I had a long talk this afernoon with a Santa Ana insider who had some amazing chismes for me.  I was expecting that perhaps Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido would…

Apparently the City of Santa Ana will be issuing a Certificate of Recognition honoring Harvey Milk, the slain San Francisco politician who has come to represent the gay movement in…

From the OC Politics Blog Supervisor Janet Nguyen's highest ranking aide, her deputy chief of staff Tam "Nick" Lecong, collected $105,420 a year while spending an average of just 13…

From the OC Politics Blog On this You Tube video from the April 10th Real Orange program (PBS SOCal, KOCE Channel 50), Panelists [caption id="attachment_11437" align="alignright" width="149"] OC Supervisor Janet…

The Rancho Santiago Community College District's Trustees voted 5-2 tonight to  authorize their Chancellor to negotiate a Project Labor Agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades Council. Impressively their Student…

From the OC Politics Blog "A contractor who has done work for the County of Orange this week confirmed that FBI officials contacted him late last year with questions about…

From the OC Politics Blog Supervisor Janet Nguyen and the Atlas PAC are hosting a 2013 Lunar New Year Celebration Fundraiser, for her campaign for the 34th State Senate District –…

From the OC Politics Blog UPDATE: Supervisor Todd Spitzer now says that he is going to ask the Supervisors to reconsider restaurant letter grade health ratings!  Thank you Supervisor Spitzer!…

Watch The Grand Jury, Supervisor Janet Nguyen and Medi-Cal on PBS. See more from KOCE. The Orange County grand jury is planning two more reports on CalOptima, the county’s health…

Former Assemblyman Jose Solorio, a Democrat who currently serves on the Rancho Santiago Community College District's Board of Education,  formally announced his campaign for the 34th State Senate District seat…

From the OC Politics Blog The CalOptima scandal continues to grow as evidence has arisen that Supervisor Janet Nguyen was in cahoots with a hospital association that turned out to…

From the OC Politics Blog Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen struck back at the Orange County Grand Jury this week, in an editorial published by the O.C. Register. Nguyen claims…

[caption id="attachment_3613" align="aligncenter" width="310"] Janet Nguyen and Carlos Bustamante[/caption] From the OC Politics Blog "Supervisor Janet Nguyen raised about $50,000 in campaign contributions from the medical industry in the nine…

From the OC Politics Blog In the wake of a blistering report by Orange County's Grand Jury that raised troubling questions about hospital lobbyists writing controversial changes to the county's…

From the OC Politics Blog Lou Correa has had a great run in the 34th State Senate District but he is terming out in 2014 and already both Democratic and…