It’s the second time in five years that supervisors have remade board of directors of the $3.2 billion health plan for low-income, elderly and disabled residents, and solidified the medical industry’s control.
Tag: County Government
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisors Approve Budget and Staffing Plan for Ethics Commission
The commission, overwhelmingly approved by voters in this month’s primary election, is slated to have a $549,000 budget and two-and-a-half workers to investigate and enforce the county’s campaign finance limits and ethics rules.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Sharon Petrosino Is Orange County’s New Public Defender
The 30-year veteran of the Public Defender’s office has held the position on an interim basis since Frank Ospino stepped down in December.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Gender Pay Disparities Among Supervisors’ Staff Worse Than County Average
Among the 40 people who work as staff to county supervisors, women earn an average of 33 percent less than their male co-workers, according to a Voice of OC analysis. A statewide equal pay advocate says this reality should be a call to action.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
New Bill Would Ban Taxpayer-Funded Mailers During Run-up to Elections
The state Senate bill follows revelations that Orange County supervisors Andrew Do and Lisa Bartlett sent out tens of thousands of county-funded mailers prominently featuring their names in the weeks before the June primary.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
County’s Top Technology Officer Quits
Christina Koslosky, who tendered her resignation last Friday, is the second IT department head to abruptly leave in just over two years. She exits as the department continues to face criticism for cost overruns and efforts to centralize technology systems.
Posted inCountywide, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Training Civic Accountants
True self-government means knowing how your local public dollars are being spent. Some in Orange County clearly get that as evidenced by the attendance at county Auditor-Controller Eric Woolery’s “Accounting for Activists” training.
Posted inCountywide, Government, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisors Bring Dana Point Harbor Back Under Park Dept. Control
The supervisors’ action, which came at the request of county CEO Frank Kim, follows a highly critical audit of the harbor and the resignation of Harbor Director Brad Gross.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Law Enforcement Main Beneficiary of Supervisors’ Budget Tweaks
Orange County supervisors followed in the tradition of their predecessors Tuesday in beefing up law enforcement spending over other services as they prepared to pass a $6.1 billion county budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Transportation
State Snafu Leads to Cuts in Projected Funding for OC Law Enforcement
An audit found that the state Board of Equalization has been over-allocating sales tax revenue to counties, which means Orange County officials have to scale back recommendations on how many sheriff and district attorney’s office jobs to add next fiscal year.
