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Steve Danley, a former Performance Auditor for the County of Orange talks about the lost art of checking under the hood inside the halls of county government, what makes a good auditor as well as the future of his former office, now on life-support.
In an email to his fellow county executives titled “It’s Time,” Human Resources Director Steve Danley said he will be retiring next Friday after 33 years with the county.
Supervisor Andrew Do highlights perceptions that the county’s management structure is too homogeneous.
The county is terminating five employees in response to findings from a personnel investigation into misconduct at the agency, according to sources.
Over the past five years, many high-level employees in Orange County government have reaped six-figure sick and vacation leave payouts. “This is not something we intended to become a practice,” says a state senator.
Sources say supervisors are quietly negotiating with Chandra L. Wallar to take the reins of Orange County’s $6-billion bureaucracy.
After investigation, county officials conclude that all sexual harassment and favoritism allegations against Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly are unfounded.
Questions are being raised about whether human resources officials inside the treasurer-tax collector’s office committed fraud in how they cashed out annual leave balances.
Steve Danley is in the midst of a makeover of a department that is accused of dropping the ball on several internal investigations.
The OC clerk-recorder and candidate for the 69th Assembly District seat has allegedly had inappropriate relationships with several women in his office.