Orange County’s 16 water and sewer districts should also be consolidated into no more than six regional districts, according to first 2011-2012 grand jury report.
Tag: County Government
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
Old Battles Revive on Fair Board
Monthly meeting features skirmishes on citizens oversight committee, California attorney general representation and fairground’s equestrian center.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Bus Users Grateful Despite Longer Rides and Reduced Service
Survey shows vast majority of Orange County riders are happy with the service largely because buses are clean and safe.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
CalOptima Chairman Sends Own Letter to Political Watchdog
Ed Kacic says the letter sent by supervisors to the FPPC was incomplete and inaccurate.
Posted inGovernment, Orange
Does Orange County Want to Dig Another Hole for Itself?
Supervisors are contemplating whether to order digging up a flood control basin in Orange that the county filled in more than a dozen years ago.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
OCTA Delays Final Decision on the ‘Phantom’ Bridge
A consensus couldn’t be reached to kill the 19th Street Bridge project in Costa Mesa because many board members had left the lengthy meeting by the time the issue came up.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Staff Living in Office Limbo
Orange County supervisors delay a lease for the district attorney, hoping to find cheaper office space for prosecutors and investigators.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Anonymous Charges Against CalOptima Leader Go to FPPC
Orange County officials add to the controversy by sending the accusations to the state’s political watchdog without explaining their context.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisor: ‘Just Be Honest’ About High-Speed Rail Project
Shawn Nelson, whose district includes Anaheim where the bullet trains might stop, says only consultants and other “roadies” stand to benefit from the $68-billion program.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Might Change Auditor to Appointed Position
They are scrambling to fill the office as it faces a $73-million lawsuit from Sacramento.
