The county supervisor had been accused of lying about living within the First District he represents. The DA’s office found that the “vast majority of the evidence” supports Do’s assertion that he lives in the First District.
Tag: Orange County Board of Supervisors
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OC Supervisors Bring Ethics Commission a Step Closer to Reality
If the measure gets majority support from supervisors on Oct. 20, which it’s expected to, the item would appear on the primary ballot next June.
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Good Karma: OC Supervisors Now Acting to Save Wolf Dog
At a special meeting on the issue Monday, supervisors narrowly voted reverse an earlier decision and seek the transfer of a wolf-hybrid named “Karma” to a sanctuary in North Carolina rather than have her be euthanized.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Supervisor Says Orange County Needs ‘Homeless Czar’
Supervisor Andrew Do is proposing that the county choose a single point person to keep track of the plethora of county services and figure out how to improve their effectiveness.
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Nelson Pushes New Site for Animal Shelter
Impatient with a grindingly slow effort to build a replacement for the’s county 74 year-old animal shelter, Supervisor Shawn Nelson has identified a potential site that he hopes will speed along the process.
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County Officials Reject Effort to Save Wolf Dog
An online petition drive, calling for the dog, named Karma, to instead be transferred to a wolf sanctuary in the Mojave Desert, has generated over 300,000 signatures worldwide.
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Supervisors Strike Deal on Controversial COIN Ordinance
The move to suspend the Civic Openness in Negotiations (COIN) ordinance paves the way for labor negotiations to begin with the Orange County Employees Association, which represents two-thirds of the county’s 18,000-member workforce.
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Supervisors Reappoint Hospital Executive to CalOptima Board
Lee Penrose of St. Judes was reappointed to a second four-year term. Supervisors, however, again put off naming someone to the seat reserved for a member of the public.
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State Watchdog Closes Probe Into Supervisors, CalOptima Board
The investigation, launched by the Fair Political Practices Commission in 2013, concluded that allegations of conflict of interest were “too vague.”
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Supervisors to Discuss Ethics Commission Proposal
A report commissioned by the board takes issue with parts of political watchdog Shirley Grindle’s proposal for an ethics panel, particularly regarding who appoints members and how extensive their subpoena powers should be.
