On April 10, the House of Representatives passed the H.R. 22, the SAVES Act, which would mandate states to require citizens to provide “documentary proof”
It is widely acknowledged that voters rejected Democratic candidates in November 2024 and embraced Donald Trump and the Republicans because of illegal immigration. Non-existent border
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 –
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