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| WED 14 DEC |
Orange County’s assistant chief executive officer will be demoted and a deputy CEO will lose a $27,000 raise after a vote Tuesday by county supervisors responding to an audit criticizing unjustified promotions and pay raises.
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| TUE 13 DEC |
The Orange County Board of Supervisors rescinded a series of controversial discretionary raises for the county's top executives Tuesday, refusing CEO Tom Mauk's request for more time to study the issue.
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| MON 12 DEC |
The Orange County Transportation Authority voted unanimously Monday to send two messages to Sacramento and Washington lawmakers about the planned $98-billion high-speed rail project.
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| THU 1 DEC |
Listen to Supervisor Nelson’s latest radio interview with Warren Only on Which Way LA Channel 89.9FM
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| FRI 18 NOV |
The Orange County Sanitation District has taken back an illegal vote that gave pay raises to some top employees.
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| TUE 8 NOV |
But for County Supervisor Shawn Nelson, the Orange County Sanition District might have gotten away with a fast one.
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| MON 7 NOV |
The county’s assistant chief executive officer should be demoted and lose his executive benefits and a deputy CEO should have her $27,000 a year raise revoked, a Board of Supervisors committee targeting unjustified promotions and raises has recommended.
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| WED 2 NOV |
Supervisor Shawn Nelson, along with other government officials, is working to prevent the use and abuse of bath salts. Taking bath salts internally is the newest dangerous drug of choice for an increasing number of people. Although the state has recently passed a law prohibiting the sale of bath salts, Supervisor Nelson warns that these drugs are just being relabeled to get around the ban. Please use the link below to watch the KTLA report on the bath salt problem, including interviews with Supervisor Shawn Nelson, State Senator Lou Correa and State Assemblyman Chris Norby.
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| WED 19 OCT |
Supervisor Shawn Nelson also announced he would soon be seeking a charter amendment that would force county supervisors who do choose to participate in the local pension plan to accept a lower pension benefit formula.
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| TUE 18 OCT |
Hundreds of children and teens got to play with elite athletes and coaches during the OC Parks' Sports Day on Saturday at Craig Regional Park.
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| MON 3 OCT |
OC Parks Sports Day is an event for children ages 6 to 17 to learn the skills of soccer, baseball, basketball, football, racquetball, volleyball and softball.
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| MON 3 OCT |
A plan to give Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen a permanent seat on the county's CalOPTIMA board is triggering a firestorm of controversy, even before its Tuesday debut at the board's regular meeting.
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| WED 31 AUG |
Watch a video of Supervisor Shawn Nelson at the Super Seniot Saturday at the Buena Park Senior Center.
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| TUE 30 AUG |
One thing is certain. There will be a party to celebrate the opening of John Wayne Airport’s new terminal and parking structure.
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| WED 24 AUG |
The long-awaited new terminal and parking lot at John Wayne Airport is finished, and on Tuesday airport staff unveiled plans for a $50,000 celebration.
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| THU 4 AUG |
From his days as a record-setting, star high-school and college running back in Fullerton in the late '70s and early '80s, Tony Bushala learned that when the ball is put in your hands, you must charge forward regardless of large, menacing obstacles.
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| TUE 2 AUG |
FULLERTON, Calif. -- As they boarded an Orange County transit bus the night of July 5, passengers recounted a disturbing story in graphic detail: A homeless man near the bus station was under attack by police officers.
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| SAT 30 JUL |
FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- The FBI is joining the investigation in the case of a homeless man who died following a struggle with Fullerton police.
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| SAT 30 JUL |
The FBI will investigate the death of a homeless man fatally injured during a fight with Fullerton police, authorities confirmed Friday, as the police chief temporarily took the officers involved in the confrontation off street duty.
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| TUE 21 JUN |
Millions of dollars in cost overruns left Orange County officials fuming Tuesday, but that was about all they could do.
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| WED 8 JUN |
A dozen county employees, including a county librarian who walked away in tears, told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday they felt betrayed after revelations by a county auditor that top county executives received double-digit raises while hundreds of county employees were being laid off and furloughed.
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| WED 8 JUN |
The Orange County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting Tuesday discussed recent audit findings that showed county executives and managers benefited from unjustified pay increases and promotions. The board's solution: Create a committee to review the county auditor's findings and recommend corrective action.
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| TUE 24 MAY |
Watch the CBS News video - OC Mother Sets Off Political Firestorm.
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| THU 19 MAY |
Thursday, May 19, 2010 | A scathing report released Wednesday by the Orange County performance auditor revealed a culture of excess within the county's human resources department in recent years that has allowed lavish pay increases for executives and sweetheart deals for labor groups while county revenues have plummeted.
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| WED 11 MAY |
The Orange County Transportation Authority board awarded its former director of special projects a $195,000 two-year contract to essentially provide the same services he offered while employed by the OCTA.
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| THU 14 APR |
Watch the Inside OC Interview with Rick Reiff.
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| TUE 22 MAR |
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A new ordinance is pushing to make it a crime for registered sex offenders to enter areas where children regularly gather in Orange County.
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| TUE 22 MAR |
Watch the CBS News video on Sex Offender Restrictions.
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| THU 17 MAR |
SANTA ANA – Registered sex offenders who venture into county parks and playgrounds could face misdemeanor charges under a proposed new law to go before the Board of Supervisors next month.
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| WED 16 MAR |
Registered sex offenders would be barred from Orange County parks and recreation areas under an ordinance proposed Wednesday by the district attorney's office and county Supervisor Shawn Nelson.
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| TUE 15 MAR |
Ever since he was elected last summer, Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson has been trying to get rid of pensions for local elected officials.
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| TUE 15 MAR |
SANTA ANA — Orange County supervisors Tuesday approved a plan by the Diocese of Orange to build apartments for seniors in an unincorporated area of north Tustin, prompting opponents to say they will likely try to block the project with a lawsuit.
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| FRI 4 MAR |
The fate of Public Administrator/Public Guardian John S. Williams is expected to be resolved in the next few days, county supervisors said following a special closed door meeting Friday morning.
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| TUE 1 MAR |
Did government agencies deliberately boost pension benefits the past three years, anticipating voter criticism and the restraints on pensions it might bring? From our vantage point, that looks to be the case.
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| TUE 22 FEB |
(Santa Ana) - Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson will be the first in this year's series of rising government attorneys to be awarded the Whittier Law School Alumni Association's Legal Leaders Award in qppreciation of their contributions to the Orange County legal community.
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| TUE 22 FEB |
Orange County Supervisor and the only attorney on the Board, Shawn Nelson, will be the first out of a series of rising government attorneys to be awarded Whittier Law School Alumni Association’s Legal Leader’s Award in appreciation of their contributions to the Orange County legal community.
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| MON 14 FEB |
Orange County Transportation officials modified funding guidelines Monday to receive nearly $100 million for the building of a major transportation hub in Anaheim and voted to continue their support for the project.
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| FRI 11 FEB |
An agency that oversees boundaries in Orange County is looking to nudge some unincorporated communities toward accepting services from adjacent cities rather than fight them on annexation.
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| MON 7 FEB |
The County of Orange may be paying an extra $30,000 a month for a federal tax it doesn’t have to pay, and Supervisor Shawn Nelson is leading the charge to recover more than $1 million in overpaid taxes over the last three years.
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| WED 2 FEB |
FULLERTON – On an industrial street in Fullerton, surrounded by warehouses and right next to the train tracks, sits a not-so-well-kept local secret.
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| TUE 1 FEB |
On the same day last week that an appellate court in Southern California ruled that a public entity – in this case, the County of Orange – must pay retroactive pension benefits it promised workers, an appellate court in Northern California ruled the opposite.
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| TUE 1 FEB |
The Orange County Board of Supervisors took a big step toward transparency Tuesday by unanimously approving the first reading of an ordinance that would require lobbyists who are paid more than $500 to register with the county and file annual reports.
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| THU 13 JAN |
Some prominent Orange County officials are questioning the wisdom of building a long-planned mega transit center in Anaheim that would help deliver tourists to Disneyland and link local rail and bus services to the state's proposed bullet train.
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| TUE 11 JAN |
Supervisors John Moorlach, Shawn Nelson and Pat Bates were sworn in for their next four-year terms in front of an overflowing crowd at Tuesday’s board meeting.
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| MON 10 JAN |
LA HABRA – In what seems to be becoming a yearly event, the La Habra High football team was honored by the city Saturday for winning a CIF championship.
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| SAT 8 JAN |
With Orange County facing the possibility of $100 million in budget cuts over the next five years, and Gov. Jerry Brown set to propose an austere state budget, county government executives are seeing their paychecks fatten by an extra 5 percent.
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