A 10-year summary of the success rate of the Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission, including the difficulty incurred in getting the County Board of Supervisors to support such a Commission. Describes the Commission’s 100% success rate in attaining compliance with the county’s campaign rules, and discusses the inadequacy of the County’s “Hotline” system.
Tag: Orange County Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission
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Supervisors Order Destruction of Campaign Money Enforcement Emails
Government emails and text messages about enforcement of Orange County’s campaign finance laws will be destroyed two years after they’re sent or received, under a policy county supervisors approved Tuesday.
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County Names Candidates and Donors Who May Have Exceeded Campaign Limits
Orange County officials released the names of six candidates and 18 donors involved in returned campaign donations that may have exceeded legal limits, after previously declining to make them public.
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County Won’t Name Everyone Who Broke Campaign Money Laws
Supervisors structured the county enforcement so that when violators are caught by the county enforcement officials, they can return the illegal money and the matter goes away quietly.
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Activists Threaten to Sue Steel and Rackauckas If They Don’t Pay Back County For “Community Coffee” Mailer
Government watchdog Shirley Grindle and former Orange County Common Cause President Bill Mitchell have sent letters to county Supervisor Michelle Steel and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas demanding they repay taxpayers all costs for 16,000 postcards inviting voters to a “community coffee” that only could accommodate 50 people.
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County Ethics Commission Holds First Meeting
More than a year after Orange County voters passed a ballot measure to create a county ethics commission, the board met for the first time Monday.
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OC Ethics Commission Can Now Meet After Third Member is Appointed
Orange County’s ethics commission now can legally meet for the first time – over 15 months after voters overwhelmingly approved its creation – after a retired judge was appointed as the third member.
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Third OC Ethics Commissioner Up for Appointment Tuesday
The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will vote on appointing retired Superior Court Judge Barbara Tam Nomoto-Schumann as the third member of the new Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission.
