As ICE raids continue and residents disappear from local neighborhoods across OC, there’s little documentation about where they go, something that’s triggering bipartisan transparency concerns.
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.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Fielder: Letter of Serious Concern about the 2025-26 proposed OC Budget
[T]he county spends only $0.52 per OC resident of its own $1.2+Billion (NCC) discretionary money on housing, compared to over $113 per OC resident for the Sheriff’s Department and jails.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Supervisors Don’t Answer Calls For Action Against DA For Harassment of Female Prosecutors
While three supervisors sent out statements after a jury verdict against DA, there’s been no public condemnation or efforts to impose sanctions for misconduct triggering multi-million dollar payouts.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC District Attorney’s Conduct Costs Taxpayers Millions In Court Loss
Jurors concluded that Spitzer retaliated against Tracy Miller, a female prosecutor who after she complained about a high ranking Spitzer DA associate harassing female prosecutors, who also have cases coming.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Lamirande: OC Animal Care Must Implement Existing Strategic Plan to End the Killing of Adoptable and Treatable Dogs
I am writing to strongly urge the implementation of the existing Strategic Plan at Orange County Animal Care (OCAC). This will address and ultimately end the needless killing of adoptable/treatable dogs.
Posted inOutdoors
Irvine Again Rejects Veterans Cemetery Proposal in Great Park
City council members narrowly rejected Mayor Larry Agran’s plan to restart planning for a veterans cemetery in the park after many of the residents who live near it opposed the idea.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Orange County Confronts Dwindling Funding for Mental Health
Orange County leaders are starting to wrestle with how they’ll fund mental health services after voters reappropriated a big chunk of the funding last year.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
OC Health Care Chief Quietly Axes $3 Million Advertising Contract with Anaheim Ducks
Days after recommending the contract, HCA Director Veronica Kelley changed course in a letter to county supervisors after one of them asked her if the mental health advertising contract is worth it.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Supervisors Want Andrew Do to Repay $10 Million From Bribery Scheme
Orange County Supervisors sent a formal letter to the federal judge overseeing former Supervisor Andrew Do’s case outlining the harm his acceptance of bribes caused.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Vaughn: The Board Took Positive Steps for the OC Animal Shelter, NOW Let’s Block the Bureaucracy’s Plan to Lower Standards
The community is grateful to Supervisors Janet Nguyen and Vicente Sarmiento. They’ve achieved real progress! But the bureaucracy is still trying to dilute the Strategic Plan, using a suspicious contract with a single bidder. And the county is rejecting simple arithmetic, shortchanging Animal Care Attendants.
