Political watchdog Shirley Grindle Tuesday asked the county counsel’s office to decide whether Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, must file yearly statements of economic interests.
Tag: Todd Spitzer
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Departure of County’s Performance Auditor Could Be Imminent
Philip Cheng’s name is again on the supervisors’ closed-session agenda — but this time the word “dismissal” is included, along with choosing a temporary replacement.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Defense Attorneys Cry Foul on Supervisors’ Demand That Judge Resign
Attorneys publicly accused supervisors of trying to hijack the judicial process with their high-profile attacks on a judge who reduced the sentence of a 19-year-old man convicted of sodomizing a toddler.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
OC’s Political Ethics Enforcement (or lack thereof) Subject of Forum
Officials and activists gathered and debated the merits of establishing an ethics commission in a county where critics say political scofflaws are not adequately held accountable.
Posted inCountywide, Norberto Santana Jr.
Keeping Watch: County Government’s Most Thankless Job
County Performance Auditor Phillip Cheng is under fire for producing milquetoast audits. But given what supervisors have done to previous auditors, can you really blame him?
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
County CEO Mike Giancola to Retire in September
Orange County government’s top executive plans to retire in September, less than two-and-a-half years after he was promoted to the high post.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Top Finance Official: County Pension System on ‘Very Good Track’
Following years of dire warnings from political leaders and concessions by employees, the Orange County government’s retirement system is on its way to the 80-percent funding level, which finance officials say represents a healthy system.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Assert Themselves Against DA on ACLU Loss and DNA Collection
County Supervisors assert themselves against District Attorney Tony Rackauckas over the financial impacts of recent legal losses to the ACLU on gang injunctions. Supervisors also question whether Orange County needs two separate DNA-collection efforts by the Sheriff and DA.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
County Explores Corporate Sponsorships for Animal Shelter, Other Agencies
The county could sell sponsorships for items ranging from dog shelter kennels to hygiene kits the county hands out to homeless people, according to proposal that drew both excitement and concern from supervisors.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
Spitzer Touts Possible Homeless Shelter Site in Anaheim
Supervisors Chairman Todd Spitzer is expressing cautious optimism about a site in the northern part of the city as a location for the county’s first year-round shelter.
