Residents who attended public comment compared vaccines and the pandemic response to communism and the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany over 76 years ago.
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
With Hundreds of Millions in New Covid Recovery Spending, Some Cities Ask Public for Input While the County Does Not
Some, like the city of Santa Ana, asking the public how it wants them to spend the wave of new recovery cash. County of Orange officials are not.
Posted inGovernment
After Public Backlash, Orange County Officials Back Up on Secret Contracts
Officials back away from coronavirus emergency contracting powers for new contracts but keep expansions of existing contracts off public agendas, at the urging of Chairman Andrew Do.
Posted inGovernment
OC Halts Plan to Destroy Meeting Records in Response to Voice of OC’s Questions, Considers Digital Archiving
Officials are now promising not to destroy any public meeting records, in response to questions Voice of OC raised last month about why they were crafting a written policy to destroy the documents but not to preserve them digitally.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
How Will Orange County Officials Overcome Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy? Incentives Could Be One Answer
Public comment during OC Supervisors meetings have become a hotbed of vaccine conspiracy theories.
Posted inGovernment
‘Vaccine Passport’ Controversy Puts Renewed Focus on OC’s Secretive, Costly and Glitchy Vax App
County officials have been contradicting themselves on whether they approved millions in extra spending on the app, and won’t yet reveal the full terms of what the extra money is for.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Deputy Sheriffs Get 5 Times More Training on Guns Than De-Escalation. Could That Be Changing?
New sheriff’s deputies receive 16 hours of de-escalation training, compared with 99 hours of training on guns and chemical agents. Some are calling for more de-escalation training, as local cities look at having health workers respond to non-violent mental health crises.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County is Looking at Destroying Public Meeting Records After 2 Years. Will They Save Digital Copies?
Questions from Voice of OC are prompting the county to think about an official policy to make sure they digitize public meeting records that would be destroyed after a couple of years.
Posted inCountywide
From Outrage to Silence: Improper Recording of Attorney-Client Prisoner Calls in Orange County Goes Unmentioned as Jail Phones Contract is Renewed
Demands for canceling the contract with phone contractor GTL years ago have now given way to silence on the recording scandal as supervisors continue to extend the company’s contract – even as more revelations emerge of improperly-recorded calls.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Supervisors No Longer Question Sheriff Spending Tax Money Without Proper Authorization
There used to be questions when the sheriff asked for retroactive approvals months after purchases were made. Not anymore.
