General (05)Date:4/19/2025 2:25:58 PM
From:"Michael Mavrovouniotis"
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
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OC Animal Care is responsible for the c ity’s homeless pets. What have they been up to? The latest new s:
Voice of OC, April 15, 2025
Vaughn: The Board Took Positive Steps for the OC Animal Shelter, NOW Let’s Block the Bureaucracy’s Plan to Lower Standards
https://voic eofoc .org/2025/04/vaughn-the-board-took-positive-steps-for-the-oc -animal-shelter-now-lets -bloc k-the-bureauc rac ys-plan-to-low er-standards/
The c ommunity is grateful to Supervisors Janet Nguyen and Vicente Sarmiento. They’ve achieved real progress! But the bureaucracy is still trying to
dilute the Strategic Plan, using a suspic ious c ontrac t with a single bidder. And the county is rejecting simple arithmetic , shortc hanging Animal Care
Attendants.
Event-NewsEnterprise, April 17, 2025
Nguyen approves Animal shelter reforms
https://event-newsenterprise.com/nguyen-approves-animal-shelter-reforms/
Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen headed a measure to reform OC AnimalCare by inc reasing hours, appointing a c ommunity liaison to interfac e
w ith the public and requiring monthly w ebsite posting of data like intakes, adoptions and euthanasia. The items unanimously passed the Board of
Supervisors on Tuesday and will take affec t within four months. Supervisor Vinc ent Sarmiento co-authored the measure. The upgrades bring a pre-
COVID era back to the shelter w hen it w as more ac cessible and transparent to the public. Orange County w as the last major munic ipal shelter to allow
open public visitation last year.