A new state law blocks any new local ballot measures on Gov. Newsom’s upcoming recall election.
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Posted inGovernment
Is Sacramento About to Block OC Supervisors from Putting Term Limits Extension on the Recall Ballot?
State legislators are moving to ban local ballot measures from the upcoming recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Voters to Decide Whether to Extend Supervisors’ Term Limits with Ballot Measure that Calls it a ‘Lifetime Ban’
Residents from both sides of the political aisle called the ballot language deceptive, while three supervisors who supported the measure said it mirrors that of state lawmakers.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Newport Beach Ends COVID Local Emergency, County Supervisors Continue State of Emergency
Newport Beach officials are unclear if their decision will impact access to pandemic relief funds.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
‘Sneaky’ Ballot Proposal is Revived to Extend OC Supervisor Term Limits While Calling It a ‘Lifetime Ban’
A backlash is brewing as Orange County supervisors revive a failed proposal to have voters extend their term limits while describing it on the ballot simply as a “lifetime ban after three terms.”
Posted inGovernment
Was OC’s Shadowy PR Contract for Promoting Supervisors or Vaccinations?
Despite taxpayers paying up to $2.5 million in secretly-approved PR contracts, officials can’t answer basic questions about how it’s all been spent.
Posted inGovernment
Has Orange County’s Secretive Approach to Covid Contracting Gone Too Far, Broken the Law?
Legal questions are being triggered by revelations of a closed-door contract-changing process involving most of the elected supervisors.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
How Will Orange County Officials Overcome Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy? Incentives Could Be One Answer
Public comment during OC Supervisors meetings have become a hotbed of vaccine conspiracy theories.
Posted inGovernment
‘Vaccine Passport’ Controversy Puts Renewed Focus on OC’s Secretive, Costly and Glitchy Vax App
County officials have been contradicting themselves on whether they approved millions in extra spending on the app, and won’t yet reveal the full terms of what the extra money is for.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County is Looking at Destroying Public Meeting Records After 2 Years. Will They Save Digital Copies?
Questions from Voice of OC are prompting the county to think about an official policy to make sure they digitize public meeting records that would be destroyed after a couple of years.
