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Supervisors Bates’ take on Spitzer’s proposed Social Host Ordinance

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Supervisor Pat Bates

Orange County Social Host Ordinance

By: Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates

The Board discussed adopting a Social Host Ordinance for the unincorporated areas of Orange County. The Ordinance as proposed would have imposed a $750 administrative fine on a “responsible person” who willingly allows an underage person to consume alcohol in their presence at a gathering where three or more persons are involved.

The second and subsequent violation of the ordinance would result in a misdemeanor, a $1,000 fine and the possibility of six months in jail. Continue reading→

Supervisors to deliberate Spitzer proposal for Social Host Ordinance on 12/10

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(Photo Courtesy of MADD)

(Photo Courtesy of MADD)

Supervisors to Deliberate Spitzer Proposal for Social Host Ordinance on December 10

By: Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer

On Tuesday, November 5, Supervisor Todd Spitzer brought a proposed social host ordinance to the Board of Supervisors. After much discussion, the Board voted to delay the social host ordinance item to the December 10 Board meeting. Upon passage, it would be enforceable in all unincorporated areas of Orange County. As a long-time advocate for DUI prevention efforts, Supervisor Spitzer proposed the ordinance to raise awareness regarding the dramatic problem that underage drinking and underage DUI has become in Orange County. The social host ordinance offers another solution in the fight against these scourges. Spitzer’s proposal also brings attention to the dramatic youth health and welfare issues that have plagued Orange County due to underage drinking. Continue reading→

Giancola appointed Orange County CEO

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Michael B. Giancola with Janet Nguyen and Matt Harper

County of Orange, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2013
Contact: Audra Fishel, 714-834-3440, Audra.Fishel@ocgov.com

Supervisors Approve Appointment of Michael B. Giancola as County Executive Officer

SANTA ANA, CA— The County of Orange Board of Supervisors today selected Michael B. Giancola to serve as County Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately.

Giancola has served as Director of OC Waste & Recycling since 2009 and has been employed by theCounty of Orange for more than 30 years. Continue reading→

Bill Hunt wins $2 million settlement from OC BOS

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Bill Hunt Photo: Fullertonsfuture.org

Bill Hunt
Photo: Fullertonsfuture.org

Breaking from R. Scott Moxley (as usual) at OC Weekly:  Ex-Orange County Sheriff Lt. Bill Hunt Wins Retaliation Lawsuit.

Lead:

Former Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Lt. Bill Hunt, who was targeted for harassment and career sabotage in 2006 by then-Sheriff Mike Carona and his goons, has won a litigation settlement of nearly $1.96 million, according to county records.  Hunt–who served the city of San Clemente as its popular police chief in his OCSD role and bravely but unsuccessfully challenged Carona in an election as unfit to continue serving as sheriff after a series of embarrassing corruption scandals–must also be reinstated in the department at his former rank.

 

Darrell Johnson (Re)Confirmed as OCTA CEO

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Newly appointed OCTA CEO Darrell Johnson

Newly appointed OCTA CEO Darrell Johnson

While the nine new members of the OCTA Board had an opportunity to revisit the selection of Darrell Johnson as the agency’s chief executive, his appointment was unanimous per the Register and the union-funded Voice of OC.  Johnson’s original selection was more a Brown Act issue than it was about him (he’s absolutely more competent than his predecessor) — some of the BOS Directors were unable to vote on him as it did not occur during a regular Board meeting.  We thought that to be a fairly serious legal issue but apparently no one else did.

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Register misses the Point, but has an Opportunity

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El Toro MCAS within the Great Park Boundaries
Photo credit: Orange County Register

Last week’s great drama in local politics — the dismantling of the Larry Agran/Beth Krom Monopoly of Malfeasance in Irvine — is bound to be the OC’s 2013’s Political Story of the Year.  The stranglehold these two had on the Irvine City Council and the Great Park property they seized annexed from the County of Orange is finished, unless they regain the Council and Park Board majority in 2014.  Count on them to be candidate shopping now (in both parties) and raising plenty of money via Agran’s corrupt Hometown Voter Guide.

The Register ably covered the Council meeting and both Great Park Board meetings (good work by Kimberly Pierceall).  In print today is a tepid editorial, First steps on Great Park’s new path, rehashing the three grand changes in the Park’s future.  They concluded: Continue reading→