
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OC officials may have found a way to continue to immediately destroy many public records of their government communications, despite a court ruling that it’s probably illegal to do so.
Judge Rules Against OC’s Immediate Destruction of Public Records
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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Orange County officials likely are breaking the law with a policy allowing immediate destruction of public records and another rule banning public commenters from asking questions of county supervisors or addressing supervisors by name unless they have permission, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Hears Arguments on Immediate Destruction of County Public Records
County Government
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ACLU lawyers say the county has a host of illegal and unconstitutional policies and practices that stifle public information and debate. A judge now will decide if officials are breaking the law and whether to block their policies.
Supervisors Order Destruction of Campaign Money Enforcement Emails
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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Government emails and text messages about enforcement of Orange County’s campaign finance laws will be destroyed two years after they’re sent or received, under a policy county supervisors approved Tuesday.
San Clemente Fights Toll Road Agency Over Public Records
Orange County Toll Roads
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San Clemente claimed the Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA), which manages toll roads in Orange County, illegally withheld public records, including payments totaling millions of dollars to lobbyists and public relation firms.
County Government in 2017: Public Records Destruction, Contractors and Public Speaking Limits
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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Orange County’s five elected supervisors preside over $6 billion in public spending and pressing issues like homelessness, mental health and drug treatment, and how to balance spending between those programs and county jails, the Sheriff’s Department, and District Attorney’s Office.