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Susana Barrios
From:Alex Brown <Alex9355b@outlook.com>
Sent:Sunday, August
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Agenda item #5 - August 15
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The city cannot trust OC Animal Care. The shelter just retracted and replaced its 1st Quarter statistics. Their
statistics page now states:
"An incorrect version of the 2023 1st Quarter Shelter Statistics report was posted on April 26, 2023. It has been
replaced with the correct information as of 8/11/2023.”
https://ocpetinfo.com/about-us/shelter-statistics
These are the shelter’s main statistics. They took action only when an advocate presented iron-clad proof that
the statistics were made up. You can find the details in Voice of OC:
https://voiceofoc.org/2023/08/lawther-oc-animal-care-is-unable-to-keep-track-of-its-animals/
It’s worth asking the county:
- Is it up to ordinary citizens to discover the errors in a county agency’s key report and then patiently wait for
dismissive county managers to take the evidence seriously?
- Why should the public trust any numbers put out by the shelter? In most cases, OCAC is unable to back up
its claims with any details, data, or calculations.
- Why are the 2nd Quarter statistics (April-June) not available? (All other area shelters put them out weeks
ago.)
- Is an audit going to be ordered?
- The OCAC Assistant Director (and current interim director) led the production of the wrong statistics. Isn’t it
risky to trust her next round of statistics?
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