The $2 million contract, for marketing vaccines and the county’s Covid-19 response, says the budget, work plan and schedule will be figured out later.
Tag: Carolyn Cavecche
Posted inGovernment
After Public Outcry Over Secrecy, County of Orange Changes Approach, Says it Will Start Publicizing All Planned Covid Contracts Before Approval
It comes after a public backlash to the county’s top official criticizing Voice of OC record requests for $220 million in secretly-approved coronavirus contracts that were never posted on public agendas.
Posted inCountywide
OC Leaders Secretly Approved Over $200 Million in Covid Contracts; Voice of OC is Getting the Public a Peek at Where it Went
While county supervisors have gotten monthly lists of such contracts, the public has not – until now.
Posted inCountywide
Top OC Official Complains About Public Records Requests for Secretly-Approved Covid Contracts
Andrew Do, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, says reporters are asking too many questions and requesting too many public records.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
OC’s New Auditor-Controller Could be Former County Exec Frank Davies
Orange County is looking to replace its top fiscal watchdog, Auditor Controller Eric Woolery, who died suddenly in August, with a former longtime employee at the agency he ran.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Battle Intensifies for Control of OC’s Health Care Plan for Low Income Residents
CalOptima provides health care for nearly 800,000 disabled, elderly and low-income Orange County residents. County supervisors are moving to expand their power on its board of directors, but state legislators are moving to block that effort.
Posted inAnaheim
Disney Breaking Its Own Campaign Spending Records
In what some say is an all-out effort to save the Anaheim City Council majority, the megaresort has so far doubled what it spent in 2012.
Posted inGovernment, Transportation
OCTA Unfriendly to High-Speed Rail
One after another, board members tell high-speed rail official that they don’t trust cost estimates for the bullet train program.
Posted inFullerton, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
Fullerton Might Get OCTA’s Help to Fund Rail Crossings
The city lost nearly $8.5 million for the project when Gov.
Jerry Brown eliminated redevelopment.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Transportation
OCTA Board Members Take New Expense Policy for a Test Run
New rules allow for reimbursement at IRS rate with less
documentation.
