Each Orange County Supervisor has a $250,000 discretionary fund from which they cut checks to help out communities in their districts. Derided by critics as
Editor’s note: this article was originally published in CalifiorniaCourier.news on January 26, 2026. The Orange Unified School District’s newly-hired “Chief Communications and Strategy Officer,” in
Last week, without any discussion or explanation to the public, the Orange Unified School District Board of Education voted to raise their maximum monthly pay
With a progressive majority firmly in control, the Cypress City Council is poised to adopt a radical campaign finance “reform” ordinance that would criminalize any
A draconian rental control and “just cause eviction” ballot measure was submitted to the Anaheim City Clerk yesterday for title and summary, and clearance before
That sound you don’t hear is the Orange County’s progressive-Left elected officials, activists and advocacy groups denouncing the Islamist regime in Iran’s violence toward its
After ruling in October 2025 that the structure of Santa Ana’s rent control board was unconstitutionally prejudiced against landlords, Superior Court Judge William Claster is
Former Irvine Councilmember Tammy Kim is asking the court to send her to “Mental Health Pre-Trial Diversion,” in what appears to he a legal gambit
Former Stanton Councilwoman Alyce Van has plead guilty to election fraud stemming from her efforts to conceal she no longer lived in the council district
An Orange County jury has awarded $2.9 million to Rita Ramirez, a former Santa Ana police administrator, finding she was the victim of unlawful retaliation
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