The Orange County Board of Supervisors revised its code of ethics Tuesday to include greater protections for whistleblowers — but several of the supervisors questioned whether the measures go far enough.

"I expected more," said Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, who asked county staff to look into strengthening the ethics code last year.

Among other concerns, he said the code lacks any mechanism to bind county leaders and employees to adhere to the code — not just read and sign it.

"I'm disappointed," Sarmiento said, "especially in light of what we just lived through."

Why it matters

The vote comes the same week that one of their own, former Supervisor Andrew Do, is slated to begin a five-year prison term on a federal bribery charge related to his work when he was a sitting official.

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