Council members have not provided examples of alleged misspending, and county officials say they’re open to working with city officials on any concerns they may have.
Tag: County Government
Posted inCanyons, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff’s vs. Fire Authority Helicopter Rescue Battle Heats Up
County Supervisors, who are responsible for defining who responds to which type of search and rescue incident, said it wasn’t their job to fix the dispute – which reportedly has led to near-collisions between rescue helicopters. Supervisors instead pointed to other agencies to resolve the issue.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Uncertainty as County Prepares to Evict Hundreds of Homeless from Riverbed Camp
County officials plan to start evicting over 400 homeless people Monday from a strip of land next to the Santa Ana River amid a shortage of shelter beds, which is expected to prompt homeless people to relocate into the surrounding cities of Anaheim and Orange.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Andrew Do is Chosen as OC Supervisors’ Chairman for 2018
Do takes over as chair as the county grapples with issues like growing homelessness, gaps in mental health services, and being shortchanged in tax revenues by Sacramento to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Supervisors Criticized for Plan to Push Hundreds of Homeless People From Riverbed to Cities
Orange County supervisors are facing criticism over their plan to require hundreds of homeless people to leave an encampment along the Santa Ana River by Jan. 22 without a place for most of them to go – a move one county supervisor said would push a large number of homeless people into cities like Anaheim.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
County Government in 2017: Public Records Destruction, Contractors and Public Speaking Limits
Orange County’s five elected supervisors preside over $6 billion in public spending and pressing issues like homelessness, mental health and drug treatment, and how to balance spending between those programs and county jails, the Sheriff’s Department, and District Attorney’s Office.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff’s Department and DA’s Office the Focus of 2017’s Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
In 2017, with federal and state investigations underway, the spotlight turned to the Sheriff’s Department and why it took years for the department to turn over key evidence related to informants.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homelessness in the OC: 2017 Year in Review
Homelessness is growing to record levels in Orange County and elsewhere in the country, with more and more county residents struggling to afford rising housing costs and ending up on the streets.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
Toll Road Agency Limits Public Comment Without Board Vote
The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) board of directors changed its public comment procedures without public notice or a vote by the entire board, which County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who sits on the board, and others said could be a violation of California open meeting laws.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
United Nations Homeless Monitor Hears From OC Advocates
United Nations monitor Philip Alston said many American communities are criminalizing homelessness – and thus making it more difficult for people to find jobs and housing – after a nationwide tour in which he heard from Orange County homeless advocates and civil rights lawyers, among others across the country.
