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Welfare agency outlines survival plan amid turmoil
Southern Alameda County Economic Opportunity Agency officials met for 44 hours to set conditions for continuing operations to aid South County’s poor. They suspended executive director Roberta Acosta amid embezzlement charges and named William Newton acting director. The regional office approved $140,000 to keep the agency running pending Governor Reagan’s decision. Three committees were formed to audit programs, probe evaluations, and investigate alleged political activity. Audience members criticized the board as unrepresentative while protests pressed for accountability to the poor.
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