County Supervisors Tuesday unanimously voted to pay Voice of OC $121,396 in legal fees after losing a Superior Court case for refusing to release public records about Supervisor Todd Spitzer’s handcuffing a preacher at a Wahoo’s restaurant.
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Helicopter Rescue Dispute Escalates Between Sheriff and Fire Officials
Fire Authority officials say they’ve been performing air rescues for over 20 years and are well-equipped for the job, but that in recent years sheriff’s helicopter crews have been racing to the scene and taking control.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Seek More Power Over Ethics Commission, By Changing What Voters Approved
Among those who will be subject to enforcement by the commission are the county supervisors and their election opponents. The changes would make it so commissioners “serve at the pleasure of the supervisor” who appointed them, said Supervisor Andrew Do, who supports the effort.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Argue Over Request for Federal Takeover of DA’s Office
Some supervisors criticized Todd Spitzer’s request as pointless and misguided, while Spitzer called on his colleagues to take action when they learn of corruption allegations.
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Sheriff May Change Policy That Led to Threatened Arrest of Reporter
The policy resulted in a Voice of OC reporter being threatened with arrest for trying to report on officers removing a homeless activist from the Board of Supervisors meeting room.
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Free-Speech Battle Heats Up Over Public Comments at OC Supervisors’ Meetings
County Counsel Leon Page is defending a ban on public commenters addressing supervisors by name, among other the ACLU claims is illegal. In response, ACLU officials say county supervisors will be set straight by the courts if they don’t change their policies.
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Santana: OC Supervisors Wage War on First Amendment
Just like Hillary Clinton, Orange County Supervisors don’t want you to see their raw emails. Yet instead of private servers, they use their lawyers and your tax dollars to attack journalists and shield themselves from disclosure.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
County Auditor Controller Halts Payments on Supervisors’ Mailers
Orange County Auditor Controller Eric Woolery is questioning several mass mailers sent by supervisors Lisa Bartlett and Andrew Do over concerns they might violate a state law that limits how elected officials can display their names on publicly funded mail.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
OC Supes Step Up Scrutiny of DA After Informants Scandal Report
Among other things, they demanded reports from District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Sandra Hutchens on reforms outlined in the review and issued an order banning destruction of informant-related records.
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County Supervisors to Vote on Suspending Labor Negotiations Law
County Counsel Leon Page is recommending the law, known as COIN, be suspended in light of a recent state ruling that invalidates parts of the ordinance.
