Costa Mesa Might Rethink Hiring Former Bell Auditors
Costa Mesa
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Councilman plans to “look at options” after state accuses the firm of “repeated acts of negligence” when auditing Bell’s finances.
A Pension Numbers Game in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
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City leaders point to a large, unfunded pension liability as
evidence of financial problems, but they’ve been citing a figure
that’s nearly 70 percent larger than the actual amount, according
to CalPERS officials.
Costa Mesa Adds Manager to Attract New Business
Costa Mesa
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The job is to coordinate the city’s strategy. The position’s
$185,000 top salary is criticized at City Council meeting.
A Question of Strategy
Costa Mesa
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Costa Mesa City Council members are feeling the heat from two
months of intense union campaigning against their outsourcing plan.
Some Republicans are growing impatient waiting for local party
leaders to fire back.
Prevention or Propaganda?
Bill Lobdell
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Even meet and greets among residents and public safety personnel
have taken on political overtones in Costa Mesa, where officials
are battling over an unprecedented privatization plan.
CalAware Threatens to Sue Costa Mesa Over Alleged Brown Act Violations
Costa Mesa
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Open government watchdog says meetings of two-member City
Council working groups, one of which developed outsourcing plan,
were illegal.
Mensinger Cleared in Altercation with Teacher
Costa Mesa
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OC District Attorney says Costa Mesa Councilman Stephen
Mensinger did not assault teacher during argument.
‘A Tremendous Amount of Anxiety’
Costa Mesa
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The stress of the fallout from the outsourcing decision on Costa
Mesa City Council members is starting to show, most recently at
this week’s City Council meeting.
Fair Board Takes Councilman’s Advice and ‘Hires Local’
Costa Mesa
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City Council hiring initiative, proposed by Stephen Mensinger,
nets jobs for eight local high school students.
The OC Morning Report
Countywide
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Curious math in Costa Mesa, more on Mensinger, and playing the
waiting game in Anaheim.