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,
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
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
Orange Unified School District Trustee Kris Erickson’s re-election campaign website repeatedly mentions student and campus safety as top priorities: “Our students’ wellbeing is my priority,
It’s election season, which means voters are again being bombarded with mailers brimming with hollow bromides, misleading claims, half-truths and falsehoods. Buena Park Mayor Connor
Former Tustin Councilmember Letitia Clark is sending mail to voters falsely claiming to be the the mayor of Tustin – in what appears to be
Since the early spring of 2025, a large, loud, and strident network of progressive-Left activists, organizations and outlets has emerged in Fullerton, working in concert
Santa Ana’s rental housing providers got a small reminder this summer of how rent control really works. On August 1, the fee landlords must pay
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