As voters cast ballots for a vacant Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seat, its former holder is sharing hopes for her replacement. It’s been about two months since U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Steel left her District 2 seat for higher office. During an interview with The Epoch Times, she said she would like the incoming supervisor to carry forward her legacy of reducing homelessness, fighting for lower taxes, and ensuring fiscal responsibility. “I hope that the new supervisor coming in works hard,” Steel said March 9. “And if you have to fight, you really have to fight against anybody who hurts our constituents.” During Steel’s time on the board, she said “homeless issue was the biggest problem in Orange County. That was about one-third alcoholics, two-thirds drug addicts. Sometimes they are actually doing both.” While chair of the BOS, Steel helped launch Be Well OC, a 60,000-square-foot mental health facility in Orange. “We removed homeless people from the Santa Ana river bed … …
On Election Day, Former Supervisor Michelle Steel Reflects on Role
March 9, 2021
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BOSDistrict 2Janet RappaportJohn MoorlachKatrina FoleyKevin MuldoonMichael VoMichelle SteelOrange County Board of Supervisorsorange county special electionRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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