Orange County Starts Reading Aloud Public Comments Submitted by Email
Government
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Residents now can have their voice heard at public meetings of the Orange County Board of Supervisors if they can’t attend due to a disability.
Despite Ruling, County Won’t Say If It Will Stop Immediately Destroying Public Records
California Public Records Act
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OC officials may have found a way to continue to immediately destroy many public records of their government communications, despite a court ruling that it’s probably illegal to do so.
Judge Rules Against OC’s Immediate Destruction of Public Records
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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Orange County officials likely are breaking the law with a policy allowing immediate destruction of public records and another rule banning public commenters from asking questions of county supervisors or addressing supervisors by name unless they have permission, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.
Private Jet Battle Continues After New Promise is Made for John Wayne Airport
John Wayne Airport
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Residents, some with signs that read “STOP JWA Noise and Pollution,” packed the supervisors’ hearing room and overflow room and at times shouted their opposition to board actions.
OC Needle Exchange Plans to Open in September, as County Asks Court to Block It
Anaheim
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The program faces staunch opposition from the county and the four cities where the state authorized it to operate. A court hearing on whether to block it could come later this month or next month.
Supervisors’ Secret Policymaking is Updated Amid Legal Questions
Government
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“The public gets very suspect, and sometimes rightfully so, that…the board is formulating policy behind closed doors,” said Supervisor Todd Spitzer.
With Hundreds of Homeless Back on Streets, Judge Sets Friday Hearing
Housing & Homelessness
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The hearing is in response to the closure of armory shelters, which pushed over 200 homeless people into local communities where it’s illegal to camp in public.
Fire Evacuation Issues Force County Re-Do of 340-Home Development
Esperanza Hills
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An appeals court blocked the Esperanza Hills project because supervisors approved it without minimum evacuation standards.
State Will Not Pursue Enforcement Over Do’s 1.2 Million Taxpayer-Funded Mailers
Andrew Do
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Do’s mailers to voters in his district later prompted the state Legislature to ban local governments from sending out government-funded mailers featuring elected officials within 60 days of an election.
Supervisors’ Vets Cemetery Policy Discussion Must Be Public, Experts Say
veterans cemetery
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Orange County supervisors were planning to privately discuss Tuesday whether to explore using county-owned land for a veterans cemetery, but changed their agenda after Voice of OC questioned its legality.