The Anaheim City Council is ground zero in a remarkable campaign by a city contractor to cow the elected councilmembers into submitting to its demands
One of the tactics Santa Ana Councilmember Thai Viet Phan is using to oppose the attempt to recall her from the council is claiming she’s
There’s only one side in the brewing Santa Ana recall campaign fight trying to make it about race and gender – and it isn’t the
Jessie Lopez, the young Santa Ana councilwoman, wants to impose a special tax on vacant commercial properties, stemming from the myopic belief that the way
There was an officer-involved shooting in Santa Ana last week. According to the Santa Ana Police Department, two officers conducted a mid-afternoon traffic stop on
Every election has lessons to offer, and from the election of Jose Trinidad Castaneda to the Buena Park City Council and we can conclude the
Be warned, (conservative) churches of Orange County: not only is Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva watching you, she’s egging on her followers to report you to the
Two months ago we published a guest column by former La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw regarding the financial dangers facing the city of La Habra.
If Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva gets her way, homeless people who live in their cars or RVs will not have to pay the state’s expensive vehicle
On Labor Day, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 257, which puts a 13-member board of political appointees with virtually unlimited authority to set wages, benefits
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