In January, Supervisor Todd Spitzer convinced his colleagues to reverse a zoning approval that was vigorously opposed by one of his clients, who pays him as much as $100,000 annually.
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, Investigative, Top Stories
Legal Careers of Two County Supervisors Draw Questions
Supervisors Shawn Nelson and Todd Spitzer are both prominent local attorneys and report significant income from their legal careers, but their public disclosures reveal little about how it is generated.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors Finally Make Decision on Ambulance Firms
The drawn out and controversial process ends with the supervisors increasing Care Ambulance’s dominance of ambulance service in Orange County.
Posted inCorrections, Government, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors to Revisit Controversial Ambulance Contracts
The process for awarding the contracts, which cover about 800,000 people in 19 cities, has been drawn out.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
DA and Supervisors’ Chairman Clash Over DNA Lab Oversight
A discussion item on DNA programs morphed into heated debates on the dais this week, with supervisors’ Chairman Todd Spitzer again firing shots at District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Fire County’s Top Performance Auditor
In a move that had come to be expected, Orange County supervisors fired Performance Audit Director Philip Cheng Tuesday. Supervisors’ Chairman Todd Spitzer said he had frustrations with Cheng’s work.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Grindle Asks County Counsel to Rule on Schroeder Disclosures
Political watchdog Shirley Grindle Tuesday asked the county counsel’s office to decide whether Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, must file yearly statements of economic interests.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Departure of County’s Performance Auditor Could Be Imminent
Philip Cheng’s name is again on the supervisors’ closed-session agenda — but this time the word “dismissal” is included, along with choosing a temporary replacement.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Defense Attorneys Cry Foul on Supervisors’ Demand That Judge Resign
Attorneys publicly accused supervisors of trying to hijack the judicial process with their high-profile attacks on a judge who reduced the sentence of a 19-year-old man convicted of sodomizing a toddler.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
OC’s Political Ethics Enforcement (or lack thereof) Subject of Forum
Officials and activists gathered and debated the merits of establishing an ethics commission in a county where critics say political scofflaws are not adequately held accountable.
