NELSON TEAM
Denis Bilodeau
Chief of Staff

Audra Adams
Policy Advisor /
Communications Director

Steve Spernak
Policy Advisor

David Zenger
Policy Advisor

Scott Carpenter
Policy Advisor

Mark Lopez
Policy Advisor

Neha Sata
Executive Aide

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Welcome to Nelson's E-News!

Welcome to my first newsletter of the New Year! I hope you had a safe holiday season and are ready to begin 2012. To start the year, I was honored to accept my Board colleagues’ unanimous election as Vice Chairman for the next twelve months, authorizing me to administer the Board meetings in the absence of the Chairman.

There are also a few entries about the great things going on in our wonderful community. Please see some information on upcoming events that you might be interested in attending in the Fourth District as well as a summary of other recent events, including the Placentia Tamale Festival and the 13th MEU Holiday Party.

As always, there are many opportunities to get involved in the community and I hope that you take a look at some of the ways you may be able to help out.

Again, happy new year!

Sincerely,
Shawn Nelson.

On Tuesday, the Board heard about coming trigger budget impacts to the County caused by lower-than-expected State revenues.

In December, the Department of Finance estimated a revenue shortfall of $2.2 billion, prompting a mid-year reduction of approximately $980 million this month. The cuts affect education, healthcare and public safety. In the County, there are four primary programs that will be affected: the District Attorney, Probation Department, OC Public Libraries and the Social Services Agency.

The Probation Department has by far the biggest cost impact due to these trigger cuts, as the State will begin charging the County for certain youth offenders to the tune of approximately $2.1 million in FY 2012-13. The total cost of the trigger cuts to the County could be nearly $3.5 million.

The Board of Supervisors voted to approve recruitment for a new Auditor-Controller to replace our current one, who will vacate the office on January 31. The Auditor-Controller is responsible for providing a wide range of accounting, auditing and property tax services on behalf of the County of Orange. The five-week recruitment will close on February 24 and, after a panel screening of finalists, the Board will decide on a replacement at its March 27 meeting.

The Chief Deputy Auditor Controller will act as Auditor-Controller in the interim.

At the end of Tuesday’s meeting, the Board elected its new officers for the 2012 year. Held every January, the Board selects from its membership one Supervisor each to serve a year-long term as its Chairman and Vice Chairman. For Chairman, the Board chose Supervisor John Moorlach to take over the gavel and oversee the coming year’s meetings. Supervisor Shawn Nelson was honored to become the new Vice Chairman. The new Chairman and Vice Chairman will be seated for their first official session at the next meeting on Tuesday, January 24.

The 4th District has vacant appointments on the following commissions or committees:

Community Liaison, Greg Sowards (pictured left), joins Nelson staffer, Steve Spernak, as they work together at the City of Anaheim’s 13th MEU Marine Support Committee holiday party at Camp Pendleton. The afternoon consisted of gathering donations that were later delivered by Santa himself to the children of deployed Marines. Families watched in delight as kids received new goodies, including teddy bears, hand puppets and gift cards.

For more information, please click the link below to read the MEU newsletter
http://bos.ocgov.com/legacy4/newsletters/pdfs/Vol3Issue1/MEU Newsletter January 2012.pdf

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1. Miss Placentia 2011 – Whitney Thomas
2. Miss Yorba Linda 2011 – Jordan Krinke
3. Miss Placentia’s Outstanding Teen 2011 – Jinnie Rhee
4. Miss Yorba Linda’s Outstanding Teen 2011 – Anneliese Klages