It’s disappointing, though not surprising, to witness freshman congressmen Dave Min and Derek Tran engage in transparent fear-mongering over the Trump Administration’s temporary pause on
As OC Independent has previously reported, the La Habra City Council unanimously placed a sales tax increase on the November ballot. As is often the
If we’ve learned one thing from the November elections in Orange County, it’s that scandals that would once have doomed a candidacy are no longer
This month, 60% of voters in overwhelmingly Hispanic and Democratic Santa Ana, one of California’s largest cities, soundly rejected Measure DD, a ballot measure to
One of the measures Santa Ana voters will be called up to decide this election is Measure DD – whether or not to allow non-citizens
As we have previously editorialized, the La Habra City Council’s mismanagement of city finances has created a budget crisis. The 0.5% sales tax enacted in
They say the devil is in the details. And buried in Orange Unified School District Board of Education agendas, it seems. The OUSD Board of
VietRise and ChispaOC are two radical advocacy groups that have been striving mightily during the past few years to shift Orange County local governments –
Forgive us for wondering if political considerations are influencing Santa Ana Police Department decisions when it comes to California Public Record Act requests. For more
What is the City of Santa Ana hiding? On August 2 of 2023, Santa Ana police officers responded to a 911 call regarding a fistfight
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