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Since late last year, Nick Gerda has been investigating millions on tax-payer funds directed to a nonprofit run by an Orange County supervisor's daughter. LAist reports:
- Nov. 22: O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do was involved in directing $3.1 million to a mental health center where his 22 year-old daughter, Rhiannon Do, was president.
- Dec. 18: Records show missing audits for $4 million in taxpayer funding earmarked to provide meals for seniors and people with disabilities.
- Jan. 22: County records show Do directed an additional $6.2 million in taxpayer dollars to his daughter’s group without publicly disclosing the family ties.
- Feb. 16: O.C. officials say millions in funding were unaccounted for by the group and warned it could be forced to repay the funds.
- Mar. 7: O.C. officials say they are scrambling to understand what’s happening at the county-funded nonprofit after layoffs were announced and then rescinded.
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Top OC Official Helped Direct Millions To His Daughter’s Center Without Disclosing Family ConnectionOver the past year, Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was involved in directing $3.1 million to a mental health center where his daughter, Rhiannon Do, was president. -
It’s the second high-profile instance to emerge recently of O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do not disclosing a relevant family relationship during official proceedings.
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Records show the missing audits are for $4 million in taxpayer funding earmarked to provide meals for seniors and people with disabilities.
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County records obtained by LAist show O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do directed an additional $6.2 million in taxpayer dollars to his 22-year-old daughter’s group without publicly disclosing the family ties.
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New county letters obtained by LAist find that a nonprofit led by an O.C. supervisor’s 22-year-old daughter has failed to prove what it did with more than $4 million intended to feed needy residents during the pandemic.
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Orange County officials say they are scrambling to understand what’s happening at a county-funded nonprofit led by O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do’s 22 year-old daughter. The county says the group has failed to account for millions in taxpayer dollars.
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Reaction to LAist reporting
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The ethics proposal deadlocked among O.C. supervisors 2-to-2. O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do, who directed millions to his daughter’s nonprofit without publicly disclosing the connection, was absent for the vote. -
“The public's trust is being eroded by people who abuse the process,” Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento told LAist.
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Sarmiento is calling for changes in how Orange County awards contracts after LAist reports that his colleague Andrew Do failed to disclose that his daughter ran a nonprofit that received millions of taxpayer dollars.
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An LAist investigation into Supervisor Andrew Do is creating waves in the Vietnamese American community that helped him win the county's highest office.
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