The decision by a Transportation Authority board committee stems from the city’s spending of taxpayer money to take local senior citizens on gambling trips and winery tours.
Tag: Todd Spitzer
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Debate Proposed Changes to CalOptima Board
Proposed changes to the health plan for over 700,000 poor and disabled residents include a guaranteed seat for the First District supervisor and allowing spending requests to be approved by less than a majority of the board.
Posted inTop Stories
Grassroots Group Fights Jail Building Boom
Californians United for a Responsible Budget seeks to redirect state funding away from jails and toward rehabilitation and educational facilities for former inmates.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisors Wrangle Over Cost of Ethics Commission Proposal
As voters gear up to decide on an ethics commission proposal in June, county supervisors are wrangling over how much the commission will cost and how to present that to voters.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories, Transportation
Bartlett Chosen to Lead Supervisors in 2016
Incoming supervisors’ Chairwoman Lisa Bartlett wants to continue progress the county has made on issues like homelessness and bring more transparency to the board’s public meetings.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
OC Supes Step Up Scrutiny of DA After Informants Scandal Report
Among other things, they demanded reports from District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Sandra Hutchens on reforms outlined in the review and issued an order banning destruction of informant-related records.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Rancho Santiago Moves Closer to New Rules on Gifts, Travel
A board committee of the Rancho Santiago Community College District met Monday to discuss stricter rules on gifts and travel in light of a Voice of OC investigation into luxurious travel by trustees and officials.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Sefton: OC Community Planning Efforts Should be Respected
OC Canyons Environmental Activist Gloria Sefton writes that Orange County supervisors need to reverse amendments that threaten area specific plans like the Foothill-Trabuco area, Silverado-Modjeska, North Tustin, Orange Park Acres, and Coto de Caza.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: 2016 Promises to be a Year of Fresh Starts for County Government
It will be up to supervisors and other county officials to hammer out the details on last year’s policy progress, which includes such things as worker relations, homelessness, animal shelters and ethics reform.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Norberto Santana Jr., Transportation
Santana: OC Supervisors Offer Hope for Homeless This Holiday Season
Voice of OC’s publisher congratulates county supervisors for stepping up to the challenge and purchasing an abandoned bus terminal for homeless services just before winter sets in.
