Tag: Regina Chinsio-Kwong

California County Officials Oppose State’s Needle-Exchange Program

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday to ask state officials to reconsider a needle-exchange program in Santa Ana. The program by the Harm Reduction Institute comes about five years after the county prevailed in litigation to halt another needle-exchange program based on arguments that it led to an increase in littering in the city….


Orange County Appoints New Health Officer

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Clayton Chau was relieved of his County Health Officer role and Deputy Health Officer Regina Chinsio-Kwong was appointed as his replacement, following a vote by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on March 8. Chinsio-Kwong will assume the County Health Officer title on March 11. “I know that having experienced the last two…