After over a year, the new head of the county’s Office of Independent Review has issued one report on an issue investigators admit they were never asked to look into.
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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Who Placed The Worst Election Day Bets From Their Own Pockets?
Some candidates invested thousands of dollars out of their own pocket toward failed campaigns. It’s unclear how they’ll pay off the debts.
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Orange County Hits The Polls, Here’s Where Voters Stand So Far
Residents across Orange County cast their ballots this week in the March 2024 Primary election. Here’s what it looked like on election day and here’s the latest results as of March 7.
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Here’s Where Orange County Stands After Primary Election Night
OC voters decided on a host of races, including a potential upset in an OC Supervisors race, a possible recall of two school board members and potentially implementing voter ID laws in Huntington Beach.
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Primary Election Night Results: OC First District Supervisor
Five candidates are seeking to replace outgoing Supervisor Andrew Do, who is termed out at the end of the year.
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Primary Election Night Results: OC Third District Supervisor
Supervisor Don Wagner is looking to defend his seat from a challenge by Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan.
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OC Supervisor Races See Last-Minute Spending as Primary Draws Near
The sheriff deputies’ union is spending big on its chosen candidates in the final days of the race as other candidates chip in their own cash to try and keep up.
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How Will California’s Prop. 1 Impact Orange County’s Mental Health Funding?
While not taking a formal stance on the ballot measure, a couple of elected county officials are speaking out against Prop. 1 and the impacts it will have on mental health funding in OC.
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Orange County Sheriffs’ Union Jumps Into Supervisor Races, Spends $250k
The union is spending over $250,000 on its favored candidates in the final days before the election, potentially sealing up one supervisor seat in the primary.
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Who’s Funding the Campaigns in the Orange County Supervisors Races?
Ballots are already out for the March 5 primary, but there are still hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing into the race for the county’s highest elected position.
