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Author Archives: Brandon Pho
As a Voice of OC reporter, Brandon Pho covered north/central Orange County, as well as broader regional issues around law enforcement, transportation, the environment, the OC Fair and Little Saigon.
He joined in 2018 as an intern, shedding light on turmoil and corruption claims in Westminster and uncovering a now-fired OC Fair executive’s suspect fundraising relationship with a nearby, private Christian college that the Fair had sponsored with public money.
Later, he published a number of investigative stories on local law enforcement agencies; detailed political jockeying around a controversial seawater desalting plant proposal in Huntington Beach; narrated a racial reckoning inside one of the county’s largest school districts; and tracked various quality of life issues across the region.
Before Voice of OC, Brandon worked as a reporter and editor at Cal State Fullerton’s independent student newspaper, the Daily Titan, and won a number of accolades for his reporting in 2018, including a 1st and 2nd place Los Angeles Press Club award and 1st place national College Media Association award.
While at Voice of OC, Brandon was a member of Report for America, a national network of local reporters committed to bolstering democracy throughout the U.S.
Posted inNEWS
Five Westminster Council Candidates Hope to Take Charge of Disarrayed City
Notably, the city’s recent switch to district elections put two council members who have clashed with each other, Kimberly Ho and Tai Do, in the same District 3.
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Nine Candidates Seek Election to the Garden Grove City Council this November
The candidates, whichever are successful, would oversee a city with a diverse population and strong working class presence.
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Racist Language in Old Housing Deeds Could Soon Go Away for Good in Orange County
Orange County’s Board of Supervisors opts to remove racist language from housing deeds.
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Eight People Hope to Win Two Seats on the Mission Viejo City Council
Delays in getting a new voting system online means only two City Council seats are up for grabs in Mission Viejo.
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Candidate Money Sources Come to Light Too Late As Many Have Voted Weeks Early
Large numbers of people in Orange County may have already cast their ballot without getting a conclusive look at who’s really backing the candidates they voted for.
Posted inGovernment
Disney’s $1.5 Million Spending Pits Resort-Friendly Anaheim Council Candidates Against Subsidy Critics
The race will determine if a Disneyland resort-friendly City Council majority stays or goes.
Posted inTop Stories
Five City Council Hopefuls Vie to Take Charge of Buena Park
Two seats are up for grabs in one of Orange County’s northernmost cities — Buena Park — and five members of the community are hoping to win them.
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Gov. Newsom Ousts Key Poseidon Desal Critic from Water Board Ahead of Project’s Approval
The move comes as the project’s developer, Poseidon Water, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying Sacramento.
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Calls Intensify for DA to Reopen Probe into Buena Park Police Shooting of 19-Year-Old David Sullivan
Dozens show up at OC Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to raise attention about the controversial shooting of a 19-year-old in Fullerton last year.
