Excessive force claims have cost Orange County taxpayers over $13 million in payouts over the last decade, with total sheriff lawsuit payouts topping $40 million, according to county data.
Tag: Don Wagner
Posted inGovernment
Local Political Leaders Condemn Racist Remarks Hurled at OC Supervisors’ Chairman
Both major parties are rebuking the comments from last week’s county supervisors’ meeting, where in-person public speakers have become increasingly hostile towards chairman Andrew Do and others.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County Supervisors Accused of Strangling Public Comment
OC supervisors continue fighting efforts to allow for remote public comments as COVID-19 cases surge around the county. It’s drawn criticism from the ACLU and the First Amendment Coalition.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Despite Backlash, 100 More Internet Hotspots Are Coming to OC Libraries for Free Check-Out
A new, controversial initiative could be a small step towards bridging the digital divide.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Another No-Show from Most of OC’s Homelessness Commission After Months of Canceled Meetings
As homeless deaths climb to record levels in OC, most of the county’s homelessness commission again failed to show up to their every-other-month meeting.
Posted inGovernment
OC Veterans Cemetery Could Get $20 Million Boost from County Under New Proposal
The proposal – slated for a vote on July 27 – is the latest move since supervisors this month publicly doubled down on their support of the cemetery site in Gypsum Canyon just east of Anaheim Hills, which would move the planned site from former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine.
Posted inGovernment
Officials Shut Down Public Presentation of Multi-Million Dollar Mile Square Park Plan
When a county supervisor tried this week to have staff publicly present where taxpayer money would be going at Mile Square Park, she got shut down.
Posted inGovernment
Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
Posted inIrvine
Is the Dream of an Irvine Veterans Cemetery on the Way Out the Door?
State Senator Tom Umberg pulled a bill this week that would have cemented Irvine as the site of the cemetery, opening room for veterans’ new favored site in Gypsum Canyon.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Halts Controversial Term Limit Extension Measure, Saying it’s Now Illegal Under State’s New Recall Ballot Law
The county’s elections chief plans to halt work on putting the measure on the upcoming governor recall ballot, after the state passed a law banning local measures from that ballot.
