The drawn out and controversial process ends with the supervisors increasing Care Ambulance’s dominance of ambulance service in Orange County.
Tag: Care ambulance service
Posted inCorrections, Government, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors to Revisit Controversial Ambulance Contracts
The process for awarding the contracts, which cover about 800,000 people in 19 cities, has been drawn out.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors Seek Another Delay in Picking Ambulance Firms
The already drawn out and controversial process to choose which private ambulance contractors will serve more than half of Orange County’s cities hit more snags on Tuesday.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
County Poised to Put Care Ambulance in Driver’s Seat for 911 Transports
Orange County officials are preparing to award contracts to Care Ambulance Service that would increase its position as the dominant player among the county’s private ambulance services.
Posted inYorba Linda
Yorba Linda Council Wrestling With Ethics Ordinance
A four-year-old city ethics ordinance is being misused by political foes of council members, the targeted officials argue
Posted inBuena Park, Countywide, Fullerton, Top Stories, Transportation
State Says OC Cities Must Put Ambulance Contracts Out to Bid
State law requires Anaheim, Fullerton and Buena Park to bid out contracts that are now held exclusively by one firm. Some are worried that the process might attract shady operators.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service
For the first time, private paramedics were deployed last week in Orange County to transfer patients between health facilities.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster
Ambulance Company Raises Concerns in Both OC and LA
Records of spotty performance and murky ownership have fire department officials worried about the Huntington Beach-based Shoreline Ambulance Corp.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana, Jr.
Councilwoman’s Votes Involve Donors to Her Charity
Anaheim’s Lorri Galloway has repeatedly cast votes on matters involving donors to Eli Home, the charity that employs both her and her husband. Good-government experts say the donations are examples of a frequently used loophole in campaign finance laws.
