The race to decide who will be the next south Orange County Supervisor is heating up amid debates over where the county sends its trash.
Tag: OC Waste and Recycling
Posted inOutdoors
Is Irvine Trading One Neighborhood Next to a Polluter for Another?
While city leaders celebrated the demolition of an asphalt factory near homes earlier this month, they just sold land to a developer for new houses right next to a county landfill.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
South OC Residents Protest Plans To Double Trash Capacity At Local Landfill
Nearby residents could be hit with new odors and air pollution as county waste management staff look to bring in up to 8,000 tons of trash per day to the site.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Grand Jury: Organic Waste is Filling Up OC Landfills, Producing Methane
Grand Jurors found that most Orange County jurisdictions likely won’t meet state goals to reduce food waste in landfills by 75% before January 2025.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
How Much are Trash Bills Going Up in Orange County’s Unincorporated Areas?
It’s not easy getting the cost increases from county officials in charge of waste hauling contracts and when approved by county supervisors, public agenda documents didn’t say how the fees would change.
Posted inBrea, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories, Transportation, Water, Power & Waste
Grand Jury Warns Against Closing Any OC Landfills
All three county landfills should stay open, the panel said, to prevent costs from increasing and additional traffic congestion in communities near still-operating garbage dumps.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
County CEO Mike Giancola to Retire in September
Orange County government’s top executive plans to retire in September, less than two-and-a-half years after he was promoted to the high post.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Top Stories
Assembly Candidates Grilled in First ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum
Candidates vying for the coastal 74th Assembly District seat took questions from journalists in the first of four such events.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Former Insider Describes County’s Fast Track to Promotion
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.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Former High-Ranking County Exec Alleges Corrupt Culture
Kathleen Tahilramani, a former county Human Resources executive, is the third senior-level female employee to describe systematic harassment at the county and politicization of civilian jobs.
