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Supervisor Katrina Foley announced Monday that the county has filed a lawsuit against Hand to Hand Relief Organization and its CEO to recover millions of taxpayer dollars. -
The lawsuit alleges that county money meant to feed vulnerable residents was illegally diverted by O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter and others to purchase five homes. -
A new report found that discrimination against transgender people is one of the biggest barriers to higher paying jobs, and that in turn leads to a struggle to find secure housing. -
The nonprofit Viet America Society has been at the center of a long-running LAist investigation. -
Officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties are recruiting temporary workers to staff vote centers across SoCal. We’ve compiled a guide with everything you need to know about becoming a poll worker. -
Prophet Premium Blends recalled the products in June, but some are still on the market. -
A half-cent sales tax will appear on November's ballot to fund bringing in more sand to combat erosion. -
Multiple phone calls, emails, letters and requests for meetings are what parents should expect if their child is deemed truant. Most school districts appear less and less likely to lean on punitive measures in recent years. -
A letter signed by the county's top attorney warns that he's prepared to take "any and all legal remedies" to ensure Viet America Society and Hand for Hand rebate millions of public funds and fully account for millions more. -
“There’s no way they’re getting that money back,” Sterling Scott Winchell, the attorney for VAS, told the Orange County Register. The county could file suit to try to get a court to recover the money.
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The biggest winner Monday night was Los Angeles Chef Jordan Kahn, who took home honors in three different categories. -
The repayment demands, detailed in Orange County letters obtained by LAist, come as officials found that the nonprofit Viet America Society failed to show that meals to seniors were handed out as required under a county contract. Supervisor Andrew Do did not respond to requests for comment.
