Tag: Doug Chaffee

Purchasing Fentanyl ‘Easy as Ordering Uber’: California County Supervisor

Purchasing fentanyl is now as easy as ordering an Uber. At least that’s what one county supervisor in Orange County, California, is saying. “You can order takeout on your iPhone. You can order an Uber. Now, if you have the right app, you can order fentanyl,” Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee told The Epoch Times….


Orange County Slated to Establish an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

Orange County will have an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, after county supervisors unanimously approved its creation on April 25. The office will serve as a “central hub for coordination of services, resources, and advocacy groups,” for immigrants and refugees within the county, according to officials. County officials held a press conference the following…


Orange County Supervisors Approve Cold Weather Shelter in Fullerton

The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Jan. 24 a temporary cold weather shelter for the homeless in Fullerton, ending a six-month search. The facility will be located at Independence Park’s gymnasium, providing 90 beds, Doug Becht, the director of operations for the Orange County Health Care Agency, said during the board’s meeting. Becht…


Orange County Honors Community Heroes at Kindness Awards

FULLERTON, Calif.—After helping thousands around the community and even globally, seven awardees were honored Nov. 13 at the fourth annual Fourth District Kindness Awards, hosted by Orange County Supervisors Chairman Doug Chaffee at Fullerton College. Held on World Kindness Day, the event recognized outstanding individuals in the Fourth District, which is comprised of Brea, Buena…


Orange County Honors Community Heroes at Kindness Awards in Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif.—After helping thousands around the community and even globally, seven awardees were honored Nov. 13 at the fourth annual Fourth District Kindness Awards, hosted by Orange County Supervisors Chairman Doug Chaffee at Fullerton College. Held on World Kindness Day, the event recognized outstanding individuals in the Fourth District, which is comprised of Brea, Buena…


OC Supervisors to Ask Newsom to Suspend Gas Tax for 6 Months

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on March 22 to urge California Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend the state’s gas tax for six months. The matter, brought forward last-minute by both OC Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Don Wagner and Supervisor Katrina Foley in two separate resolutions, will ask the state…


Orange County Board Drops Rule Restricting Commenters From Addressing Individuals

Southern California residents who want to make public comments during meetings of the Orange County Board of Supervisors can now address individual members by name, instead of having to address the board as a whole. The rule requiring all public remarks to be addressed to the entire board had stood since being adopted in 1971,…


Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee Talks Hopes for the New Year

As many others do, Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee longs for a better world in 2021—sort of like the one he was living in before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. “I’m dreaming that our resort areas get open and recover, and the tourism that comes with it,” Chaffee told The Epoch Times during an end-of-year…


Private Jet Service Wins TRO to Keep Doing Business at John Wayne Airport

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order on Dec. 23 blocking Orange County from denying a permit for a private jet service from operating on the corporate jet side of John Wayne Airport. It could be a short-lived victory, however; the lease expires at year’s end, and it is unlikely to…