Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Vicente Sarmiento pledged $225,000 March 28 to help with the reconstruction of Plaza Park in the city of Orange, California, after the driver of a suspected stolen car crashed into it last month during a high-speed chase. “When we saw what happened here, it was a pretty easy call…
Orange County Officials Chip in for Plaza Park Fountain Restoration After Car Crash
April 3, 2023
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Orange County Supervisor Wagner is Running for Re-Election
February 10, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County Board Chairman Don Wagner announced Feb. 10 he would seek another term as supervisor in 2024. Wagner won a special election to join the board in 2019 and then won a full term in 2020. The former Irvine mayor and Assemblyman made his announcement at the Old Orange County courthouse in…
OC Supervisors to Ask Newsom to Suspend Gas Tax for 6 Months
March 22, 2022
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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…
How the Fear of Vaccine Passports Triggered a Recall Against All County Supervisors | Don Wagner
More and more voters in California, up and down the state, are waking up and taking action against policies and elected officials who they think are not representing them as they should. One example of this is in Orange County, where a group of activists is attempting to recall all five of their county supervisors….
Orange County Streetcar Expenses Continue to Grow
July 12, 2021
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The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) on July 12 approved an additional $1.1 million for the county’s first modern electric streetcar. While constructing track bed for the streetcar, crews unexpectedly discovered utility lines underneath Santa Ana, Calif.’s 150-year-old streets. Additional funds are needed to engage in exploratory potholing to avoid obstructing the track’s construction, a project leader said during a July 12 meeting. “The…
Orange County Fire Authority Attorney Racks Up $40,000 in Travel Fees
June 28, 2021
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The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) has spent more than $40,000 on a lawyer’s travel fees in the past three years, an expense that continues to draw the ire of some elected officials. An attorney representing the OCFA was compensated $40,425 for billed travel between Los Angeles and Orange County from 2017 to 2020. The rate is…
DA Spitzer Warns Boy’s Killer to Turn Himself In
May 27, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a stern warning May 27 to a pair of unidentified suspects sought in the road- rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, as the reward posted in the case swelled to $310,000. At a news conference in Orange, the…
Orange County Offers $100,000 Reward for Road Rage Killing
May 25, 2021
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors is offering a $100,000 reward for information on the fatal road rage shooting of a six-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa Freeway in Orange, Calif. Aiden Leos was killed May 21 on the 55 freeway while his mother, Joanna Cloonan, was driving him to kindergarten at Calvary Chapel school in Yorba Linda. “This is…
Supervisor’s Attempt to Assuage Vaccine Fears Backfires
April 30, 2021
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An Orange County supervisor’s attempt to dispel COVID-19 vaccine myths backfired when his comments were taken out of context by national media outlets, officials say. During an April 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Don Wagner questioned Orange County Health Care Agency director Clayton Chau on concerns Orange County residents shared about the vaccine. “Is…
Newsom Likely to be Ousted During Recall, Campaign Supporters Say
March 22, 2021
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Signatures to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom have been gathered and submitted, and now supporters say they’re confident California’s top politician will lose his seat. “I do believe the recall will qualify and the governor will lose it,” Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner told The Epoch Times March 22. “…Whoever goes in will take office knowing that…
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