Ethics and transparency items in Orange County, between 20 Sep 2025 and 20 Sep 2026
23 items. Each one links to the meeting it was on. This is the bottom of every drill-down on this site: whatever a chart says, the items behind it are here to be counted.
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| Subject | Items |
|---|---|
| Ethics and transparency | 23 |
| Civil rights and nondiscrimination | 8 |
| Appointments and personnel | 5 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 5 |
| Transit | 4 |
| Budget and appropriations | 3 |
| Contracts and procurement | 3 |
| Bonds and debt | 1 |
| Elections and districts | 1 |
| Health and human services | 1 |
| Housing and affordability | 1 |
| Parks and recreation | 1 |
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Quarterly compliance reporting on FY27 Orange transit projects. No action.
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The manager's office reports twice a year on progress against the six goals of the countywide strategic plan. No financial impact.Presentation Ethics and transparency
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A county-wide framework for communication and engagement with residents and staff, framed as a core public service. The board is asked for feedback and direction on the draft.Presentation Ethics and transparency
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Staff present what the 2026 community survey found.Presentation Ethics and transparency
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A revised process for how the county disposes of land and buildings it owns. The only item on the regular agenda.
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Ten minutes. Speakers are asked not to share personal identifying information or details of an active complaint, investigation or case; the chair may pause or redirect anyone who does and refer them to the complaint process, to protect the rights of all parties and the integrity of any review.
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A one-page charter for each subcommittee defining the work it owns, and a priority statement in a fixed form naming what it will focus on, how, and by when.
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12 LunchWhat to focus on through 2030, which partnerships to prioritise, how to gather more community data, and how to take regular readings of how residents feel.
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Nine sets at once, from 31 October 2025 through 20 May 2026: October, December, January, February, two in March, two in April and May. Fifteen minutes allotted.
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Appointment to the Board of Health. An optometrist seat, vacant since January 2026, stays open.Approved unanimously.
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Updating commissioners' assignments to boards and commissions for the rest of 2026, which the vacancy forced.Approved unanimously.
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Outreach and engagement, including tabling at events and outreach to county organizations, and community events.
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How the board would take amendments: each named with the funding source it draws on, so a staff-proposed cut could not be claimed as a commissioner's own.Agreed unanimously after an amended first vote carried 4-3.
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Ten minutes. Speakers are asked not to share personal identifying information or details of an active complaint, investigation or case, and the chair may redirect anyone who does to the complaint process.
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Revised policies and procedures for the working group.
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Consultants set out a review built on four principles - comprehensive, statistically rigorous, focused on vertical inequity, and operational - with a formal report due September 2026. Work group members raised overvaluation of lower-income properties against undervaluation of higher-income ones, how lower-income owner…
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An executive search firm gathering what the next tax administrator will face, for the recruitment brochure, interview questions and a finalist skills assessment. The group named rebuilding trust after the revaluation, consistency and accountability in the office, readiness for scrutiny at the next cycle, workload from…
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Modifications and clarifications on attendance policy and tenure.
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Amendments to subdivision review processes and classifications, twice through the ordinance review committee before reaching the board. A friendly amendment extending neighbourhood information meeting notification from 14 days to 30, applied uniformly to every type of notification, carried 5-4 on a show of hands.Approved unanimously
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Consultants engaged to evaluate the county's reappraisal and assessment process and recommend improvements, following community feedback and board concerns about deficiencies after the 2025 revaluation. The tax assessment work group that recommended the firm includes three commissioners and county officers alongside r…
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Eight questions of procedure: guidelines for good cause in accepting untimely appeals; hour blocks against fifteen-minute appointments; displaying evidence in the board room; requiring evidence to be submitted by a date; qualified representatives of property-owning entities; use of non-attorney consultants; calling wi…Consent agenda accepted
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Ten minutes on human relations, civil rights and community conditions, with speakers asked not to raise active complaints or identifying details.
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Try Transit Week and conflict of interest statements from public transit; the county bicycle and pedestrian plan, work with the metropolitan and rural planning organisations and the state transport department, and the board's own packets.
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