Key Findings
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- County records obtained by LAist show O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do directed an additional $6.2 million in taxpayer dollars to his 22 year-old daughter’s nonprofit without publicly disclosing his close family connection.
- It brings the total to $13.5 million in county funding — tallied from government records obtained and published by LAist — that Do is now known to have played a major role awarding to the nonprofit since late 2020.
- The newly-discovered grants were awarded by Do outside of public meetings. Details of these grants were also not included in public meeting agendas.
- Most of the funds were federal coronavirus recovery dollars earmarked to feed seniors and people with disabilities, according to the county’s grant agreements for the money.
- Out of more than 100 organizations and cities that received federal pandemic relief money distributed by O.C. supervisors in their districts, the nonprofit received the second-largest amount — all of it directed by Supervisor Do — according to a breakdown the county provided LAist. The funding exceeded awards to the O.C. Sheriff’s Department, and the cities of Fullerton, Santa Ana and Westiminster, among others.
Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do directed an additional $6.2 million in taxpayer dollars to his 22-year-old daughter’s nonprofit group — nearly doubling the funding previously reported by LAist — according to county records obtained by LAist.
Those records show a total of $13.5 million in county funding that Do is now known to have played a major role awarding to Viet America Society since late 2020 — all without publicly disclosing the relationship.
The newly-discovered grants were awarded by Do to his daughter Rhiannon Do’s nonprofit outside of public meetings….
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