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.
Tag: Orange County Grand Jury
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative
Grand Jury Provides More Fodder for Anaheim Battle Over Convention Center Financing
The city this month filed a formal rejection to a recent grand jury report that harshly criticized the city’s scheme for financing the convention center expansion. Mayor Tom Tait agrees with the grand jury and refused to sign the city’s rebuttal.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
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.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
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.”
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
County Admits Oversight Issues With Sheriff’s Deputies Health Insurance Fund
The fund has for years been the subject of audits demanding specific reforms. Yet, according to a recent grand jury report, those reforms have not been implemented.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Animal Rights Activists Show Up in Force to Protest Shelter Conditions
The activists echoed scathing grand jury reports regarding the county’s animal shelter and demanded action. Supervisors, meanwhile, disagreed with grand jury reports but promised changes.
Posted inGovernment, Huntington Beach, Investigative, Top Stories
Dog Attack on Pregnant Woman Raises More Questions About County Animal Control
A pit bull that attacked a Huntington Beach woman in her ninth month of pregnancy had been declared a “vicious dog” earlier in the year, but county officials reversed that declaration, according to documents.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Voice of OC Podcast: Everybody (in Santa Ana) Must Get Stoned
This week we delve into Santa Ana’s increasingly entertaining medical marijuana scene and more problems with the county’s animal shelter.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Grand Jury Issues Second Scathing Report on County Animal Shelter
This situation is so bad at the 74-year-old facility that the panel recommends a housecleaning of top management. The report, the second in less than a month on problems at the shelter, reveals bad employee morale, mistreatment of dogs in kennels, and rat infestations.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
Grand Jury: Rate of Dropped Calls on Child Abuse Hotline Triples
The number of people calling to report the possibility of a child being neglected or abused who hang up while waiting to talk to an social worker has increased, from 5-8 percent in 2012, to 15-25 percent in 2014.
