Amid pressure to resign over a scandal involving millions of dollars of misused pandemic relief funds, O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do did not show up to a county meeting Tuesday.
An investigation into the mishandling of more than $10 million by a nonprofit called Viet America Society led to Do's home being raided by federal agents last week.
He directed the money to VAS without disclosing his daughter Rhiannon Do's involvement in the nonprofit, who is being accused of using the money for personal enrichment.
The county is suing the charity to recover some of the funding and gain clarity on what exactly happened to all the money.
While Do has not been formally charged or even accused of wrongdoing, some of his colleagues are urging him to step down from his position.
Supervisor Katrina Foley is among those calling for Do's resignation.
When KNX News' Karen Adams asked Foley why they are not waiting for the investigation to play out, she said, "Because he has authority over millions of dollars of county funds both in his own budget, as well as at our county budget level. He's influential as it relates to decisions that impact our county staff, picking our CEO, making decisions about Prop. 1 allocations for those funds, and making decisions about our mental health care system."
In short, she said, "I just don't trust him at this point."
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The supervisors plan to meet on September 10 to decide how to handle the situation.
Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento says they cannot call for a formal removal of Do, but "We can censure, we also can talk about attendance, whether he should be on boards and commissions, whether he should be receiving any salary."
Do could step away from his board assignments on his own accord, without being forced to give them up, and Sarmiento believes that would be best.
"That's something that I would hope that he does because residents in his district are being compromised by his inability to be present at meetings like [Tuesday] and just compromised with the impact that this has on his [ability] to carry out his public functions," said Sarmiento.
Foley has suggested the attorney general step in and remove Do from office. However, she says it's a lengthy process.
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