The city this month filed a formal rejection to a recent grand jury report that harshly criticized the city’s scheme for financing the convention center expansion. Mayor Tom Tait agrees with the grand jury and refused to sign the city’s rebuttal.
Tag: City of Bell
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Keeping City Hall Accountable: Reflections on the Bell Scandal
The challenge of keeping city hall accountable was on display Thursday at a Chapman University conference examining the transformation of Bell, a working-class suburb of LA that was upended after a 2010 Los Angeles Times article reported the criminally excessive pay of its top officials.
Posted inUncategorized
Moodian: Bell Disaster Has the Ingredients of What Can Save Southern California
Voice of OC Community Columnist Mike Moodian delves into how it took a Latino and Lebanese American coalition—two groups that lived among each other but previously had minimal interaction—to help save democracy in Bell.
Posted inCountywide, Education, Top Stories, Transportation
State Controller: School Districts Should Release Salary Data
Local school officials cite formatting issues as a stumbling block to providing information. State officials say they can solve those problems.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Anaheim Mayor Demands Retraction From Councilwoman
Mayor Tom Tait says an opinion article by Councilwoman Kris Murray falsely accuses him of pushing the city to break a state law.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa Drops Auditing Firm
The decision comes after Mayer Hoffman McCann agreed to a $300,000 fine over charges that it mishandled its reviews of the city of Bell.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Toll Road Agencies Refused to Disclose Salary Information
The agencies reversed their position after questions from Voice of OC and declared they would send the information to the state within 24 hours.
Posted inBuena Park, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Top Stories
There’s More Than One Way to Draft a City Charter
The most recent controversy in Costa Mesa is over whether the
city should form a commission to draft a proposed city charter or
leave it in the hands of the City Council.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Outsourcing’s Effect On Government Transparency
The California Public Records Act does not cover private
companies. This becomes a problem when a city outsources its
services, open-government advocates say.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Transportation
OCTA Auditor Leaving for Job at Credit Union
One of her last acts will be to advise the transportation agency
on whether to retain the outside auditors that advised
scandal-plagued Bell.
