Oceanside public meetings in 2022
3 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Public Budget Workshop
The County of Orange held a public workshop on its FY 2022-23 recommended budget, presented by Chief Financial Officer Michelle Aguirre and Budget & Finance Director Kim Engelby. The recommended budget totals $8.8 billion and includes Restore and Expand augmentations, ARPA and COVID-19 funding updates, homelessness and housing programs, and state and federal earmark requests. Public budget hearings are scheduled for June 14 & 15, 2022, with final budget adoption on June 28, 2022. The Board of Supervisors will cast non-binding straw votes during hearings before adopting the budget by simple majority.
- FY 2022-23 recommended budget totals $8.8 billion
- Restore augmentations total $54,062,682 across 219 positions, including $39,868,466 for Sheriff-Coroner
- Expand augmentations total $6,429,090 across 157 positions, including $2,992,120 for Public Defender
- ARPA: County scheduled to receive $616.8M in two tranches; first tranche of $308.4M received May 21, 2021
- Homelessness budget includes Be Well 2 South Campus ($40M ARPA & $20M MHSA) and Coordinated Case Management/Homelessness ($27M ARPA)
Investigative Hearing on Homelessness in Orange County
Supervisor Katrina Foley is hosting an investigative hearing on homelessness in Orange County on April 20, 2022, at the Hall of Administration in Santa Ana. The hearing features four panels with county officials, mayors, police chiefs, non-profit leaders, and experts discussing the county's approach, costs, local law enforcement's role, and potential solutions. Foley said she used discretionary funds to hire Moss Adams for an audit that found more than 1.8 billion dollars spent on homelessness, and Wound Walk OC to conduct a census of the chronically homeless population. The public can submit comments online or by email and watch the hearing live on Facebook.
- Investigative hearing on homelessness, April 20, 2022, 9:00 am–12:00 pm at 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana
- Foley cited an audit by Moss Adams finding more than 1.8 billion dollars spent on homelessness
- Wound Walk OC hired to conduct a census of the most chronically homeless population
- Four panels: county approach, costs and consequences, cities and law enforcement, opportunities and solutions
- Public comment invited via online form or katrina.foley@ocgov.com; live stream on Facebook
"The OC" COVID-19 Press Conference
This is a COVID-19 data update from Orange County health officials dated January 18, 2022, not a legislative meeting with votes or decisions. It reports rising trends: the case rate per 100,000 rose to 235, the daily case average rose to 7,572, and the positivity rate rose to 27.9%. Hospitalizations rose to 1,197 and ICU admissions to 199, with 86% of those patients described as unvaccinated. It also lists vaccine, testing, masking, and K-12 school group-tracing resources.
- Case rate per 100k up to 235; daily case average up to 7,572; positivity rate up to 27.9%
- Hospitalizations up to 1,197 and ICU admissions up to 199; 86% unvaccinated
- Omicron exceeded Delta in Orange County; 83% of cases sequenced on 12/28/2021 were Omicron
- Vaccine info: Myturn.ca.gov, 1 (833) 422-4255, Vaccine.gov, Othena.com, (714) 834-2000
- At-home testing at Ochealthinfo.com/CovidTest; K-12 group-tracing at Schools.covid19.ca.gov