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Viet America Society's Huntington Beach office with a sign on its door saying the suite was available for lease on Thursday, March 28, 2024.Three bills inspired by LAist’s investigation into how millions of public taxpayer dollars were spent are now awaiting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.Two of the bills would require more transparency about elected officials’ family ties to certain types of government contractors.
Earlier this year, as part of a months-long investigation, LAist uncovered over $13 million in public money that Do directed to a little-known nonprofit, Viet America Society, led on and off by his now 23-year-old daughter, Rhiannon Do. Most of that money was directed to the group by Supervisor Do outside of the public’s view and never appeared on public meeting agendas. He did not publicly disclose his family ties, which is not illegal.
Lastly, it would ban supervisors up for re-election from allocating discretionary funds in the 90 days before the election. They also would not be able to announce or send out press releases about previously approved discretionary funds within that 90 day period. The bill is specific to Orange County and would not apply to other jurisdictions.
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