Transparency concerns about how Orange County supervisors spend COVID bailout money continues, with Supervisor Doug Chaffee getting to distribute nearly $10 million to unnamed organizations.
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Posted inGovernment
Orange County Taxpayers Keep Paying Millions for Costly Computer Glitches, Year After Year
When county computer vendors don’t deliver as promised, who foots the bill? Taxpayers.
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Do OC Residents Deserve More Transparency On COVID-19 Bailout Spending?
Some cities have detailed their spending plans, while others can’t quite say where the federal money has gone. Meanwhile, the county hasn’t detailed how its departments spent the money.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Flush With Federal COVID Cash, OC Plans Major Spending on 2nd Mental Health Campus
County officials haven’t said much publicly about plans for a $75 million health operations center and $40 million mental health campus that’s slated to be built at the Great Park in Irvine.
Posted inEducation
OC Homeowners to See School Bond Tax Changes; Some Will Pay More, Others Less
There’s a wide range in what districts charge taxpayers for school bonds – with one charging 10 times as much as another.
Posted inGovernment
Here’s How HB City Council Plans to Spend About $30 million in Federal Covid Funds
Money is being allocated to 18 different projects, including a skatepark, and improvements to city facilities.
Posted inGovernment
How Are OC Cities and the County Supposed to Spend COVID Bailout Money?
While some cities have started spending, most are waiting for the final federal guidelines on what they can use the money for.
Posted inGovernment
Taxpayer Groups Demand Transparency on How OC Spends Hundreds of Millions in COVID Money
Over the past year, Orange County officials have spent massive amounts of federal coronavirus recovery dollars – all without a public presentation about where it’s all gone so far.
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Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
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Who Really Decides How Tax Dollars Are Spent in Orange County?
OC supervisors took up the $8 billion draft budget and moved to approve it without much public debate or changes – prompting the question: Who really decides priorities?
