U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez lost her campaign money in the Kinde Durkee scandal – but it may not matter. Her new 46th congressional district ”encompasses most of Santa Ana, parts of Garden Grove, Anaheim, Westminster and Fullerton. Previous drafts of the maps gave the area, which is home to Disneyland and a heavy population of immigrants, a slight Republican edge,” according to the L.A. [...]
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Will U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez get a free pass this year?
Posted by Admin on January 8th, 2012
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Democratic Party, elections, Federal Government, Orange, Politics, republican party, Santa Ana 
Tags: anaheim, barack obama, bill campbell, challengers, Curt Pringle, dana rohrabacher, Democratic Party, dpoc, garden grove, janet nguyen, lorettta sanchez, oc gop, Orange, republican party, Santa Ana 
1 Comment »Poll closes tonight: Who will be Santa Ana’s Woman of the Year in 2011?
Posted by Admin on December 31st, 2011
Our readers enjoyed voting yesterday for Santa Ana’s Man of the Year in 2011 – now it’s the ladies turn as we consider who was Santa Ana’s Woman of the Year in 2011? We had a very strong field last year, and many of those nominees are back in this year’s poll, but I also [...]
Posted in Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, sausd, Supervisor Janet Nguyen Tags: 2011, janet nguyen, loretta sanchez, Michele Martinez, poll, Santa Ana, theresa cisneros, woman of the year 3 Comments »Richardson loses his 33 percent pay hike, despite Nguyen’s support
Posted by Admin on December 13th, 2011
My favorite O.C. Supervisor, Shawn Nelson, took action at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting, making a motion that a series of raises – which were doled out to just about every top executive in the CEO’s office – be rescinded, according to the Voice of OC. The action means a demotion and rescinding of a [...]
Supervisors Bates and Campbell vote for Nguyen’s takeover of CalOptima
Posted by Admin on December 7th, 2011
“In a 3-2 vote, with supervisors Shawn Nelson and John Moorlach dissenting, the board not only approved changes that increase health care industry representation on the board but also extended a supervisor’s term on the board from one to two years. Nguyen is the supervisors’ current representative,” according to the Voice of OC.
Nelson and Moorlach ripped Nguyen [...]
Are 72nd A.D. GOP candidates giving mobile home owners the shaft?
Posted by Admin on November 28th, 2011
GOP 72nd A.D. candidates Joe Carchio and Matt Harper, Picture Courtesy of the Surf City Voice
Huntington Beach Mayor Joe Carchio and Council Member Matt Harper, who are both Republican candidates for the 72nd Assembly District, which includes part of West Santa Ana, are trying to eliminate a city commission – the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB), [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, elections, Huntington Beach, Matt Harper, Orange County, republican party, Santa Ana, Supervisor Janet Nguyen Tags: 72nd assembly district, huntington beach, intergovernmental Relations committee, irc, janet nguyen, joe carchio, matt harper, mhab, mobile home owners, mobile home park advisory board 12 Comments »Matt Harper warned not to campaign at the County – what about Tom Daly?
Posted by Admin on November 9th, 2011
“Matt Harper, former deputy chief of staff to Supervisor Janet Nguyen who quietly transferred to the Orange County trash agency last month while preparing a run for the Assembly, has been officially warned to avoid any political activities while working as public affairs manager at OC Waste & Recycling for the next year,” according to the Voice [...]
Supervisor Nguyen gets caught trying to disenfranchise the poor
Posted by Admin on November 1st, 2011
“Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen caused an uproar this month when she abruptly proposed major changes to CalOptima, the county’s $1.3-billion program that provides medical coverage to about 430,000 poor adults and children,” according to the Voice of OC.
I wondered at the time just what the heck Nguyen was up to. Now we know. ”Early this month Nguyen proposed [...]
Will Correa take back his seat on the O.C. Board of Supervisors?
Posted by Admin on October 29th, 2011
I had lunch with a state legislator last week and he dropped a bombshell – apparently there are forces in the Democratic Party that are asking State Senator Lou Correa to consider taking back his old seat on the O.C. Board of Supervisors – and giving incumbent Supervisor Janet Nguyen the boot.
The last time I [...]
72nd A.D. GOP candidate got a job at the County despite a hiring freeze
Posted by Admin on October 17th, 2011
“Matthew Harper, a top aide to Supervisor Janet Nguyen, was quietly transferred this month from Nguyen’s office to OC Waste & Recycling as a public affairs manager. The move raised a few eyebrows in the supervisors’ fifth-floor offices in the county Hall of Administration,” according to the Voice of OC.
Harper, a Republican, is also a [...]
Santa Ana’s other Assembly race features Harper versus Diep
Posted by Admin on October 12th, 2011
Most Santa Ana residents live in the 69th Assembly District, but a few, on the west side, live in the newly created 72nd Assembly District. This new district includes the following cities: Westminster, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, a portion of Huntington Beach, a portion of Santa Ana, and the unincorporated county island of [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Orange County, Politics, republican party, Santa Ana, vietnamese, Westminster Tags: 72nd assembly district, dui, fountain valley, huntington beach, janet nguyen, joe dovinh, matt harper, Santa Ana, westminster 11 Comments »Could Tran defeat Supervisor Nguyen in 2012, if the County goes bankrupt?
Posted by Admin on September 26th, 2011
The honeymoon might be over between Van Tran and Janet Nguyen
If the County of Orange declares bankruptcy – again (due in part to Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s vote to take away $48 million in state funding, from the County), will that open the door for former Assemblyman Van Tran to challenge incumbent Supervisor Janet Nguyen, in [...]
Supervisor Nguyen shows up at grand opening of substance abuse center
Posted by Admin on September 21st, 2011
Left to Right: Martha Lester – Executive Director, Janet Nguyen – First District County Board Supervisor, Cindy Thomas – Director of Behavioral Health, Allen Stafford – The Gary Center Founder
PRESS RELEASE: GRAND OPENING OF SACS ON 17TH
The Gary Center celebrated the grand opening of their new office, SACS on 17th, in Santa Ana last Thursday, [...]
Substance Abuse Counseling Systems to open in Santa Ana on Sep. 15
Posted by Admin on September 13th, 2011
[ September 15, 2011; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
You are invited to attend the Grand Opening of the Gary Center’s Substance Abuse Counseling Systems (SACS) office, on 1525 E. 17 St., Suite B, in Santa Ana, on September 15, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen will be present to cut the ribbon and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The Gary Center [...]
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Did Nguyen prod Bustamante to attack Alvarez?
Posted by Admin on September 8th, 2011
When Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante ran for reelection, in 2008, he was fully supported by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. In fact he even sat next to her during the campaign debates – and she would help him with what to say as he was usually over his head.
Why then did Bustamante [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Orange County, Santa Ana, Supervisor Janet Nguyen Tags: Carlos Bustamante, Claudia Alvarez, county of orange, janet nguyen, Orange County, pay raises 12 Comments »O.C. Supervisors add Fountain Valley’s Viet voters to Nguyen’s 1st District
Posted by Admin on August 24th, 2011
The O.C. Board of Supervisors approved by a 4-1 vote a redistricting plan this week, that was put forward by Board Chairman Bill Campbell. The plan moves a portion of Fountain Valley north of Warner Avenue from the Second District to the First District, according to the Fountain Valley Patch. The plan was opposed by the [...]
