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Shirley Grindle

What Will Orange County’s Future Elected Leaders Look Like?

Government
By Nick Gerda | December 8, 2020

The redrawing of representation maps will affect local communities’ political power for 10 years.

Grindle: Time for New Leadership in the District Attorney’s Office

Community Opinion
By Shirley Grindle | November 3, 2018

Longtime campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle writes about why she supports Todd Spitzer for Orange County District Attorney.

State Investigating Conflict Allegations Against Supervisor Andrew Do

campaign contributions
By Nick Gerda | July 30, 2018

The probe centers on Do’s involvement in contract decisions at CalOptima, the county’s health care organization for low-income and elderly people.

Activists Threaten to Sue Steel and Rackauckas If They Don’t Pay Back County For “Community Coffee” Mailer

Election 2018
By Tracy Wood | February 20, 2018

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.

Hundreds of Dollars in ‘Gifts’ From Contractors to Supervisor Nelson Raise Legal Questions

By Nick Gerda | August 16, 2017

Nelson received $539 worth of wine from Potomac Partners, a Washington D.C.-based lobbying firm, a few weeks after he cast a deciding vote to award them a county contract. He says his approach is legal because he paid the contractors for the items out of campaign funds and will use them at an office event.

Ethics Commissioner Falsely Claimed in Application He’s On Board of Directors of a National Association

Homepage Top Story
By Nick Gerda | July 11, 2017

Peter Agarwal, who was recently appointed as the county’s first ethics commissioner, wrote that he is on the governing board of a national association. That’s not true, he acknowledged in a recent interview.

OC Supervisors Seek More Power Over Ethics Commission, By Changing What Voters Approved

By Nick Gerda | July 10, 2017

Among those who will be subject to enforcement by the commission are the county supervisors and their election opponents. The changes would make it so commissioners “serve at the pleasure of the supervisor” who appointed them, said Supervisor Andrew Do, who supports the effort.

OC Gets Its First Ethics Director, But No Recruitment Yet for Commission

ethics commission
By Nick Gerda | March 14, 2017

Denah Hoard, an attorney with the city of Orange, was hired as executive director for the upcoming county ethics commission. Nine months after being approved by voters, the commission still hasn’t been created.

OC Supervisors Have Chosen an Ethics Director

Countywide
By Nick Gerda | March 10, 2017

County supervisors picked Denah Hoard, the senior assistant city attorney for Orange, as the first executive director of the county’s still-unformed Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission.

State Watchdog Fines Funder of OC Ethics Commission Measure

County Government
By Thy Vo | January 9, 2017

The state Fair Political Practices Commission is fining the campaign committee behind a ballot measure for a county ethics commission because it failed to disclose funding of a robocall call featuring Supervisor Todd Spitzer.

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