A San Diego-based attorney alleges that four council members had illegal conflicts of interest when they approved a $158-million hotel subsidy.
Tag: conflict of interest
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
CalOptima Board Shows Confusion Over Conflicts of Interest
After unanimously re-electing officers, the board has a hard time determining who should abstain from votes due to conflict of interest concerns.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Controversial Legal Defense Expected for UCI Ex-Professor
Lawyers are likely to argue that engineering professor Tatsuya Suda cannot be prosecuted for taking illegal payments because the UC system is a sovereign entity.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Ex-UCI Scientist Faces Unprecedented Criminal Charges
Tatsuya Suda, who until January had been a member of the UC Irvine faculty for more than 25 years, has been charged with six felony counts.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Investigative, Politics & Elections
Anaheim Negotiating With City Council Candidate’s Firm
City officials are considering Hill International, which employs candidate Steve Chavez Lodge, for an environmental review contract.
Posted inAnaheim
Wingenroth Unanimously Appointed Anaheim City Manager
Council members who had criticized him while interim city manager join in the general atmosphere of praise.
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.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
Supervisors Send CalOptima Charges to Grand Jury
An anonymous letter circulated last month made unsubstantiated conflict-of-interest claims against CalOptima’s board chairman.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Norberto Santana Jr.
A Dust-Up on the Costa Mesa Sanitation District Board
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District board’s majority will ask the state attorney general’s office to file a lawsuit to unseat fellow board member Jim Fitzpatrick.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Water Official’s Votes Raise Conflict of Interest Questions
John Foley, a longtime board member at the Metropolitan Water District, cast votes on contracts for engineering firms that paid his wife as a consultant.
