5 Hot Issues to Watch This Week
Countywide
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Santa Ana’s proposed gang injunction goes before a judge, and Huntington Beach considers limiting rent increases at mobile home parks.
Assembly Candidates Grilled in First ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum
Costa Mesa
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Candidates vying for the coastal 74th Assembly District seat took questions from journalists in the first of four such events.
Former Insider Describes County’s Fast Track to Promotion
County Government
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In the last of a three-part interview, former human resources manager Kathleen Tahilramani offers a first-hand account of how politicos get plum their jobs.
Emails Raise Alarms About the County’s Hiring Process
County Government
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A large batch of emails shows how aides to county supervisors were apparently fast-tracked for positions in the county bureaucracy. Supervisors defend approach but heed calls for more transparency.
County Releases Redacted Version of Controversial Drakodaidis Claim
County Government
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Among other allegations, the letter accuses Supervisor Pat Bates of trying to change a sex offender ordinance to help a friend.
County on the Verge of Releasing Drakodaidis Letter
County Government
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Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis alleges a host of improprieties by officials, including supervisors Janet Nguyen and Pat Bates.
Bustamante Scandal Sends Another Top Official Packing
County Government
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Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis has left her post and, sources say, left behind a scathing letter that could rock the county government.
County Employees Running For Office Better Watch Out
County Government
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County’s lawyers issue an opinion following disclosure that a
former staffer for Supervisor Janet Nguyen transferred to the
county’s trash agency while preparing to run for the Assembly.