Today is the adoption of the county’s 2010-11 budget as well as the receiving of 20,000 acres of open space.
Tag: Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County’s five supervisors run a $10.5 billion county government, from public health and jails to the unincorporated areas no city covers. We cover their votes, their budget and the decisions that reach every city.
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The Fifth Floor’s Recycling Bin
Despite a countywide hiring freeze, senior aides to county supervisors seem adept at finding jobs on the county payroll.
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City of Orange Isn’t Keen on ‘Beds for Feds’
City officials say they are ready to go to court if Orange County’s deal with the federal government to house immigrant detainees triggers any expansion of Theo Lacy jail.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Will Shawn Nelson Take a Pension?
The primary winner will be sworn in Tuesday morning as the newest member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. One of his first official decisions will be whether to opt for the same kind of pension he campaigned against.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, State, Top Stories
OC Studies Options for Suing State Over Property Taxes
The county gets one of the state’s worst returns on property
taxes, so supervisors direct their lawyers to study legal
remedies.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
County Leaders Seek to Renegotiate Public Employee Pensions
More than 24,000 state workers will increase pension contributions after striking a deal with the governor. OC supervisors have similar ideas.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, State, Top Stories
County Faces Uncertainty and Ugliness for 2010-11 Budget
The most important decisions — the ones that could result in deep cuts in law enforcement and elsewhere — will be made in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative
County Grand Jury Wants Lobbyist Registry
As things stand now, the public has no way of knowing who is paid to influence Orange County elected officials and department heads, grand jury report says.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Fire Authority Postpones Decision on Fee Hikes
The Orange County Fire Authority, citing a need for consensus on the 2010-11 budget, will form an ad hoc committee to hammer out an agreement.
Posted inGovernment, Norberto Santana, Jr.
It’s Finals Week for Bureaucrats
As the end of the fiscal year nears, get ready for massive agendas throughout cities and agencies in Orange County.
