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Jan Grimes Selected as Orange County Auditor-Controller

Orange County’s acting Auditor-Controller Jan Grimes will drop her interim title and officially assume the Auditor-Controller position, Supervisor Shawn Nelson announced last week. In addition to her interim role, Jan Grimes currently serves as Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller. Grimes, a Certified Public Accountant and Government Financial Manager, also previously served as Director of Central Accounting Operations.

Submitted by narnold on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 10:08am

Politics and Policy Collide In Fight Over Water

 

Phil Isenberg: A 'grumpy old water guy' is at Ground Zero 

By Jim Cameron, Special from Capitol Weekly

Phil Isenberg is a former state lawmaker, mayor of Sacramento and big-time lobbyist  --  someone who’s been in a lot of political street fights but whose latest battle may be his biggest. 

The 50-year veteran of California politics heads the  Delta Stewardship Council and he is now the guy with his hand on the future of the state’s water system.

Submitted by narnold on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 9:36am

L.A. County Sheriff Demotes 3 for Cheating at a Charity Race

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has demoted his top 3 supervisors in the Sheriff’s Department due to their connection with an alleged cheating scandal during regional law enforcement relay race last year. At the event, there was a foot race for charity, and some state that the contest’s winners were not in fact law enforcement employees.

The team representing the sheriff's Transit Services Bureau allowed someone not listed on their roster and not employed by the department to join in on the race and run. 

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 3:12pm

California County Named One of the Top 10 Wine Travel Destinations in the World

Napa and Sonoma Counties are certainly synonymous with good wine in the minds of those who frequently travel to the region to visit its many vineyards. So it may have come as a surprise when Wine Enthusiast magazine recently named Monterey County one of the top 10 "wine travel destinations" in the world without mentioning Napa or any other of the grape-growing counties in California. After all, Monterey’s 71 wineries certainly fall short of Napa’s 400. Even the established vineyards in France, Italy, and Germany were left off the list.

Submitted by jbrown on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 1:02pm

Secession Movement Afoot in Southwest Riverside County as Officials Ponder New County

Sure, there hasn’t been the formation of a new county in California for more than 100 years, but that isn’t stopping a movement that wants to see southwest Riverside County secede to form its own separate county. Local officials in the region have been discussing the issue, as well as citizen groups, and while at this point it’s just a bunch of talking, there are palpable grievances over representation of interests on the board of supervisors, and heated debate over the Liberty Quarry project probably added to the fray.

Submitted by jbrown on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 12:38pm

OC Supervisors Consider Cap on Public Comments as Gadfly Tests Board’s Patience

Orange County supervisors may be setting themselves up for another legal battle related to public comment rules. The county only just recently won a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and now supervisors are thinking of imposing a cap that would limit the number of times a person can address the board. One resident in particular seems to be responsible for consideration of the new rule, as he has repeatedly used his public comments to discuss an unrelated dispute with the Social Services Agency. The patience of supervisors is apparently wearing thin.

Submitted by jbrown on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 2:02pm

Back to School: Plumas Supervisors Want Grand Jury Training on Tone after Kerfuffle

The sting of being called “oblivious” by its grand jury may not be forgiven by the Plumas County Board of Supervisors. We relayed recently that supervisors got a bit defensive after a grand jury report opined that county leaders didn’t have a clue about what was “really going on in the departments under its supervision,” which led the board to officially respond that the jury’s so-called “finding” had little merit since the perceived insult was a “statement of opinion, rather than fact.”

Submitted by jbrown on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 10:57am

Only in SF: Supervisors Pass Nudity Ban; Provokes Outrage Among Nudity Defenders

It’s one of those stories that might leave you shaking your head and muttering, “Only in San Francisco.” That’s because the Board of Supervisors recently voted – and by a very slim margin – to support a ban on public nudity. It would seem such a measure would only be controversial in San Francisco because so-called nudity defenders are outraged that supervisors are trying to stop them from letting it all hang out.

Submitted by jbrown on Tue, 11/27/2012 - 1:11pm

Insults Go to Waste as Flap over Public Comments Resolution is Resolved in Nevada County

Outraged residents in Nevada County quickly saw their insults and complaints go to waste after a simple misunderstanding was cleared up at the board’s recent meeting. County residents showed up at the board’s meeting with an ample supply of comments to disparage a resolution that would adjust the public-comment period during public hearings. It seems the resolution was poorly written and residents feared supervisors were trying to limit their ability to comment. Causing the greatest confusion was a clause that stated only 15 minutes of comments would be allowed per agenda item.

Submitted by jbrown on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 12:20pm

Plumas County Supervisors Counter Claims of Grand Jury Report after Being Called Oblivious

No one likes to be called oblivious, so it should come as no surprise that the Plumas County Board of Supervisors is feeling defensive after a grand jury report opined that county leaders didn’t have a clue about what was “really going on in the departments under its supervision.” The board recently released its official response to the grand jury report and as for the oblivious comment, supervisors countered as follows: “Since this is a statement of opinion, rather than fact, the Plumas County Board of Supervisors disagrees with this ‘finding.’”

Submitted by jbrown on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 11:39am
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