California State Treasurer, John Chiang, Endorses Bruce Bauer for Santa Ana School Board

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By mrubio | September 26, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC. Subject: CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER, JOHN CHIANG, ENDORSES BRUCE BAUER FOR SANTA ANA SCHOOL BOARD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Bruce Bauer

949-293-5311 – [email protected]

 

Santa Ana, CA             

Demonstrating his potent force in the race for the Santa Ana Unified School District Board race, Bruce Bauer, currently the Vice-Chair of the City of Santa Ana Planning Commission collected a major statewide endorsement from California’s State Treasurer John Chiang. John Chiang is currently the Treasurer for the State of California and was elected to that position in 2014. Prior to Treasurer, John Chiang was the Controller for the State of California for the period from 2006 to 2014.

Congressional Candidate Sue Savary Reacts to Letters in OC Register and LA Times’ Daily Pilot that Reveal Rep. Rohrabacher is the Kremlin’s Congressman

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By mrubio | September 26, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Congressional Candidate Sue Savary Reacts to Letters in OC Register and LA Times’ Daily Pilot that Reveal Rep. Rohrabacher is the Kremlin’s Congressman 
Newport Beach – September 26, 2016

Dr. Suzanne Savary, Candidate for U.S. Congress in the 48th District, wants further investigation into Rep. Rohrabacher’s support of ex-communist spy Vladimir Putin’s dangerous Russian regime based on letters in the June 30 (“The Kremlin’s Congressman”) and September 4 (“The Congressman of the Kremlin”) Orange County Register and in the September 2 (“Congressman’s Support for Putin’s Russia Puzzles”) LA Times’ Daily Pilot. Savary wants to at least know who pays for his travel to Russia, and she seeks answers to the following crucial questions: is his support of Putin undermining U.S. foreign policy, is he getting financial support from Putin, and is he sharing sensitive U.S. information with Putin or his Russian operatives? The current congressman for the 48th District, Dana Rohrabacher, has been called “The Kremlin’s Congressman” by longtime conservative magazine Commentary in April.  Rohrabacher has earned this title by bashing NATO in support of Putin, condoning Putin’s annexation of Crimea, and supporting the annexation of Azerbaijan.  He has done this even though Putin continues aggression throughout the world, including support of Assad in Syria. Savary will be discussing this issue and others at her October 8 campaign event.

Lawsuit Challenges High-density Harmony Housing Development

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By mrubio | September 26, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC

For Immediate Release, September 16, 2016
Contact:  Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity (323) 654-5943 [email protected]
Wendy Rea, Greenspot Residents Association, (909) 705-0520, [email protected]

Lawsuit Challenges High-density Harmony Housing Development
Project Would Devastate Wildlife Habitat, Increase Traffic and Air Pollution
HIGHLAND, Calif.— Public interest groups filed a lawsuit late yesterday challenging the city of Highland’s approval of the high-density Harmony development in Southern California. The remote development sits at the confluence of Mill Creek and the Santa Ana River and is directly adjacent to San Bernardino National Forest lands and will bring more than 3,600 houses to 1,657 acres of land acquired by Orange County Flood Control in the Seven Oaks Dam project that are currently home to numerous endangered species, rare habitats, wetlands and crucial wildlife connectivity corridors. “There’s nothing harmonious about the Harmony development,” said Ileene Anderson, a senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity. “Not only does this project threaten endangered species and some of their most important habitat but the city’s analysis did a lousy job of looking at how Harmony will affect air quality, traffic and the climate crisis.”

The lawsuit was brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society and the Greenspot Residents Association, who are represented by the law firm Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger.

CalOptima Rated Top Medi-Cal Plan in California

Countywide

By mrubio | September 23, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC

CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bridget Kelly
Director, Communications
714-246-8765
[email protected]
CALOPTIMA RATED TOP MEDI-CAL PLAN IN CALIFORNIA 
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognizes CalOptima’s overall quality 
ORANGE, Calif. (September 20, 2016) — CalOptima is California’s top-rated Medi-Cal plan, according to the NCQA’s Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2016–2017. It is the third year in a row that NCQA has named CalOptima best overall in the state. CalOptima received a score of 4 out of 5 — the highest score awarded to any Medi-Cal plan in California.

Correa Blasts Nguyen for Hiring Scandal-Plagued Private Jail Operator

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By mrubio | September 23, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC

MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 21, 2016
Contact: Nina Tognazzini, (949) 933-7533
Shallman Communications
CORREA BLASTS NGUYEN FOR HIRING SCANDAL-PLAGUED PRIVATE JAIL OPERATOR
Atrocious Living Conditions, Mental and Sexual Abuse, and Wrongful Deaths Associated with the GEO Group
Santa Ana, CA – Following newspaper reports by the Orange County Register, former State Senator Lou Correa slams Congressional candidate Bao Nguyen for inviting disgraced jail operator GEO Group into Garden Grove. On June 23 2015, Mayor Bao Nguyen gave $1.6 million to the GEO Group to run the city’s jail. That same day, 35 leading Democrats in the U.S. House Of Representatives, including Latino leader Rep. Raül Grijalva and civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis, wrote the Department of Homeland Security expressing grave concern for the deplorable treatment and sexual abuse of LBGT detainees by the GEO Group in its ICE detainee facilities. The GEO Group has been under investigation almost continually since 2001, resulting in over $42 million in fines and damages.

Another Dana Point Referendum to Rescind Short Term Rental Ordinances

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By mrubio | September 23, 2016

The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC
PRESS RELEASE
Dana Point, Ca. Sept. 17, 2016

A group of concerned Dana Point residents announced today that they are circulating Referendum petitions for the purpose of rescinding the Short Term Rental Ordinances passed by the Dana Point City Council on September 6, 2016. “The short term rental ordinance passed by the City Council on a split 3‐2 vote permits unlimited short term rentals in residential neighborhoods” said Buck Hill, Dana Point resident who is part of the referendum effort. “Even more appalling, the ordinance gives away to the California Coastal Commission the City’s right to modify, limit or prohibit short term rentals said Mr. Hill. He noted that Councilmen Rich Viczorek and Joe Muller voted against the Ordinance for that very reason. “We have repeatedly asked the three City Council members who voted for this Ordinance to explain why they have given away this power to the California Coastal Commission. None has given us an answer.”

Hill observed that the ordinance will risk turning residential neighborhoods into tourist districts with large numbers of short term hotels, and stated that outside investors have already started to invade Dana Point. “You won’t have neighbors, you will have constantly changing strangers next door.”

The Referendum process requires signatures of ten percent of the registered voters in Dana Point to force the City Council to either rescind the Ordinance or call for an election. Dana Point voters who would like to support the Referendum should go to www.facebook.com/DanaPointResidents

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