The Orange County supervisors are in the process of choosing a new public defender. Will they appoint someone who’ll stay aggressive on the jailhouse snitch cases? Or someone who’ll take the heat off District Attorney Tony Rackauckas?
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Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Major Turnover in Store for CalOptima Board
In part because of new rules, at least five members of the board that oversees the county’s $3.2 billion health plan for poor, disabled and elderly residents will be gone in August.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Garden Grove Opts Out of County Contract for Animal Care
Turned off by a steep increase in their contract with the county, the Garden Grove City Council voted Tuesday to instead sign a deal with the local Humane Society.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Outdoors, Top Stories
Supervisors Vote to Lift Leash Requirement at ‘Dog Beach’
Orange County supervisors took the first step towards repealing a decades-old, and apparently never-enforced, law requiring dogs to be leashed at a popular spot called “Dog Beach.”
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Months After Scathing Report on Jail Informants, DA Hasn’t Delivered Promised Response
More than three months after a panel of experts outlined steps to fix a “failure of leadership,” District Attorney Tony Rackauckas still hasn’t provided a response to supervisors, which he said in January would take a couple of weeks.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative
Supervisor: Voice of OC Publisher ‘Coached’ Him On Register Correction Demand
Norberto Santana Jr. guided county Supervisor Todd Spitzer’s demands for a correction to an Orange County Register article that scrutinized the supervisor’s citizen’s arrest of a man last year, the county alleges in a court filing. Santana says the filing mischaracterizes the interaction.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Garden Grove, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
What’s On the Agenda This Week in Orange County
Local policymakers will be deciding on the purchase of Santa Ana’s abandoned bus depot that could help alleviate homelessness, holding a hearing proposed new voting districts in Garden Grove, and weighing in on Donald Trump’s “divisive rhetoric.”
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More Secret Records Come to Light in Snitch Scandal
New disclosures about Orange County sheriff’s deputies hiding another secret cache of records about jail informants is threatening to postpone the May 20 sentencing of convicted double-murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak.
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State Ethics Agency Opens Inquiry Into Supervisor’s Mailers
The Fair Political Practices Commission has opened an inquiry into county-funded mailers sent by First District Supervisor Andrew Do, according to a letter sent Wednesday.
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OC’s Rise in Suicides Largest Among Major U.S. Counties
Since the late 1990s, Orange County has had the largest suicide-rate increase among the nation’s 20 most-populous counties, according to a Voice of OC analysis of federal suicide data. County leaders are taken aback by figures.
