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Since the late 1990s, Orange County has had the largest suicide-rate increase among the nation’s 20 most-populous counties, according to a Voice of OC analysis of federal suicide data. County leaders are taken aback by figures.
A first-of-its-kind study shows shockingly high rates of mental illness, joblessness and homelessness among recent vets; and a lack of resources for them on a variety of levels.
Huy Pham’s death was a tragic turning point in the city’s outsourcing battle that still seems a long way from being resolved.
Chief not convinced Huy Pham had cocaine in his system the day
he jumped to his death from City Hall.
Coroner’s toxicology report shows the drug in Huy Pham’s body
when he died.
The national political website, Politico, covers media blitz
against city’s outsourcing plan that highlights mayor’s inaction
after an employee’s suicide this month.
Story published today delves into the Costa Mesa outsourcing
controversy — calls the situation “the Wisconsin labor battle in
miniature.”
Last Wednesday local GOP Chairman Scott Baugh held up Costa
Mesa’s plan to drastically cut its workforce as an example for
others to follow. A city employee’s suicide the following day has
made that a far more complicated proposal.
Mayor Gary Monahan said a picture of him celebrating St.
Patrick’s Day at his bar hours after Huy Pham’s suicide at City
Hall was the result of a setup by a union official. Others who
observed Monahan that day say that is not the case.
Costa Mesa city maintenance worker Huy Pham, who committed
suicide at City Hall Thursday, is recalled by co-workers as
talented and caring.