{"id":18909,"date":"2026-06-30T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18909"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:33:10","slug":"oc-residents-still-trust-county-government-despite-andrew-do-scandal-new-uci-oc-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18909","title":{"rendered":"OC residents still trust county government despite Andrew Do scandal, new UCI-OC Poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a highly publicized corruption scandal that shook the OC Board of Supervisors and triggered calls for reform, Orange County residents maintain a steady level of trust in their local government and see little need for sweeping reform, according to the latest UCI-OC Poll released Tuesday.<\/p>

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Less than half of the surveyed residents said they saw corruption as a systemic problem, even while former Supervisor Andrew Do is serving a five-year federal sentence for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes while in office, the poll conducted by the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology said. Slightly more than one-third of respondents said they figure a majority of county officials are corrupt, while the same number said none or only a few are; the remaining 28% said they are unsure, according to the poll\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

The responses varied slightly by party affiliation: 42% of independents said at least half of county officials are likely corrupt, compared with 37% of Republicans and 30% of Democrats.<\/p>\n

Jon Gould, the UCI-OC Poll director and dean of the social ecology school, emphasized that Orange County residents are not indifferent about local governance or unaware of political scandals. Rather, he said the poll indicates that voters think the county, despite recent setbacks, is overall moving on the right track.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be that they\u2019re content or at least not disillusioned enough that they want big change,\u201d Gould said. \u201cThey\u2019re not so angry they want to change things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pollsurveyed 1,202 adults from March 24 to 31 to gauge public trust in government and local institutions such as police and grassroots organizations. Nearly 700 participants were registered voters, and the rest were recruited through online survey panels. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.<\/p>\n

Residents recognize that deep-pocketed individuals can hold disproportionate sway in policymaking, with half of the poll respondents saying county government is run by \u201ca few big interests,\u201d compared to 23% who believe it works for the benefit of all people.<\/p>\n

The poll was funded by part of a $300,000 grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. After funding a similar survey from Loyola Marymount University focusing on Los Angeles County residents, the foundation wanted to expand the research to Orange County, Gould said.<\/p>

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Just under half of surveyed residents said they\u2019re open to exploring certain reforms, such as expanding the Board of Supervisors or creating an elected county chief executive. Meanwhile, 26% said they oppose such changes, and 27% said they\u2019re not sure. The large share of responses in the latter camps indicates that sweeping structural reform \u201chas not yet registered as an urgent need for many residents,\u201d the authors of the poll report said.<\/p>\n

With regard to appetite for reform, Orange County presents a sharp contrast with Los Angeles County, where a survey from November revealed widespread disillusionment in county officials and broad public support for expanding the Board of Supervisors there and making the CEO an elected post \u2014 both of which voters approved at the ballot in 2024.<\/p>\n

Generally, Orange County residents expressed more confidence in local institutions than the government \u2014 60% said they trust the police department most or all of the time, and just over half said they felt the same about community groups. By contrast, 40% expressed the same confidence in the county or city government, and just a quarter said they trusted the federal government.<\/p>

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The difference between racial and ethnic groups is minimal when it comes to trust in local government, but steep on the subject of policing. While 70% of White residents expressed strong trust in police, 61% of Asian American residents and 47% of Latino residents said they felt the same.<\/p>\n

The poll reveals a stark generational divide on confidence in government and local institutions. Younger people tend to have less confidence in the government and police than their parents and grandparents do. Just 31% of residents between 18 and 29 years old \u2014 the Gen Zers \u2014 said they trust the government, compared to 52% of those older than 62 \u2014 the Boomers. Yet, a majority of Gen Zers and millennials say they trust grassroots organizations, an indication that they\u2019re not \u201cdisengaged from local civic life entirely,\u201d the poll\u2019s authors found.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are connected and engaged in the community,\u201d Gould said. \u201cWhat\u2019s gratifying is that their distrust in government doesn\u2019t lead to overall cynicism about involvement in other things.\u201d<\/p>

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