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Public commenters press Orange County on homelessness, Mind OC audit, Maximus contract and JSX airport dispute
Summary
At the public-comment portion of the board meeting, residents criticized county leadership over homelessness and mental-health contracting, urged scrutiny of a Maximus contract, raised a request to agendize JSX at the airport and described individual medical grievances; the board later provided closed-session readouts of legal actions.
During the public-comment period, speakers raised several recurring concerns about county contracting, oversight of mental-health services and decisions affecting the county’s airport.
Jackie Cordova, who identified herself as a mother from Santa Ana, urged the board to address homelessness and criticized county oversight of mental-health services, citing what she called a "damning audit" of Mind OC that she said found the nonprofit had failed to ensure proper staffing, oversight of subcontractors and effective crisis services. "Orange County also faces claims for damages related to the airport fire," Cordova said, and she reminded victims about a victim-compensation application deadline…
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