The commission agrees to a “mutual aid” request for loan of its executive director to be CalOptima’s interim chief operating officer.
Tag: Healthy Communities
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Nguyen Blames Former CalOptima Executives for Agency’s Brain Drain
Supervisor says the former CEO and COO purposely wooed away other top employees to hurt CalOptima. COO denies doing anything of the sort.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Ruane Tapped as Temporary Chief Operations Officer at CalOptima
The $1.4-billion health plan will contract with Children and Families Commission while it continues its search for a permanent CEO.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine City Council Commissions Study of Plastic Bags
The study could lead the city to follow others that have banned retailers’ use of plastic bags.
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Read, Write, Drop and Give Me 20
As budget cuts continue to squeeze out physical education classes, a program designed by the county Department of Education gives teachers a way to integrate fitness into classroom time.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Another CalOptima Resignation
Mary Anne Foo’s resignation Monday was the third by a board member since Supervisor Janet Nguyen began last year to remake the board.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
A State of Emergency
Orange County’s inadequate system for regulating private ambulances puts patients at risk of being served by a firm with questionable practices.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Understanding What Poverty Is: Questions for Dr. Michael Riley
The director of Orange County’s Social Services Agency talks about the old notions and new faces of poverty and what his agency is doing in the wake of the Great Recession.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Letter From Princeton: Ana’s First Taste of Academic Life
Ana Maldonado, the young woman who went from Santa Ana’s Pio Pico Elementary to Princeton, updates us on her experiences.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Can Anaheim Repair a Broken Trust With Latino Community?
After years of gains, recent police shootings have pushed the level of distrust between the police department and Latinos back to where it was a decade ago, when the department kept dossiers on Latino leaders.
