Under California law, lobbyists and wealthy political contributors can make large cash donations requested, or behested, by the office holders for their favorite charities. The practice has become big political business in recent years.
Tag: Tony Rackauckas
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Resigns Amid Residency Questions
Sean H. Mill, a longtime player in Santa Ana politics, abruptly resigned from the city’s planning commission last week, after he was caught living 24 miles outside city limits.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Bustamante Victims’ Settlements OK’d by County Supervisors
The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved settlements totaling $1 million with two female county workers who accused the former county executive and Santa Ana councilman of sexually assaulting them.
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
End of an Elmahrek
After more than six years of holding the powerful accountable in Orange County, Adam Elmahrek is leaving for the Los Angeles Times.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Says Records Contradict Sheriff Deputy Testimony in Snitch Case
Recently disclosed Orange County sheriff’s deputies records refute previous testimony in the case against mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, according to court documents filed Thursday by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas’ team.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Is it Time for Ethics in Orange County?
The fireworks between District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Todd Spitzer illustrate the need for a local ethics commission, OC grand jurors raise troubling questions about other DA actions, and Auditor Controller Eric Woolery steps up oversight.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Grindle/Mainero: Measure A Is a Good Idea Whose Time Has Come
Measure enhances non-partisan accountability for elected officials in a county where the district attorney has chosen to avoid that job opting instead for politicization.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
The Rackauckas/Spitzer Feud Takes Another Weird Turn
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has accused county Supervisor Todd Spitzer of “falsely impersonating” an assistant district attorney, the latest salvo in a years-long public feud between the two politicians.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Delay in Wozniak Sentencing Marks New Phase of Jail Informants Scandal
The sentencing of Daniel Patrick Wozniak, who was convicted last December of a grisly double-murder, will continue to drag on after more revelations of Orange County Sheriff’s deputies maintaining secret records on jailhouse snitches have surfaced in recent weeks.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Testimony Reveals Secret ‘Blog’ Kept by Sheriff’s Deputies on Jail Snitches
Orange County sheriff’s deputies for years maintained a secret, “unauthorized” blog on jail informants that was withheld from defense attorneys, according to testimony Tuesday in the Daniel Patrick Wozniak double murder case.
