Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/tag/lee-baca/)
With the head of the county’s Office of Independent Review abruptly resigning last week, and problems ranging from a “failure of leadership” in the DA’s office to jailbreaks on Sheriff Sandra Hutchens’ watch, bringing in federal investigators might be the only prudent thing to do.
The recent escape from the Santa Ana Jail and the scant offerings for homeless people at the bus terminal show that hard questions should be in store for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and OC Community Services head Karen Roper.
The top official in Bell, a Los Angeles County city of about 37,000, makes nearly $800,000 — more than any administrator in Southern California by far.