Residents paid OC Animal Care $5.8 million in license fees. On top of that, OC cities paid $15.7 million out of their budgets. The county bureaucracy collected $8.4 million in admin costs. Supervisors Nguyen and Sarmiento, representing high-paying cities, are pushing for a better shelter. Supervisor Foley is protecting the mismanagement.
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Vaughn: Reform is Badly Needed in Orange County Government
Orange County government is malfunctioning. Its costly centralized administration is inaccessible to the citizens. It publicizes glossy “plans” but doesn’t follow through with implementation. Its unfocused risk-management office did nothing to prevent county crews from causing wildfires. The county should confront its shortcomings and take steps to address them.
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Mavrovouniotis: County Government Should Clean House
Thirty years after the Orange County bankruptcy, OC government is plagued by corruption, opacity, and lack of accountability. The Andrew Do scandal wasn’t an accident. In the upper echelons of the county bureaucracy, ignorance rules and disinformation is routine, hobbling county services. Reform is long overdue.
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Boyer: County Managers Responsible for the Animal Shelter’s Decline are Turning Their Back on the Community
County managers and the animal shelter director are stalling and delaying. They’re not applying the shelter’s Strategic Plan. They want to throw it away and waste taxpayer money on a “new” plan, to cover up their own failure. They are turning their back on community standards.
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Mavrovouniotis: Senior County Managers Enabled the Andrew Do Scandal
A number of county executives connected to the Andrew Do – Viet America Society scandal left quietly. Two key figures implicated in the scandal still hold high office. One is Andrew Do himself, whose term will end this year. The other is Dylan Wright, Director of OC Community Resources.
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Yamashiro: Questionable Contracts and Understaffed Shelter, A Crisis in OC Animal Care
Are county contracts being issued without proper oversight? A former OC Animal Care employee, now living out of state, received a contract that seems to have produced no tangible results. Meanwhile, OC Animal Care is understaffing kennels and ignoring the majority of their very expensive 2018 Strategic Plan.
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Lamirande: If It Wants to Meet Industry Standards, the OC Animal Shelter Needs More Frontline Staff
The OC shelter doesn’t have enough Animal Care Attendants to clean, feed, walk animals, handle visits, counsel potential adopters, and keep people safe. The shelter should listen to the experts, triple the number of frontline staff, and meet the goals of its own Strategic Plan.
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Yamashiro: OC Animal Care – Mismanagement and Public Deception Regarding Small Pets
OC Animal Care has been involved in transferring small pets to a reptile organization, which subsequently transported them to Arizona. In a related situation, it was reported that small pets from San Diego Humane Society were likely sold in Arizona as snake food. OCAC has not provided clear explanations regarding the fate of these animals, and support from County Supervisors Wagner and Foley has been lacking.
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Lamirande: OC Animal Shelter’s Policies Are Proving Deadly For Animals
OC Animal Care’s (OCAC) practice is pushing out animals in need of care to rescues to improve their numbers on live outcomes. Rescues are usually cash strapped, overloaded and constantly in search of donations to fund their organizations efforts. The shelter can and should do better – by following its Strategic Plan.
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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.
