They have appointed a subcommittee to analyze the recommendations that more supervisors be added to the 11-member CalOptima board.
Tag: Terry Francke
Posted inEducation, Government, Top Stories
Supreme Court Rules Special Ed Litigation Costs Are Public
Orange County school districts have kept secret hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills they racked up fighting families of children seeking special education services.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Attorney ‘Forced to Accept’ Resignation
City Attorney Cristina Talley confirms in an email to city officials that the council majority asked her to resign or face being fired.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
A ‘Brotherhood’ Fights Families Wanting Special Ed
The Orange County Special Education Alliance is an obscure public agency that uses taxpayer money to help pay the legal bills of school districts battling families over providing special education services.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Some Districts Refuse to Release Cost Records
Voice of OC requested under the California Public Records Act legal bills for special education lawsuits from several Orange County school districts. Some complied, some didn’t.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Vote on Controversial Water Project to Take Place Tuesday
The Santa Margarita Water District board will decide whether to approve a project that would import water from the eastern desert.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
County Releases Redacted Version of Controversial Drakodaidis Claim
Among other allegations, the letter accuses Supervisor Pat Bates of trying to change a sex offender ordinance to help a friend.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
County on the Verge of Releasing Drakodaidis Letter
Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis alleges a host of improprieties by officials, including supervisors Janet Nguyen and Pat Bates.
Posted inGovernment, Inside the Newsroom, Norberto Santana Jr.
Voice of OC Files Suit to Reveal Letter Kept Secret by County
The news organization, along with open-government advocacy group Californians Aware, seeks access to a letter sent by a deputy CEO that reportedly alleges a host of improprieties within the county bureaucracy.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
OC Officials Offer Up Another Reason for Keeping Letter Secret
The letter, which contains multiple allegations of improper actions by supervisors and the district attorney, would be an “invasion of privacy,” the county now asserts.
