Merced County Supervisor for District 2 Lee Lor has been soliciting ideas and input from the public through her Facebook page on how to allocate her district’s discretionary funds. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced supervisors to adopt rules for controversial discretionary funds
The outgoing Merced County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt new policies this month that will tighten guidelines and add transparency to the discretionary funds supervisors hand out. District … Click to Continue »
Read More »Supervisors giving out less in discretionary funds
The five Merced County supervisors have a pool of discretionary funds worth more than half a million dollars after slowing their spending of the special board project money in the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Grand jury report criticizes transparency of discretionary funds
Report was published June 30 but not yet available online Report investigated transparency and accountability of discretionary funds Discretionary funds called “slush funds” by candidates … Click to Continue »
Read More »Discretionary funds targeted at candidates’ Merced County forum
$ 40,000 discretionary fund is available for each supervisor to disburse each year Incumbents say funds have benefited local groups and nonprofits Challengers argue that money would be better spent on law enforcement or other sectors … Click to Continue »
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