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Voice of OC filed suit after county officials refused to release records regarding officials’ actions leading up to Carlos Bustamante’s arrest on sex crimes. The open-government advocacy group Californians Aware has joined the suit.
Garden Grove officials are struggling to contain rumors that Mayor Bruce Broadwater’s son could be hired as a firefighter despite having been found unqualified for the position.
The governor and state Senate Democrats have abandoned an effort to gut the law that provides public’s access to government records.
State residents are being urged to call Gov. Jerry Brown and ask him to veto sections of two bills that would gut the law.
Many cities hold several study sessions during budget season, but Garden Grove gives its residents just five days to review its plan.
Orange County school districts have kept secret hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills they racked up fighting families of children seeking special education services.
The work of a reporter, an assemblyman and some sneaky officials led to the passage of the Ralph M. Brown Act 60 years ago.
Voice of OC requested under the California Public Records Act legal bills for special education lawsuits from several Orange County school districts. Some complied, some didn’t.
Among other allegations, the letter accuses Supervisor Pat Bates of trying to change a sex offender ordinance to help a friend.
Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis alleges a host of improprieties by officials, including supervisors Janet Nguyen and Pat Bates.