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Orange County’s civil grand jury said ongoing court hearing about possible misuse of jailhouse informants have turned into a “witch-hunt,” and should stop after the grand jury determined there is no “systemic, widespread informant program.”
In a scathing assessment, grand jurors said key factors in the January 2016 escape included management not adequately training and supervising deputies at the jail, which allowed the guards to repeatedly violate security policies and procedures.
Is it time to make the county’s labor negotiations public? A couple supervisors say yes while labor leaders say if their negotiations are opened up so should the county’s negotiations with corporations.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has demanded that deputies pay the full employee share of their pensions and won’t get raises. They call it payback for the failure of public employee unions to win back $73 million in disputed property taxes.
Over the past five years, many high-level employees in Orange County government have reaped six-figure sick and vacation leave payouts. “This is not something we intended to become a practice,” says a state senator.
The vocal union opponent is talking “collaboration” as he
prepares to become the new chairman of the Board of
Supervisors.
Acknowledging that it is facing a tough year of contract
negotiations, the union turned to Kimberly Edds, a former OC
Register reporter.
Wayne Quint going to work for state attorney general. Tom
Dominguez takes over as union president.