Supervisor Todd Spitzer is proposing the county pay Irvine Councilman Jeffrey Lalloway $190,000 to be his policy advisor, which is potentially controversial given that Irvine and the county often have opposing interests.
Tag: conflict of interest
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Mayor’s Relationship With Restaurateurs Remains Opaque
In May, Mayor Miguel Pulido curiously recused himself from a routine vote on a permits for the local restaurant chain Mariscos Hector. But despite many social media accounts of the mayor’s relationship with the chain’s front man, his public disclosures show nothing.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Rancho Santiago Community College District Adopts Gift Ban
The ban follows a Voice of OC series that revealed lavish gifts given to a high-level district official by district contractors. District trustees say the ban is a model for other community college districts to follow.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
The Drama Continues Over Irvine Councilwoman’s Consulting Work
Council members battled over whether they should release the city attorney’s legal opinion on Councilwoman Christina Shea’s controversial, and perhaps illegal, consulting work for KIA Motors America. The council ultimately chose not to release the opinion.
Posted inCountywide, Dana Point, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Audit Finds Abuse of Discount Program at County-Owned Hotel
High-level employees of Dana Point Harbor and the city of Dana Point took advantage of a poorly documented employee discount program for room stays that had no approval or oversight from the Board of Supervisors.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Conflict of Interest Allegations Dog San Juan Planning Commissioner
Planning Commissioner Rob Williams is facing possible ouster because he’s refused recuse himself from voting on a hotel development owned by Hollywood producer Steve Oedekerk. Williams has financial ties to a competing project.
Posted inSanta Ana
Ethics Pledge Flap Is Latest Chapter in Santa Ana City Hall Drama
City Manager David Cavazos said he felt “jumped” when asked him to sign an ethics pledge that other city managers had not been asked to sign. It all relates to an investigation into Cavozos’ relationship with a city employee.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Conflict Allegations Dog San Juan Capistrano’s Water Warrior
Councilman John Perry has been hailed for suing San Juan Capistrano over its water rates. But his vote to award hundreds of thousands of dollars to a law firm in the case that made payments to him may have crossed ethical and legal lines.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
State Political Watchdog Investigating Irvine Councilwoman
The Fair Political Practices Commission’s investigation of Councilwoman Christina Shea follows a Voice of OC article about Shea’s attempts to fast-track construction plans at City Hall for her consulting client, KIA Motors.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Supervisors to Consider Another Remake of CalOptima Board
Proposed changes include reducing the size of the board and allowing spending requests and other issues to be approved by less than a majority of the full board.
