Since taking office in 2018, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and his top executives have faced a host of lawsuits – with allegations ranging from harassment to botched prosecutions – that have cost taxpayers nearly $18 million.
Spitzer has pushed back on the cases by blaming county counsel or denying the allegations, noting that most of the cases were settled before any legal judgment was made.
Meanwhile, Orange County Supervisors continue grappling with how to best use discretionary funds – money that can be spent with little oversight – after their former colleague Andrew Do was sentenced to five years in prison for a bribery scheme that used such largely unchecked spending…