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The county is transferring property on the eastern edge of Anaheim for potential development as a veterans and civilian cemetery. Supervisors clashed over whether it would let Irvine “off the hook” for a proposed veterans cemetery at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.
The testimony raised questions about why, when sheriff and DA officials learned of attorney-client recordings in 2015, they apparently did not examine the issue further and potentially stop the systemic recording of hundreds of protected calls.
Democrat Katie Porter pulled ahead of Republican Congresswoman Mimi Walters, and DA Tony Rackauckas announced his office will be transitioning to Spitzer’s administration over the next few weeks. Here are the latest counts as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Spitzer said he plans to step up prosecutions of hate crimes, will meet regularly with communities that feel they’re treated unfairly by law enforcement, will not evaluate prosecutors based on conviction rates, and will hold police officers and prosecutors accountable.
Spitzer was up by 5.8 percentage points in the latest ballot count. There was no word of a concession by his opponent, incumbent DA Tony Rackauckas.
The DA face-off, years in the making, pitted Rackauckas against his former heir apparent, Todd Spitzer.
The closely-watched race pits the DA against his former heir apparent, in a face-off years in the making.
Bill Mitchell, former chair for Orange County Common Cause and a local business attorney, writes about why incumbent District Attorney Tony Rackauckas should not be re-elected.
Longtime campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle writes about why she supports Todd Spitzer for Orange County District Attorney.
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff for OC District Attorney Tony Rackauckas weighs in on the DA’s race, providing her top 10 reasons why Rackauckas should remain as DA and his opponent, Todd Spitzer, should not be elected to the post.