Alvarez would have avoided censure if she had not voted
How silly. The O.C. Register, the Voice of OC and that annoying fake liberal blog all lost their minds wondering if it was legal for Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem…
Solorio to blame for loss of $48 million in annual revenue, by O.C.
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 -…
Solorio’s anti-employer bill, AB 350, fails
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…
The Orange County Progressive Summit is at Santa Ana today
The Orange County Progressive Summit will be held on Saturday, September 10th, and they are looking to have another great turnout. Last year’s event was a great success, and again…
Carlos Bustamante’s last stand was an epic fail
Does Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante realize he is up for reelection next year? He sure isn't acting like it. He went off on the Latino residents and businessmen…
Rep. Sanchez, TechAmerica hold technology roundtable
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 47th Congressional District PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 7, 2011 MEDIA CONTACT: Adrienne Watson 202-309-0825 SANCHEZ, TECHAMERICA HOLD TECHNOLOGY ROUNDTABLE WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman…
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Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council
The Santa Ana City Council just voted on the 85 A item that was put on the agenda tonight, by Council Members Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides. They said they…
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Live blogging – Alvarez vs. Bustamante and Benavides at the Council meeting
I am covering tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting - which figures to be an epic confrontation between Republican Council Member Carlos Bustamante and his sidekick, David Benavides vs. Mayor…
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Treasurer who worked with Correa, Sanchez and Solorio arrested by the FBI
Kindee Durkee photo by Henry V Kinde Durkee of Burbank-based Durkee and Associates, a prominent Democratic campaign treasurer who works for federal, state and O.C. lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.…
Benavides and Bustamante to attack Alvarez at the 9/6 City Council meeting
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez has faced a withering attack this week, even though she has already apologized for her ill-chosen analogy, comparing developer and landlord Irv Chase,…
Flash mob and protest to start at El Centro Cultural de Mexico at 4 pm
May Day Coalition is organizing a Flash Mob today at 4 pm, to march through Downtown Santa Ana in protest of "being uprooted." They are meeting at El Centro Cultural…
Santa Ana Political Chismes – will Daly announce his 69th A.D. campaign today?
Daly and his fellow overpaid government worker pals... I just got a tip that O.C. Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly is going to be announcing his campaign for the 69th Assembly District…
DPOC Chairman Barbaro rips Alvarez, but he once compared Bush to the Nazis
Frank Barbaro, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) attacked Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez today, in a statement released to the media. Barbaro wrote…
SB 791 will raise gas taxes to allow local communities to fix transportation
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…
The O.C. Democratic Foundation to host a redistricting panel lunch on 8/30
Join the Orange County Democratic Foundation for a detailed overview of the final release of new state district maps for Orange County at their August luncheon, on Tuesday, August 30, from…