Supervisors say trust is broken – with the OC Power Authority automatically putting people in a pricier plan.
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 inGovernment
Rocked by Turmoil, OC’s Clean Power Agency Faces Possible County Withdrawal
OC supervisors’ chairman says promises turned out to be “misleading.” Irvine’s mayor disputes the allegations.
Posted inSanta Ana
California Regulators Probe County Land Deal Next to Santa Ana College
The question is whether public land should be used to drive revenue for local governments – and when that crosses the line.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Smith: Amplify Energy Fine Addresses a Symptom, not the Problem
The result is a fine of $956,352 for Amplify Energy. According to a March 9 press release on their fourth quarter for 2021, Amplify has $1 billion in oil reserves. If I were caught tagging the county courthouse, my punishment would be greater, proportionally, than the fine given to Amplify.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: 8.2% of OC’s Homeless Population May Be Dead by Year’s End as Homeless Deaths Continue at Record Pace, 31 in June, 236 for the Year
Another 31 people “without fixed abode” died in OC in June, 236 for the year thus far. If nothing changes, based on the County’s 2022 PIT Count, a full 8.2% of its beginning of the year homeless population will be dead by year’s end.
Posted inGovernment
Missing Transparency? OC Official to Dole Out $10 Million But Won’t Name Recipients
Transparency concerns about how Orange County supervisors spend COVID bailout money continues, with Supervisor Doug Chaffee getting to distribute nearly $10 million to unnamed organizations.
Posted inGovernment
FBI Highlights How OC Politicians Subvert the Public’s Right to Government Records
While California has stringent public record rules, officials have given themselves a big loophole by having government conversation on their own cell phones and personal emails.
Posted inTop Stories
OC Green Power Agency Holds Off On Firing CEO and Legal Counsel, Citing Investigation
Discussions of firing the CEO have gone on for weeks without a proper meeting of the board after he filed a whistleblower complaint against multiple board members.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
What Should Orange County Do With an Extra $49 Million?
County officials are expecting to have tens of millions of extra taxpayer dollars, thanks to a surge in property tax collections from the skyrocketing housing market. How should those extra dollars be spent?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Duran: 4 of the 5 Supervisors Got Up and Left the Room
4 of the 5 Supervisors got up and left the room
