[ October 11, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
UPDATE: The Occupy protesters are going to show up at this event! The dinner is sold out. It should be quite a ruckus.
“California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed SB 847, a bill by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) that would have required medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives be located at least 600 feet from residential [...]
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Tags: Democratic Party, dispensaries, dpoc, glen nolte, jerry brown, kinde durkee, lou correa, medical marijuana, Orange County, paul goldenberg, sb 847, sukhee kang, truman dinner 
10 Comments »Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez did a very brave thing at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting. At the end of the meeting, during public comments, she spoke up and asked the question that has been on everyone’s minds – why isn’t the City of Santa Ana looking at outsourcing the Santa Ana Police [...]
Posted in Business, california, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: firemen, Michele Martinez, raises, sandra hutchens, Santa Ana, sapd, sheriff, unions 15 Comments »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2011
Contact: Jessica Good: 714.834.6203
OC Public Works and Health Care Agency Programs Receive 2011 CSAC Merit Awards
(Santa Ana, CA) — Two County of Orange programs were chosen to receive 2011 Merit Awards by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC).
The Health Care Agency’s “Surge OC” has improved how the local health care community will respond to [...]
When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced, back on Jan. 2, 2008, that he was appointing Santa Ana Carlos Bustamante to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, I could not believe it. It was perhaps the most ridiculous appointment ever.
Looking back at the failed appointment it is even more ridiculous given that the Fair Employment and [...]
Assemblyman Jose Solorio may have doomed Orange County to yet another bankruptcy. A vote he cast last year has now cost the County of Orange $48 million in revenue – and we aren’t getting that back.
Solorio was one of only two Orange County lawmakers to vote for the initial bill that took the $48 million from the [...]
Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s AB 350 failed to get enough votes to pass the Senate Floor late Friday evening, the last night of this year’s legislative session. Despite coming up for seven separate votes, supporters failed to get 21 votes in the Senate to secure passage, according to the No on AB 350 Coalition.
AB 350 would [...]
Posted in assemblyman jose solorio, Business, california, Democratic Party, Labor, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: ab 350, bill, california, job killer, jose solorio No Comments »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Graham Brownstein, TransForm, (916) 441-0204 x 302, graham@transformca.org
Ahmad Chapman, TransForm, (916) 441-0204 x 301, achapman@transformca.org
Noah Finneburgh, Next Generation, (510) 289-0908, noah@nextgeneration.org
Warner Chabot, California League of Conservation Voters, (510) 375-2141, warner@ecovote.org
Rebecca Saltzman, California League of Conservation Voters, (510) 844-0226, rebecca@ecovote.org
SEN. DARRELL STEINBERG INTRODUCES BILL TO EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO FIX TRANSPORTATION
Coalition of Business, Labor, and [...]
Posted in california, Democratic Party, Politics, Santa Ana, Transportation Tags: california, darrell steinberg, sb 791, Transportation 3 Comments »Assemblyman Jose Solorio is at it again. This time he has proposed a bill, AB 947, that would “cost the California workers’ compensation system an additional $200 to $210 million a year, a legislative fiscal analysis said,” according to the Sacramento Business Journal.
Currently, a California worker can receive payment for a temporary disability caused at [...]
Posted in assemblyman jose solorio, california, jobs, Labor, Lawyers, Santa Ana Tags: ab 947, jose solorio, temporary disability, workers' compensation No Comments »Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s bio says he grew up “working in the cotton fields.” Like Solorio I grew up doing manual labor, with my father, who owned a small janitorial service. Now Solorio is trying to pass a new law, A.B. 350, that will in fact affect janitorial laborers.
Dubbed the “Displaced Property Service Employee Opportunity Act,” [...]
Posted in assemblyman jose solorio, california, Labor, Latinos, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: ab 350, building service, janitors, job killer, jose solorio, Labor, Latinos, seiu 4 Comments »Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s Communication Director, Carol Chamberlain, contacted me today with news that Solorio had in fact responded to mounting criticism of his proposed bill, AB 350, in a letter sent to the Sacramento Bee. I am reprinting that letter below.
AB 350 Provides Fairness for Low Wage Workers
By: State Assemblyman Jose Solorio, Anaheim
The Bee editorial, [...]
Posted in anaheim, assemblyman jose solorio, Business, california, Democratic Party, Labor, Latinos, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: ab 350, janitors, jose solorio, sacramento bee 3 Comments »Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez made an interesting announcement this morning on her Facebook page, “Good Morning! I wanted to share some great news with all of you. In the next week or so I will officially declare my candidacy for the 69 Assembly District. Michele Martinez.”
I have been tracking this story for weeks. For [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, assemblyman jose solorio, california, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, mayor miguel pulido, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 69th assembly district, jose solorio, julio perez, Michele Martinez, Sal Tinajero, Vince Sarmiento 15 Comments »Senator Lou Correa’s Office & Orange County District Attorney
Press Release, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2011
John Scribner, Capitol Director, Senator Lou Correa’s Office, 916-651-4034
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Orange County District Attorney, 714-347-8408, 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Orange County District Attorney, 714-347-8405, 714-323-4486
CALIFORNIA PASSES ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION TARGETING SALE OF FRAUDULENT MASSAGE DIPLOMAS AS FRONT FOR FORCED PROSTITUTION
*SB 285 was developed by Senator Lou Correa and Orange County District Attorney Tony [...]
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is enforcing a new state law requiring that all students that are entering the 7th to 12th grades be inoculated with the Pertussis or Tdap vaccine prior to beginning the school year. Click here to learn more about this new law.
Northgate Markets is offering free Tdap vaccinations this [...]
Posted in california, Education, Health and Medical, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd, working families, Youth Tags: free shots, northgate market, pertussis vaccinations, Santa Ana, sausd, schools, vaccines No Comments »The final proposed redistricting of the 34th State Senate District is now headed for the public comment phase, but I doubt it is going to change much. The new district has changed in shocking fashion. No longer does it stretch all the way up to Fullerton. Instead it has grown westward and now includes a [...]
Gerardo Mouet, 53, of Santa Ana, has been appointed to the 32nd District Agricultural Association, Orange County Fair Board, by California Governor Jerry Brown, according to the California Newswire.
Mouet has served in multiple positions with the City of Santa Ana since 1990, serving as executive director of Parks and Recreation since 2004. In that position [...]
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