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.
Tag: Frank Kim
Posted inCommunity Opinion
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.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
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.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Gets an Interim CEO at 11th Hour
While county leaders haven’t been able to agree who the next CEO should be, their chief financial officer has agreed to take over the job on a short term basis – right before OC’s top executive retires.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Does Orange County Spend Enough on Building Housing?
County officials unveiled a new budget that allocates $350 million for spurring housing development as some city officials say it’s time for the county to take a bigger role in curbing the housing crisis.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County CEO Announces Abrupt Retirement
There’s been no word on who will replace Frank Kim as CEO, but he pledged to help bring his replacement onboard before formally retiring.
Posted inOutdoors
Tustin Hangar Fell Apart Amidst Decades of Inaction From Leaders
While local agencies have been looking at developing what’s left of the Tustin air base into a park for decades, it never managed to get off the ground.
Posted inCountywide
County Supervisors Get a New $400 Million Headquarters, Residents Monitoring Public Meetings Remotely Get Glitches
Orange County officials tout investments in public buildings but keep struggling on participation at public meetings.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Orange County’s Fourth COVID Wave Threatens Public Services
Some county workers and their union are sounding the alarm over recent case increases at government offices and have demanded telecommuting options.
Posted inGovernment
Why Do Orange County’s Firefighters and Deputies Have Some of the Lowest COVID Vaccination Rates?
Six months into being eligible, just 16% of Sheriff’s Department staff reported being vaccinated. At vaccination clinics held by the Orange County Fire Authority, only 53% of the agency’s frontline workers chose to get vaccinated.
