Reading Orange County’s proposed budget, you’d be forgiven if you think the county is defunding the sheriff. But that’s not what’s happening at all – it’s a unusual quirk of the obscure way the county shows its budget numbers.
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
What Should OC Do With its Hundreds of Millions in Extra Tax Dollars? What Do You Think?
There’s a surge of money coming for county supervisors to divide up. What should they do with all this cash? Residents can weigh in at a public hearing next Tuesday.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Halts $20 Million Vaccination Expansion After Community Clinics Raise Concerns of Being Left Out
The plan was derailed Tuesday during the OC Supervisors meeting. Supervisor Wagner assures clinics they’re not left out.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Community Clinics Criticize County Effort to Keep Them Out of the Loop on $20 Million Vaccination Expansion
Supervisors set to approve new contracts Tuesday without residents knowing who the vendors are.
Posted inGovernment
OC’s County Government is Flush with New Cash. Where Should It Go?
The county’s budget hearings, amid the massive influx of cash, happen in June.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: Thirty Two People Died “Without Fixed Abode” (Homeless) in OC in April 2021 as the Cities/County Still Try to Act with Self-Limited Options
Thirty two people died “without fixed abode” (homeless) in OC in April 2021 (In April, 2019, before COVID, there were 19). Responding to pressure from residents and businesses annoyed by the presence of people who are homeless in their midst, both Santa Ana and Fullerton choose to crack down, as city and county staff as well as interfaith volunteers seek to mitigate the effects of enforcement even as they continue to lack to options to be able to do so well.
Posted inGovernment
Was OC’s Shadowy PR Contract for Promoting Supervisors or Vaccinations?
Despite taxpayers paying up to $2.5 million in secretly-approved PR contracts, officials can’t answer basic questions about how it’s all been spent.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Politicians Getting Ready to Redraw Their Re-Election Maps; Will the Public Get a Say on Who Represents Them?
Will politicians focus on gerrymandering the districts to ensure their own re-election? In contrast with other levels of government, the county is doing no public outreach to bring the public into the conversation.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
Can $5 Million County Relief Fund Help OC Arts Get Back in Shape?
The COVID-19 pandemic has cost over $121 million in financial losses and 2,700 jobs, according to Arts Orange County.
Posted inGovernment
Has Orange County’s Secretive Approach to Covid Contracting Gone Too Far, Broken the Law?
Legal questions are being triggered by revelations of a closed-door contract-changing process involving most of the elected supervisors.
