County Supervisor Todd Spitzer says he agrees with the grand jury on the need for an ethics commission and will push for an ordinance.
Tag: Orange County Grand Jury
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Why Is the Mesa Water District Caching So Much Cash?
Officials plan to add $25 million to their reserves despite grand jury concerns about such buildups.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
CalOptima Hires New Top Doctor
The health plan’s new chief medical officer is Dr. Richard Helmer. In other actions, the board delayed its response to grand jury criticism.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Supervisor Nguyen Announces Bid for State Senate
Nguyen’s likely opponents in the 34th District are former Assemblymen Jose Solorio and Jim Silva.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
More Grand Jury CalOptima Reports Expected by June
The jury also reportedly insists that the CalOptima board, not its staff, reply to the jury’s scathing criticisms issued last month.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
CalOptima Selects Members to Respond to Grand Jury
The board has until the end of April to answer the grand jury’s accusations that Supervisor Janet Nguyen has damaged the health plan.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Former CalOptima Board Members Push Back at Nguyen
Two former CalOptima board members blast Supervisor Janet Nguyen about grand jury allegations of lobbyist ties to health care ordinance changes. Nguyen meets with reporters Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
OC Grand Jury Issues Scathing Report on CalOptima
The report raises troubling questions about hospital lobbyists writing ordinance changes to CalOptima, the county’s $1.4-billion health plan for the poor and elderly, and the health industry’s campaign cash connections to county Supervisor Janet Nguyen.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative
New Deadline for Orange County Grand Jury Applications
Facing an unusual shortage of prospective jurors, Orange County’s Superior Court has extended the application deadline to Friday.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Grand Jury ‘Urgently’ Seeking Applicants for New Panel
Nineteen grand jurors are needed for the 2013-14 panel. So far the Superior Court has received far fewer applications than in past years.
