Just over a year ago, State Sen. Janet Nguyen gave her full-throated support to Andrew Do during his successful run for county supervisor. Now, as Do runs for re-election, Nguyen is launching attacks against him.
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Major Turnover in Store for CalOptima Board
In part because of new rules, at least five members of the board that oversees the county’s $3.2 billion health plan for poor, disabled and elderly residents will be gone in August.
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County Opens Search for New CalOptima Board Members
County officials have begun searching for seven people to serve on the newly revamped board of directors that oversees the $3.2 billion health plan for low income and disabled residents.
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Fountain Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Political Money Laundering for Janet Nguyen
Son Truong Nguyen was convicted and sentenced Friday afternoon for laundering $13,300 in campaign contributions for Republican State Sen. Janet Nguyen’s 2012 campaign for county supervisor.
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OC Supervisors to Consider Another Remake of CalOptima Board
Proposed changes include reducing the size of the board and allowing spending requests and other issues to be approved by less than a majority of the full board.
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Supervisors Backed Off Criticism of Jail Phones After Contributions From Vendor
Last June, supervisors Shawn Nelson and Todd Spitzer expressed serious concern at the high prices charged to inmates for phone calls. But five months (and two maxed-out campaign contributions) later, their concern seemingly melted away.
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Union Backed PAC Fined by State Watchdog
The state Fair Political Practices Commission has levied a $3,500 fine against the political action committee California Citizens for Fair Government for failing to name the Orange County Employees Association as its sponsor.
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DA Charges Fountain Valley Man With Money Laundering for Nguyen Campaign
On 10 different occasions between November 2011 and the end of January 2012, Son Truong Nguyen allegedly reimbursed a total of $13,300 to people who contributed to State Sen. Janet Nguyen’s 2012 campaign for county supervisor.
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State Watchdog Closes Probe Into Supervisors, CalOptima Board
The investigation, launched by the Fair Political Practices Commission in 2013, concluded that allegations of conflict of interest were “too vague.”
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Candidates for CalOptima’s ‘Public’ Seat Have Strong Ties to Hospital Industry
Tuesday, county supervisors will pick between a longtime hospital lobbyist and a former lawyer for a hospital chain, which will give the industry two of the board’s 11 seats.
