Many of the mobile home park “harassment and eviction” stories that make the news start with a state inspector holding a clipboard. The story is
On April 6, 2021, Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez voted to approve a $184,544 city agreement with the Orange County United Way. Also in 2021,
The Federal Transit Administration found no deficiencies in its 2026 Triennial Review of the Orange County Transportation Authority. It is the third consecutive review with
The Orange County Water District has been named Sustainable Government of the Year by Sustain SoCal, which cited the district’s environmental stewardship, water management and
Most Americans expect that politicians lie to them. That’s not a healthy development for our body politic, but an understandable one. And one reason Americans
Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez has known for nearly 18 months that the state’s political and campaign watchdog agency believed she had broken California’s gift
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has filed child endangerment charges against six more parents accused of allowing their children to illegally ride E-Motos, the
OC Parks and the Laguna Canyon Foundation are recruiting volunteers to help restore native habitat along Aliso Creek in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park
Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez is being investigated by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for an allegedly accepting a gift (or gifts) in excess
The rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has been one of the political phenomena of recent years. Socialism had killed more people and
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