Subject: Sandra Hutchens

• Less Than a Year Since She Was Appointed Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens Has Made Some Powerful Enemies

  March 26, 2009

• And Now There Are Two

  Five months after indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona resigned to prepare for his corruption trial, the county's board of supervisors (BOS) today narrowed the prospective replacement list from nine candidates to just two: Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters and ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff's Chief Sandra Hutchens. Acting Sheriff Jack Anderson will turn over California's second largest police department to Walters or Hutchens in mid-June after the BOS considers background checks and then

  June 3, 2008

• And The Sheriff is. . .

  Sandra Hutchens! The Orange County Board of Supervisors earlier this morning appointed the retired LA County Sheriff's Department division chief to replace Mike Carona as Orange County Sheriff. The vote was 3-2 in favor of Hutchens. Supervisors Chris Norby and Bill Campbell supported Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters. Patricia Bates, John Moorlach and Janet Nguyen voted for Hutchens. More new-sheriff stuff to come on this very blog. Stay tuned!

  June 10, 2008

• OC Councilmembers: Don't Say Stupid Things to Times Reporters

  Remember last year, when San Clemente councilmemer Wayne Eggleston made a crack about Stanton to the Los Angeles Times, claimed the reporter made up the quote, went on OC Blog to spear the Times, then curiously took back his campaign and apologized? No? Read about it here. Back to the point of this post. Today, the Times reports SanTana councilmember Carlos "Never Met A Conflict of Interest He Didn't Love" Bustamante (at the left in the above picture alongside those stalwarts of conservativism,

  June 12, 2008

• The Fleecing of OC Taxpayers, Part 692

  So far, best local story of the month goes to The Orange County Register's Norberto Santana Jr. and Natalya Shulyakovskaya, who wrote a June 13 article that further underscores the gross incompetence of ex-Sheriff Mike Carona. Based on interviews and public-records act requests, the duo found: -$-Most deputies pocket more than $100,000 annually. -$-More than 100 deputies pocket at least $150,000 annually. -$-In 2007 alone, the department boosted already-supple deputy salaries with $41.7 million

  June 19, 2008

• Baboso Busty Bursts Bubbles of Boho Beaners!

  *Updated, with new info after the jump... Carlos Bustamante was supposed to be the Golden Boy, the Mexican who could deliver Latinos to the Republican Party in Orange County. He won a SanTana City Council seat in 2004 by defeating a Papi Pulido-backed candidate in the one OC city where Democrats rule, and the dreaming started immediately. From a 2004 Los Angeles Times article: His candidacy was supported by Hispanic 100, an organization that supports pro-business Latino candidates. Founder Man

  July 10, 2008

• Sheriff Sandra Hutchens' Green Dream Team

  The last time Orange County's sheriff announced the department's new management team, Bill Clinton was president, gasoline cost less than a buck fifty, people could afford their mortgages, and you didn't have to remove your shoes to enter buildings or airport terminals. Everything was better then--except at the OCSD. Mike Carona, our cry-on-cue glorified bailiff turned womanizer/pompous ass/N-word-tossing/federal indictee in a gold-star-studded uniform, had surrounded himself with future convict

  July 23, 2008

• Sheriff & DA Skirmish Over Suspected Pedophile Deputy

  Under the leadership of Mike Carona—our N-word-tossing, fanny-slapping, vodka-slurping, money-hungry, FBI-indicted ex-sheriff—the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) sank into an ethical cesspool. It didn’t make a difference if a deputy was a hard-working public servant (and I know quite a few in this category) or a lazy degenerate. OCSD careers promised damn-good pay, lots of paid time off, no repercussions for wrongdoing and generously funded retirement at the spry age of 50, mor

  September 17, 2008

• OC Deputy Zapped In Excessive Force Indictment

  An already-bad PR week for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got worse this morning when Superior Court Judge Richard King unsealed a grand-jury indictment against a veteran Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy who is accused of using excessive force on a handcuffed suspect. Deputy Christopher Hibbs (pictured left), a resident of Corona, faces two felony charges and up to three years in state prison if convicted of abusing his authority during a Sept. 13, 2007, early-morning incident near the bord

  September 19, 2008

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  September 19, 2008

• Meet OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens

  April 2, 2009

• Native American Saga, Part 2: So Many Bones, So Little Time

  "Next is another fun item," joked Chairman Bill Mungary as the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) moved on to the controversy surrounding remains unearthed on the mesa above the Bolsa Chica wetlands after a lengthy debate over the treatment of buried remains at Mission San Juan Capistrano. The commission, meeting Friday in the San Juan Capistrano City Council chambers, is empowered by state resources laws to protect Native American remains, gravesites

  December 14, 2008

• Another Orange County Sheriff Trying to Get Badges Back

  Sandra Hutchens is not the only Orange County sheriff trying to collect honorary Orange County sheriff's badges that a predecessor handed out to supporters. The Times Herald-Record, which covers the Hudson Valley of New York, has a story today on the crap their Orange County sheriff has gone through since announcing any courtesy shields issued by previous administrations should be returned. Carl DuBois made that announcement upon taking office in 2003. He just got three

  February 17, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  April 2, 2009

• This Week in Reasons To Be Embarrassed About Dana Point

  Diane HarkeyNow, I love Dana Point, my sleepy, crusty, adorable harbor-village-that's-trying-to-dress-up-as-Newport hometown. But its legal cityhood is only a little bit younger than I am, and so I can relate to the public embarrassments it has had in the last week or so. You turn 20, you're told that you're an adult, you go out into the world, and you end up making an idiot of yourself. Three Dana Point residents in the news of late: -- OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Yes, we were quite proud when

  February 19, 2009

• A Different, Insider Perspective on the Recent Fullerton Gang Attack on a Church

  There has been much recent media coverage about a recent attack by Fullerton's longstanding Tokers Town gang against the Rev. Willie Holmes and his storefront Majesty Christian Fellowship church in their hood. Marches, arrests, and much other hullaballoo. Having a much different perspective on the attacks, however, is Sandy Stiassni, who is involved with the OC Green Party and a local LULAC chapter, amongst others. He sent out a long email with his perspective on the attacks which he has generou

  February 19, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 4: weekend and Monday editions

  Orange County Register: A six-man, six-woman jury recommended death for John Fitzgerald Kennedy--no, not that John Fitzgerald Kennedy; that one is already dead, and this one is a 43-year-old career criminal with the gang moniker "Crazy John"--in the murders at sea of a Newport Beach couple. The same jury had convicted Kennedy of two counts of murder with special circumstances in the 2004 slayings of yacht owners Thomas and Jackie Hawks. "Crazy John" showed no emotion as he got the chai

  March 2, 2009

• Sandra, Say It Ain't So!

  The deep, angry, artificial breathing you hear in the distance?No, Jim Silva is chewing happily on apple sauce. It's not even James Earl Jones on the set of an upcoming Star Wars flick. It's Orange County's dark political lord Mike "Vader" Schroeder (pictured). At Gulfstream in Newport Beach. In between sips of red wine and cigar puffs. And flicking ashes on Mickadeit's head.Norberto Santana Jr. over at the Register is reporting that Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has revoked Schroeder's permit to carr

  March 20, 2009

• Shot Fired at OC Sheriff from Political Dark Lord's Battleship

  "Give me your rich, your tanned and my MF'n CCW!"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away . . . Sheriff Mike Carona gave Mike "Vader" Schroeder, his feisty top political adviser, a permit to carry a concealed weapon (CCW). Last week, the new Orange County sheriff, Sandra Hutchens notified Schroeder, a Republican Party heavyweight in California, that her department intended to revoke his permit. Hutchens' policy is that getting a CCW is a special privilege and that folks must proved "good cause"

  March 25, 2009

• See the "Supe Snoop" Footage for Yourself

  Surely by now you've heard about the latest scandal to rock the Orange County Sheriff's Department: "Supe Snoop." If you haven't heard about it, you owe it to yourself to read R. Scott Moxley's cover story on Sheriff Sandra Hutchens this week. The footage above that opens over the shoulder of county Supervisor Chris Norby is referenced in this paragraph:On Jan. 13, Hutchens sent more than 20 armed deputies to a Board of Supervisors public meeting, reasoning that protesters of her CCW policy po

  March 26, 2009

• Acclaimed OC Sheriff Finalist Retires

  South Orange County resident Ralph Martin, a well-respected longtime Los Angeles Sheriff's Department commander who finished third to replace the disgraced Mike Carona as Orange County's sheriff last year, officially retired today after nearly 36 years of public service."I've got mixed emotions," said Martin, who was responsible for policing some of LA's toughest areas, in a telephone interview tonight. "It was a great run."Martin also campaigned to defeat Carona during the 2006 campaign, arguin

  March 30, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  October 30, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Sheriff Hutchens' Concealed-Weapon Policy Prompts Talk of Homosexual Plot

  October 16, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] DA Rackauckas and Sheriff Hutchens skirmish over investigation of deputy

  September 18, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] OC Media Asked to Ignore Still-Emerging Dirt on Mike Carona's PSR Mess

  August 28, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Ron Cedillos Hasn't Told the Whole Story of His Falling-Out With Mike Carona

  July 24, 2008

• DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department

  June 19, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Don Bren Plays Rough With Businesswoman, His Kids-But Courts Play Rough, Too

  June 5, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Sandra Hutchens' Party Poop

  April 23, 2009

• OC Deputies Outraged That DA Attacked Their Honesty; Demand Top Resignation!

  Something rare happened on Friday, April 17--and it wasn't just that the Orange County Register was pretending it had broken news about a trial it's reporters hadn't attended. On that date in 6 B.C., so I'm told, the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and our moon were aligned. I won't pretend to know what astrological activities were in place yesterday, but something bizarre happened here on Earth: usually in lockstep, Orange County law enforcement bitterly split ranks.Specifically, the Orange County Distric

  April 18, 2009

• Orange County Sheriff Was A Democrat

  Sandra Hutchens, Orange County's Republican sheriff, registered as a Democrat for as long as a decade in both Los Angeles and OC, according to records reviewed by the Weekly.In an interview for a March profile, Hutchens told me she is a Republican; holds conservative views, particularly on fiscal matters; felt George W. Bush had been an unfairly maligned president; and considered Ronald Reagan her political role model. Indeed, a glass plaque on her office desk inside the Orange County Sheriff's

  April 20, 2009

• Sheriff Hutchens Memoralized In Song!

  Based on the song Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee from Grease, a reader's* ode to Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens:Look at me, I'm Sandra SueLousy with gun issueWon't let you speak, if we disagreeI can't--I'm Sandra SueWatch it! Hey I'm from LAI was not brought up that wayWon't come across, Though the Supes I have lost,My way, or the highway.I don't drink (no)Or swear (no)I don't rat my hair (eew)I get ill from one cigarette (cough, cough, cough)Keep your filthy pawsOr my gun will drawMy trig

  April 29, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Rackauckas Doesn't Blink

  May 14, 2009

• Greenhut Blasts Sheriff, Union Boss Over Alleged Deputy Lies Under Oath

  Steven GreenhutIn tomorrow's edition of LewRockwell.com, Steven Greenhut writes a column, "Breaking the Code of Silence," that ridicules what the senior Orange County Register editorial writer sees as a continued lack of ethics and decency at the sheriff's department. At issue, according to Greenhut, is that Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and deputy union boss Wayne Quint were peeved that prosecutors told the public of documented evidence that deputies lied under oath to protect another deputy who'd t

  May 18, 2009

• LA Times: It's Good That Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Is Bucking OC Power Elite

  The opinion page staff at the Los Angeles Times today handed Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens an endorsement of sorts by hailing her policies as "overdue" change following "the political shenanigans" of sheriff-turned-felon Mike Carona. Their evidence that the sheriff is moving the Orange County Sheriff's Department in the right direction? According to the Times, "The cozy circle of the local power elite" and their "political gunslingers" are angrily squealing about her reform efforts."The

  May 26, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Cameron Jackson Says Mike Schroeder is Just Too Damn Powerful

  May 28, 2009

• Mike Carona Trying to Curry Goodwill from Mexican Students and their Supporters

  Carona with a mob goonThe Orange County Hispanic Endowment Education Fund (HEEF) is a fine organization that gives out thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving students every year and has done so for quite some time. Sometime this month, they will hold a reception for prospective recipients. Maybe some young scholar can ask this pertinent question to their elders: why does HEEF still allow disgraced, adulterous, felonious ex-sheriff Mike Carona to sully the group's name?Among the schola

  June 15, 2009

• Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game

  Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Police Officers Association, and deputies Gary Lewellyn and Richard Olszynski near home plate an Angel Stadium. Why? 1)  Lewellyn and Olszynski were honored before June 12's Angels-Padres game for t

  June 16, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Sources Say Paul Walters Won't Run for Sheriff

  June 25, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  July 2, 2009

• This Memorial Weekend Brought Us Gross Waters and Bland Cops

  What did you miss by turning off the Internet and getting a sunburn this weekend? John Gilhooley / OCWDid Sandra piss off some more republicans this weekend?Honestly, not a lot. Something happened with North Korea, yeah. But in Orange County? Fluff fluff and fluff. Here's your recommended reading from OC's media world from the past three days:The Reg has your omnibus Memorial Day ceremonies story. I liked the one with the Chapman prof dressing up like Dwight Eisenhower.Dana Parsons of the Los An

  May 26, 2009

• What the Hell is Bill Hunt Doing Asking for Joe Arpaio's Support?!

  ​Honestly, I always felt bad for Bill Hunt, the former Orange County deputy sheriff who's running against incumbent Sandra Hutchens next year. He loudly spoke against the moron Mike Carona, only to suffer an insult so egregious--demotion to patrolling Stanton--that he rightfully resigned. The lords of the OC GOP always ridiculed him, and nearly anything they're against is righteous and holy. But there is no way on Earth I can possibly say anything nice about Hunt anymore until I receive some c

  October 19, 2009

• Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?

  October 22, 2009

• Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!

  October 29, 2009

• Arpaio Raises Howls Inside, Heckles Outside Bill Hunt for Sheriff Dinner

  ​I went to a Bill Hunt for Sheriff fund-raiser tonight, and a Joe Arpaio Dinner Show broke out.

  November 5, 2009

• Bill Hunt Now Officially Batshit Loco

  Arpaio, Coe, and Hunt: Pendejos in a pod? For sure, the first two...​It was bad enough that Orange County Sheriff's candidate Bill Hunt invited a man as controversial as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to shill for him at a fundraiser. But for Hunt to allow California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe into the fest means he has just sealed his fate with the rational people of Orange County. Bill: that picture. Why? Do you really want to be associated with the godmother of th

  November 7, 2009

• PAC's Fundraising Appeal: We're Suing OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Helping Campaigns to Oust Her

  Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, the one on the right.​Funds are being collected for an upcoming court challenge of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. OCCCCW, a Costa Mesa-based political action committee (PAC) that aims to expand the distribution of concealed weapons permits, has posted on its website a message that begins, "Soon OCCCWS will be going to court to fight just one example of the Sheriff's egregious behavior."

  November 10, 2009

• Joe Arpaio Helps Inject Some Mexican-Hater Money Into Bill Hunt's Campaign for Sheriff

  November 12, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  November 19, 2009

• What Does the Mayan Calendar Say About Three H's Running for OC Sheriff?

  Sheriff Craig Hunter?​Hang onto your seats, disaster lovers! The dynamics of the 2010 race for Orange County sheriff changed this week with the candidacy of Craig Hunter, second in command at the Anaheim Police Department. No need to consult your astrological chart or the Mayan calendar for a deep meaning regarding the three H's running--Hunter, Hunt and Hutchens. The race is now ripe for brutal campaign combat. Here's why: As it stands, incumbent but electoral-untested Sandra Hutchens 

  November 20, 2009