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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
Kriz: OC’s Homeless Deaths Continue at Record Pace (41 in April) While County Celebrates “Reduction in Homelessness”
Another 41 people died without fixed abode in April, continuing at a record pace for the year and more than double rate since the onset of the COVID-19 Crisis. Yet the County chose to celebrate a 1142 person (16%) decline in homelessness between January 2019 and 2022. However, 947 people “without fixed abode” died in the County died during the same period. So 82.9% of the decline could be attributed to “the deaths of patients.”
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Left Without Leadership, What Happens Now To Orange County’s Only Police Watchdog Agency?
Right now, no one is in charge of the Office of Independent Review. Meanwhile, taxpayers have shelled out $40 million over the last decade over lawsuits against the Sheriff’s Department.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Santana: Tough Questions We Should Be Asking Our Leaders For The June 7 Primary Election
Voice of OC is asking readers to help pose real, quality-of-life questions to local politicians asking them how they’ll tackle the toughest policy challenges closest to home.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
What Do You Want to Ask the Politicians Who Want to Run OC?
Voice of OC is inviting readers to turn the tables on politicians’ hit-mail, and pose the questions to them instead.
Posted inCountywide
Do Politicians Use Public Resources to Campaign? In Orange County, They Do
The county board has gotten in trouble for it before – and called out a colleague as using government money for “Campaign Mail 101.” Are they at it again?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Barnes: OC Sheriff Barnes’ Message on TRUTH Hearing
Recently the Orange County Board of Supervisors held the annual public hearing on law enforcement’s interaction with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE). Some public comments contained misinformation. Alleging that my narrow focus on the criminal offender population somehow equates to mass deportation of immigrant community members is a disservice to the truth.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Judge Orders OC Supervisor Candidate to Nix Democratic Party Endorsement from Ballot Statement
Battles have been playing out in OC over what candidates can say about each other and themselves on the form, with the latest blocking Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento from listing the party endorsement.
Posted inEducation
Judge Denies OC Board of Education’s Election Map, Setting New Districts For 2022
Two judges have now denied board members attempts to resist an election map drawn by the county commission who oversees them, instead of one they drew up themselves.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: A Record 46 People Died in January Without Fixed Abode in Orange County, Shattering Previous Record of 40 Set Last January
A record 46 people died without fixed abode in Orange County in January. This shattered the previous record of 40 deaths set last year in January 2021. The clear increase in homeless deaths has resulted in the OC Sheriff’s department in announcing the creation of a Homeless Death Review Board to look into the root causes of homeless deaths in the County. While the new Commission is set to be begin meeting sometime in the Spring, the County and its cities have largely continued to make things harder for the homeless among us.
