OCTA buses will feature anti-Fentanyl ads
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has launched a countywide anti-fentanyl ad campaign on Orange County Transit Authority buses to warn residents about the deadly dangers…
OCDA responds to the U.S. Department of Justice report on jailhouse informants
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement today regarding the Department of Justice Report on Jailhouse Informants: The Department of Justice investigation acknowledges…
OCDA Spitzer reacts to the latest O.C. Hate Crimes Report
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement in response to the 2021 Orange County Hate Crimes Report which was recently released by the…
The OCDA finally cleared a 30-year backlog of untested sexual assault kits
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is proud to announce it has successfully cleared a 30-year countywide backlog of untested sexual assault kits, resulting in hundreds…
The OCDA’s AB 109 Crime Impact Task Force took hundreds of felons off our streets
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An undercover AB 109 Task Force of District Attorney investigators, police officers, and probation officers has taken hundreds of violent and dangerous felons off Orange County…
Street racer pleads guilty to hit and run accident that killed two men in Santa Ana
Damian Chavez, a 26-year-old man from Bellflower, pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run vehicular manslaughter that killed two men in Santa Ana on April 20, 2019. He is scheduled to…
OCDA Spitzer says homelessness has gone down since he was elected in 2019
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement about Orange County’s 16.65% reduction in the number of people experiencing homelessness since he became the…
The OCDA features two Fast and Furious actors in their new anti-street racing campaign
Sunk Kang appearing in an OCDA PSA about Street Racing SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County, Calif. District Attorney Todd Spitzer today launched a nationwide anti-street racing Public Service Announcement…
OCDA to honor, empower victims at 2022 Crime Victims’ Rally on Monday
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is hosting its 2022 Crime Victims’ Rally on Monday, April 25, 2022 beginning at 10 a.m. The event, held as…
Spitzer to skip out on the OCDA candidates debate set for April 25
ORANGE, CA - Organizers of the first public debate for Orange County District Attorney have confirmed that Todd Spitzer has refused their invitation. All other candidates have confirmed their attendance…
The OCDA launches the County’s first pre-filing diversion pilot program
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is proud to announce the launch of a comprehensive pilot program to help reduce recidivism by connecting individuals who commit…
Judge rules OCDA candidate Pete Hardin’s ballot statement broke the law
(ORANGE COUNTY, CA) – Today, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer in his challenge of Pete Hardin’s unlawful ballot statement.…
OCDA Spitzer sues to delete portions of Hardin’s candidate statement
ORANGE – Todd Spitzer’s campaign has sued the Orange County Registrar of Voters to keep certain information out of the official guide that the county sends voters in the mail.…
CA Supreme Court rules that DUI defendants are not eligible for misdemeanor diversion
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Driving under the influence (DUI) defendants across California remain categorically ineligible for diversion following a decision by the California Supreme Court to deny review of a…
Woke OCDA candidate Pete Hardin caught red handed lying about sexual misconduct again
(ORANGE COUNTY, CA) – Woke OCDA candidate Pete Hardin was caught red handed lying about his history of sexual misconduct, again. Hardin has developed a clear pattern of dishonesty to…