UPDATE: Perez was interviewed at his alleged home by O.C. Register reporter Andrew Galvin, who reported that Perez magically knew what sort of toothpaste was in his restroom and what sort of soda was in his refrigerator. Perez however did NOT provide any solid evidence that he has been living at the home in question – no driver’s license and no utility bills. His residence remains in doubt. Click here to read Galvin’s article.
Remember when Democrat Phu Nguyen ran for the 68th Assembly District, in 2010, and there was a scandal as to whether or not he was a carpetbagger? That may have ultimately cost him that election. Now he is running around promoting his fellow liberal, Julio Perez, who is running for the 69th Assembly District. And guess what? It looks like Perez might be an even bigger carpetbagger!
The O.C. Register is reporting that a process server who tried to serve Perez with documents stemming from a lawsuit by a company trying to recover credit card debt from Perez was unable to find him at the address he is registered to vote at. Instead a woman named Yolanda Estrada told the process server that she lives at the address in question.
Perez later said that he does live there and that she may have been a previous tenant. Unless she is a ghost, I can’t see how she was there previously when the process server said she lives there now.
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UPDATE: Perez now says he does live at the address in question, according to the Voice of OC, which is funded by organized labor. No proof of that was presented in the Voice of OC article, and they didn’t explain why no one in his neighborhood knows him. They did admit that he has barely lived in the district, if at all:
Perez grew up in Anaheim and lived a block from the 69th State Assembly District lines for most of his life. In 2000, he moved to San Juan Capistrano after his parents bought a manufactured home there.
In 2001, he moved to Michigan after being accepted into the University of Michigan’s master’s degree program for public policy. Two years later, he came back to Orange County and has lived in Anaheim, Cypress, Westminster and Santa Ana during the last few years.
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That's a silly question. A CDL is good for a number of years and doesn't get changed until the old one expires. While the Perez haters are talking about where he lives, the Perez camp is walking door to door and winning the election voter by voter throughout the city. Martinez will finish her political career much like other S.A. Councilmembers before her....on the city council. Solorio is the ONLY S.A. Councilmember to be elected to higher office other than the Gringo guy in the 1970's who got elected to Congress. All those years...all those councilmembers who have tried...but a Santa Ana elected office is the kiss of political death for all but the very lucky or smart (like Solorio)
You forgot to mention that Solorio is supporting Martinez, NOT Perez.
"That’s a silly question. A CDL is good for a number of years and doesn’t get changed until the old one expires."
According the the DMV website you must notify the DMV within 10 days of changing your address. You can read about it here:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/faq/genfaq.htm#CHANGEADDRESS
Sean, I don't think that means you automatically get, or need to get, a new license with your new address.
This is all stupid anyway. Of course he lives on north Baker. You-all are supposed to be following the Jubal/Daly lead and trashing Julio because he has debt.
I mean -- that makes him unqualified to represent the area, debt-free as all of you are, doesn't it?
As I pointed out in my post, over at OCPoliticsblog.com, the debt is not the main issue. If anything it means he is dealing with something a lot of families in the district have gone through. The problem is if he lied about where he lives. Even the Voice of OC had to admit he barely has any roots in this district. He has moved repeatedly over the past few years.
Martinez at least grew up here and has been serving this community for some time. Perez certainly can't say that.
Admin..
Are you behind in the news..the OCRegister just did an update validating the Julio does in-fact live there.
Many servers lie this has been a huge issue specially in Latino communities where it has caused families great difficulties..the company that is implied in serving Julio has many negative reviews from its own customers..check out the BBB.
The story is about the debt but it makes him a more real candidate as he has been going through what many American go through, high tuition debt, credit card debt and rising health care costs.
You can argue Perez experience and his stand on the issues. But this was clearly a sloppy reporting job now being rectified.
Check out the update..nice picture of Julio in his living room!
Michelle is a fine candidate get to the real issues so folks can decide on what is best for them..not based on hit pieces..the community deserves better!
I heard about the new article but have not seen it yet. My sources tell me the hit on Pérez was orchestrated by a former reporter who works for Daly. They definitely are going to hit him on the debt issue.
Pérez really should have quit and endorsed Michele. He isn't going to win. He was never going to win. His name ID is non-existent.
Why doesn't he show the ID?
Everyone who defends the guy deflects that.
The "PACKMASTER" (that must have hurt) has tried to associate my handle with his disclosure. What a tool.
I am not a canidate for assembly. Perez is. If all you need to do is provide a AAA card and a tube of Colgate, then so be it.
What is the matter with saying JULIO PEREZ is a loser. Plain and simple. He has hollow credentials and LOUD but weak defenders.
What I fail to understand is why he is so reluctant to release a bankstatement or a CDL or anything.
Art, my sources tell me that you don't have actual sources. You have desires that condense into corporeal form.
Honestly, Art, this is embarrassing for you. "Evidence is mounting!" and then an actual reporter checks it out and finds everything in order. (KLND -- how do you know that Julio didn't show ID? Where should he have done it? Should he have gone to Art's house?)
It disturbs me that you seem to think that knowing what brand of toothpaste you use or what kind of soda you drink must involve "magic."
Clearly Greg you are missing the point. Galvin settled for circumstantial evidence. A driver's license would clear this all up. And why is it none of Julio's neighbors know who he is?
And why pray tell is any of this your business? You live in Brea. You are nowhere near the 69th A.D.
Art, respectfully you have lost any semblance of journalistic objectivity or integrity on this issue. Everyone knows you want are an avid supporter of Michelle - more power to you - but you are simply looking foolish. At what point do you start to care whatsoever about facts?
I care deeply about the facts. And the fact is that even the Voice of OC admitted that Pérez has literally lived all over the place. It is not uncommon for such a candidate to be a carpetbagger. Again. Where is the proof that he has really been living there?
Julio Perez is lying.
His license shows another address.
This is why all the distraction is going on. He is LYING.
Facts? You state "even the Voice of OC admitted that Pérez has literally lived all over the place." But what they really REPORTED was
"Perez grew up in Anaheim and lived a block from the 69th State Assembly District lines for most of his life. In 2000, he moved to San Juan Capistrano after his parents bought a manufactured home there.
In 2001, he moved to Michigan after being accepted into the University of Michigan's master's degree program for public policy. Two years later, he came back to Orange County and has lived in Anaheim, Cypress, Westminster and Santa Ana during the last few years."
The FACTS are that Perez is a lifetime Orange County Resident, who attended University of Michigan to get a Master's Degree in Public Policy. Note that all of the cities, except San Juan Capistrano and Cypress, were part of the 69th AD until its boundaries were recently changed. Further, Perez even lived in the existing district prior to redistricting changes. So to call him a Carpetbagger isn't factual either, under any definition of the term.
As I said in my earlier post, you absolutely have the right to your biases and preferences. You are obviously a strong supporter of Michelle Martinez, and that is fine also. But you are acting like a political operative, not a journalist. Which is also fine. Just understand that when you are acting as one while pretending to be another, it affects your credibility, which the string of comments to this post seems to reflect.
Well first things first. I am NOT a journalist. I am a blogger. Bloggers deal in OPINION. Journalists however are easily compromised. They pretend to be objective but as you saw with the Galvin article they can be led astray with little effort.
Secondly, read the Voice of OC quote about Perez again. He lived "a block from the 69th Assembly District for most of his life." A block away means he WAS NOT LIVING IN THE DISTRICT. The Voice of OC article goes on to mention that he lived in no less than five cities over the past few years. The fact that some of these cities were in the district is immaterial. THEY ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT NOW.
Finally, the reason he is being called a carpetbagger is two-fold. First, a process server tried to serve him at his alleged place of residence. The lady who answered the door had NO CLUE who Perez is. Secondly, the server asked all of Perez' "neighbors" if they knew him. NOT ONE DID. That is by definition a carpetbagger. It means he listed an address he had NO INTENTION of living in, until he got caught.
This sort of thing happens all the time. But it is not right.
Do I support Martinez? You bet. And she GREW UP IN SANTA ANA AND HAS BEEN HERE ALL OF HER LIFE. Do you want to elect someone who will fight hard for the people of Santa Ana? If yes then you should be backing Martinez. Perez is not from here and I guarantee that if he wins he will quickly get a place in Sacramento and you will rarely seen him in Santa Ana.
I want to mention one more thing. Martinez has told me that she will move the 69th A.D. office back to Santa Ana. I am going to hold her to that. Perez grew up in Anaheim. Guaranteed that he will keep the office in Anaheim if he somehow wins. But I am not going to lose sleep over that as he is most certainly not going to win. Very few voters know who he is or care about him. And when they find out how liberal he is, and how certain it is that he will be another tax and spender, he will sink like a rock.
Julio lives on Baker in Santa Ana, has been there for a while.
Admin is hack.
Martinez overlooked that Santa Ana budget was being run down to the ground and said and did nothing to protect the people of Santa Ana. The whole city council instead of protecting the people and being the watch dog, took the word of a City Manager who had been there for too long. Martinez is not to be trusted. She was elected to protect and did do a thing to rectify a bad situation. She made it worse by not looking into it. Michele is a bad candidate for the 69th. If Dave Ream can pull the wool over her eyes she will get eaten alive in Sacramento. We should NOT send Michele Martinez to Sacramento.
You sir are either uninformed or you are a liar. I know for A FACT that Martinez was one of the Council Members who challenged Ream - and our Council majority pushed him out the door. In fact Claudia Alvarez personally pushed his assistants out as she too discovered the problems he had created.
The reality is that the previous Councils allowed much of this to happen. It was our current Council majority, including Martinez, that cleaned house and has righted the ship.
Sending Perez to Sacramento when we KNOW he is going to be another irresponsible tax and spender and a union hack is a TERRIBLE idea. He is the very definition of a job killer.
Funny how they all stood up once it was too late, then and only then did they all raise their voices again Ream. cmon, now.
We had to lay off 2/3 of our city workers and out source our fire department. Great job Martinez! Those families that lost jobs and benefits thank you.
Obviously those city workers were not vital, were they? Good move then. And NO fire fighters were laid off in the outsourcing, nor were any stations closed. But we saved ten million per year. For that you ought to be applauding the Council, and Martinez.
It is not the job of our city to hire folks when they don't have a job. Cities all over the state are going broke in fact because of the outrageous public pensions we now owe these people. Ridiculous! I am glad our Council is cleaning house and tightening the city budget. That is what I expect from our leaders.
These union people should stop crying and go do what they can to get a new job. Go get educated if that is the issue. Change industries. But don't blame our leaders for laying you off. You were lucky to make all that money. Now you are in the same boat as the rest of us!
While it is true that many residents in the 69th Assembly have over-extended themselves, some have lived beyond their means and others are their victims of the economic downturn or the cost of healthcare, I don't think we should lump them all together.
For as much as I understand, Mr. Perez was always gainfully employed and earning an income as a political director for the OC Federation beyond what many two-parent incomes make, I'm perplexed why he can't meet this $10,000 credit card obligation here. Certainly, going to a bank and asking for a loan or just asking the collection for consideration, or seeking the assistance of credit counseling. Why can't he do this?
Is there more debt than what was reported? If so, while this should not be a disqualifying issue, it is important. How can we expect him to make prudent, fiscally responsible decisions with taxpayer's monies, when he recently couldn't be financially sound with regard to his own situation. Did he say's these were medical bills incurred by a family member as a way to deflect the issue as unavoidable and earning praise and sympathy. He mentioned it so let's see the facts; medical payments paid by credit card and income received(pay Stubs)
I'll take him for his word that he lives on Baker street (even though he doesn't have any proof) but show me the proof on the financial situation that you feel need to be proclaimed as the sole reason of the debt.
Good point. Guys like Perez usually get paid about $150K to hack for the unions.