A new audit shows more problematic contracts Orange County officials entered into during the pandemic, some of which were tied to former Supervisor Andrew Do, who’s serving a five-year prison sentence for bribery.
Auditors say former OC Health Care Agency Director Dr. Clayton Chau steered contracts to a nonprofit where Do’s daughter worked at and disregarded conflict of interest concerns internally raised by county staff.
As county officials grapple with contract oversight, hunger is increasing throughout OC as at least 12% of the county’s roughly 3.2 million residents struggle to feed themselves – something food bank leaders say will get worse as federal cuts to food stamps loom…