Councilman Ben Vazquez, a radical leftist who teaches Ethnic Studies in the Santa Ana Unified School District, has decided to challenge the re-election of Santa
The Santa Ana City Council’s progressive majority received another black eye in its drive pass a ballot measure allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections
A union-sponsored ballot measure campaign to impose a 3% gross-receipts tax on for-profit Anaheim hospitals – which critics contends will increase patient costs while narrowing
Ojaala Ahmad, an anti-Israel activist and former communications staffer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations who has praised Hamas hostage takers, is running for the
Last November, Tracy La, the co-founder and executive director of radical activist non-profit VietRise, was nominated for the Santa Ana Rental Housing Board by left-wing
The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) was behind the 2023 California Senate bill that hiked wages for healthcare workers to $25 an hour. Just
As the CEO of the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP), I have witnessed firsthand the harrowing impact of domestic violence on countless lives. For decades,
Following an OC Independent report in her failure to file a 700 financial conflict of interest statement as required by state law, Santa Ana Rental
Anaheim Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava is beating a hotel worker union-funded attempt to recall her less than two years after she was elected, according to early
Recently-introduced AB1955 will codify Sacramento’s preference for having school officials conceal information from parents. Specifically, Chino Valley Unified School District has passed a parent notification
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