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If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Orange County supervisors are holding a special meeting Tuesday to discuss sending a victim impact statement to the O.
C. district attorney in the federal case against disgraced former Supervisor Andrew Do. Do is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a federal bribery charge for his role in a scheme to steal millions of COVID relief dollars meant to feed needy seniors. That charge, and Do's plea, came nearly a year after LAist began investigating contracts directed by Do to a nonprofit where his younger daughter held leadership roles. He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced in June. The purpose sending an impact statement, officials wrote, is “to document the long-lasting and severe impacts of the defendant’s criminal misconduct.” Because of Do’s “self-dealing behavior” to divert millions of dollars “to enrich himself,” the statement reads, the county has had to spend more than $800,000 in a civil lawsuit to try and recover the funds.Prosecutors are revisiting their plea deal with Andrew Do, OC supervisor says The statement calls on the court to “order restitution to the County in the full amount of this loss, now totaling over $11 million, so that these moneys can be used for their original, intended purposes.”“When questioned about the County’s contracts with VAS, and the involvement of his daughter, Rhiannon, the defendant lied to journalists, County staff, and to his Board colleagues. Abusing the power of his elected position, the defendant attempted to intimidate and silence those who asked questions about how the County money allocated to VAS was being spent,” the statement reads., who at that point had written three stories over four weeks about Do and how he awarded millions to his daughter’s nonprofit, without revealing the family ties. The supervisor also went on Vietnamese language mediaYour city council, board of supervisors, school board and more all hold public meetings that anybody can attend. These are times you can talk to your elected officials directly and hear about the policies they’re voting on that affect your community.At a time when trusted news and information are more important than ever, your donation ensures that LAist can continue to serve everyone in our community. Make a powerful statement that you value quality reporting from LAist and safeguard the future of public media today with your gift.Andrew Do pleaded guilty to felony bribery last year. The suspension is a step in the California State Bar's process leading to disbarment.L.A. politicians tried to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s policies during his last term. What can they do to fight this time?As an OC supervisor, Michelle Steel awarded a $1.2M pandemic meals contract to her campaign mail printer The contract Steel directed to her campaign mail vendor in 2020 charged taxpayers about $24 per meal, three times as much as vendors charged in two other Orange County supervisor districts, according to an LAist review of contracts.As the Nov. 5 election draws closer, many of us have yet to vote and are looking for some help. We hope you start with our Voter Game Plan. Since we don't do endorsements, we've also put together a list of other popular voting guides across the political spectrum.The wife of an OC supervisor’s aide was hired for a $275,000 contract. The work was never turned in, county says O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do told a mental health nonprofit based in Irvine to hire the woman, according to multiple people briefed on the contract.I just couldn’t get comfortable with hearing only one side of an issueSearing audit finds city of LA has failed to properly track billions in homelessness spending
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