Sheriff to Get Extra $65 Million for Existing Services Amid Pushback Over Housing, Public Defender
Orange County budget
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County costs are growing faster than revenues, most prominently with the Sheriff’s Department, officials said.
OC Supervisors Approve New $400 Million County Headquarters
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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The new building will roughly double the amount of floor space for the county supervisors’ offices, to 32,000 square feet.
Grassroots Prisoner Reentry Programs Show Progress
Countywide
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Several programs created throughout Southern California in the wake of Proposition 47 in 2014, which called for releasing certain non-violent and drug offenders from state prisons, are beginning to bear fruit.
Orange County Could Be Missing Out On Prop. 47 Money
County Government
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While officials up and down the state are positioning themselves to take advantage of grant money aimed at helping newly released nonviolent drug offenders stay clean and out of jail, Orange County officials have been missing in action.
Controversy Follows UC Irvine Scientist’s Brain Scan Testimony
Healthy Communities
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For decades, Dr. Joseph Wu has used UCI’s PET brain imaging technology as the basis of his forensic diagnoses in murder cases. Wu’s testimony has a dubious reputation among experts in the field, with one calling it “hokum.”
Public Defender: DA Investigator Involved in Kickback Scheme
County Government
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In a court document, the public defender’s office alleges that the investigator was involved in “criminal activity” with the former owner of an athletic supply company. The DA’s office calls the allegations “unfounded.”