Santa Ana, Calif. (January 23, 2023) At the Orange County Board of Supervisor’s first meeting of 2023, TreasurerShari Freidenrich was honored by the Board as the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors (CACTTC) 40th President elected by her peers from the 58 Counties. San Joaquin County President-ElectTreasurer-Tax Collector...

Alisa Backstrom was unanimously appointed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to the Treasury Oversight Comittee on August 28, 2018 for her first term. Ms. Backstrom has been the City Treasurer of Huntington Beach since 2011, having been elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. Per the City Charter, Ms. Backstrom is responsible to the electorate for overseeing the receipt, collection, disbursement, custody and safekeeping of all City funds. As well, she is a member of the City’s Deferred Compensation Committee and serves on the board of the Supplemental Retirement Trust. In 2015, Ms. Backstrom served as Secretary for the California Municipal Treasurers Association (CMTA).

Ms. Backstrom graduated from Duke University with a Masters in Business Administration and received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA. Prior to holding the position of Huntington Beach City Treasurer, she worked in corporate finance and corporate lending. Ms. Backstrom has earned her Certified California Municipal Treasurer (CCMT) and Certified Public Fund Investment Manager (CPFIM) designations.

The second nominated candidate, Sal Kureh, is a Partner with Capata CPA. He is responsible for the effective planning, execution and delivery of their accounting, audit and business advisory services. He has more than 15 years of experience and worked at a Big Four accounting firm and in private industries as a CFO. He graduated with honors from the California State Polytech University, San Luis Obispo and is a currently licensed CPA.

David Carlson, is the President for DMC Companies for over 20 years. In addition, Mr. Carlson has recently retired from the County of Orange Audit Oversight Committee having served more than 20 years, ten of which he was the Chair. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, a Masters of Science in Industrial Administration and a Ph.D. in Engineering, all from the University of Michigan, where he also did post-doctoral work in Financial Policy and taught Computer Systems Analysis & Design. His career in private industry has involved managing about $4 billion in technology and internal controls. He served in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam era.

(SANTA ANA, Calif.) Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich is notifying homeowners that the California Mortgage Relief Program is expanding delinquent property tax assistance coverage to include current-year delinquencies. Previously, the program had been limited to paying only delinquent taxes from prior years, however any delinquent current-year first-installments will now be...

Francine Scinto was unanimously appointed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to the Treasury Oversight Committee on March 23rd, 2021 for her first term. She has been the Vice-President for Orange County Associates, Inc. since 1995. Ms. Scinto served six terms on the Tustin Unified School District Board, and served 12 years as a Trustee for the Pomona College Board, where she also was the Audit Committee Vice Chair. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Manhattanville College and a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

View Your Unsecured Tax Bill Online at octreasurer.com/octaxbill Santa Ana, Calif. – Orange County Treasurer Shari L. Freidenrich announced that the payment deadline for the 68,596 unsecured property tax bills totaling over $290 million is August 31. These bills were mailed in July to the owner of the property as...

(SANTA ANA, Calif.) Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich is notifying homeowners that the California Mortgage Relief Program expanded delinquent property tax assistance coverage to include current-year delinquencies and delinquencies back to January 21, 2020. The California Mortgage Relief Program provides financial assistance to qualified homeowners to cover missed mortgage or...

First Installment Due November 1, 2023 SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich announced that over 885,000 secured property tax bills totaling more than $8.7 billion have been mailed to the property owners at the address on the most recent tax roll. The secured property tax bills are...

(Santa Ana, Calif.) Orange County Chairman Donald P. Wagner and Treasurer Shari Freidenrich are kicking off Identity Theft Awareness Week by urging Orange County residents to take steps to safeguard their personal information. Identity Theft Awareness Week formally runs nationwide from January 30 through February 3, 2023 aiming to draw...