KEY FINDINGS
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- Without publicly disclosing his family connection, Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do approved funding that included $3.1 million in two subcontracts for a mental health center led by his daughter.
- The nonprofit contractors that manage the subcontracts said the idea of hiring his daughter’s center didn’t originate with them. One said the center was suggested to them during negotiations with the county, and the other said they were provided a list of county-vetted organizations. Orange County spokespeople have not answered LAist’s questions about Do’s role in the process.
- A group of community nonprofit leaders were so concerned about the handling of the subcontracts that they held a meeting about it with the leader of L.A.’s top Asian American civil rights group, who told LAist she followed up by contacting the FBI.
- Do’s daughter graduated from high school four years ago, undergraduate college two years ago and is currently a law student at U.C. Irvine, according to her LinkedIn. She lists no other work experience on LinkedIn, aside from a four-month internship this summer at a business law firm. She also was a legislative intern at a mental health advocacy group, according to that group’s website.
- Do’s daughter’s mental health center, Warner Wellness Center, is the DBA of the nonprofit Viet America Society. A DBA is a name an organization uses to operate that’s different from its legal name.
- Warner Wellness operations and Viet America Society are located on the same floor of the same office building as Do’s private law office in Huntington Beach.
- Viet America Society received a warning letter in April 2023 from the state Attorney General that it was delinquent and could not legally seek or spend funds because it still hadn’t yet filed required financial…
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