Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino is retiring Friday after more than four decades at the union. He leaves a legacy that touches all corners of Orange County and stretches to Sacramento.
Tag: Huy Pham
Posted inCosta Mesa
A Year After Suicide, Costa Mesa Still Unsettled
Huy Pham’s death was a tragic turning point in the city’s outsourcing battle that still seems a long way from being resolved.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Police Chief Questions Conclusions Drawn From Coroner’s Report on Costa Mesa Employee
Chief not convinced Huy Pham had cocaine in his system the day
he jumped to his death from City Hall.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa Worker Who Jumped From City Hall Had Cocaine in His System
Coroner’s toxicology report shows the drug in Huy Pham’s body
when he died.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Economy, Investigative, Top Stories
A Question of Strategy
Costa Mesa City Council members are feeling the heat from two
months of intense union campaigning against their outsourcing plan.
Some Republicans are growing impatient waiting for local party
leaders to fire back.
Posted inCosta Mesa
‘A Tremendous Amount of Anxiety’
The stress of the fallout from the outsourcing decision on Costa
Mesa City Council members is starting to show, most recently at
this week’s City Council meeting.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Hundreds Turn Out to Slam Costa Mesa City Council
More than 50 speakers took their turn at the podium at Tuesday’s
regular meeting, many accusing the council of “cooking the books”
to justify its outsourcing plan.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa City CEO Emails Employees
In the email, Tom Hatch spoke of Huy Pham’s memorial service,
efforts to reach out unions and how proposals for outsourcing will
move forward.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Huntington Beach, Investigative, Orange, Top Stories
Regional Leaders Weigh In on Costa Mesa Outsourcing
Last Wednesday local GOP Chairman Scott Baugh held up Costa
Mesa’s plan to drastically cut its workforce as an example for
others to follow. A city employee’s suicide the following day has
made that a far more complicated proposal.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Continued Scrutiny of Costa Mesa Mayor’s Actions After Worker Suicide
Mayor Gary Monahan said a picture of him celebrating St.
Patrick’s Day at his bar hours after Huy Pham’s suicide at City
Hall was the result of a setup by a union official. Others who
observed Monahan that day say that is not the case.
