Santa Ana officials are pushing back against county plans to put a halfway house in town, saying the city is not a “dumping ground” for OC’s social services programs and facilities.
Tag: Molly Nichelson
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Orange County’s Unhoused Have Nowhere to Warm up as Temperatures Drop
Overnight temperatures are expected to drop to levels that officials warn can lead to hypothermia just days after the County’s cold weather shelter closed its doors.
Posted inGovernment
Sources: OC’s Having a Hard Time Finding a Mental Health Director Who’s Qualified and Wants the Job
The troubles in filling the deputy director job – who oversees 1,000 employees – is related to concerns about how the Health Care Agency is being run, according to people close to the agency. The agency’s director, Clayton Chau, didn’t answer a message asking if that’s true.
Posted inOutdoors
Newport Political Donor’s $13K Bid for Back Bay Park Land Stokes Opposition, Debate Over Who Gets Priority for Public Land in OC
A proposal by Newport Beach political donor Buck Johns to buy park land for $13,000 has sparked uproar and questions over who gets prioritized for public land in OC.
Posted inAliso Viejo
Orange County Reveals A Slice of How It Spent Federal Coronavirus Relief Money
Voice of OC keeps asking where the $554 million in taxpayer money went. Some answers are starting to emerge.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Auditor-Controller Eric Woolery Apparently Died in Kansas, Not OC
A county statement last week that Woolery apparently died in Orange was not corrected until Voice of OC inquired Friday afternoon.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Despite Ruling, County Won’t Say If It Will Stop Immediately Destroying Public Records
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.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Judge Rules Against OC’s Immediate Destruction of Public Records
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.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Government, Newport Beach, Top Stories, Transportation
Private Jet Battle Continues After New Promise is Made for John Wayne Airport
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.
Posted inTop Stories
Under Court Pressure, OC Says Mental Health Spending Will Increase by $85 Million
Last year, as county officials were hauled into federal court over a shortage of homeless shelters, Voice of OC reported the stockpiled mental health funds had reached $186 million beyond the reserves.
