While disgraced Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do last year showed the dark underbelly of public life, OC’s Ethics Commission showcases Shirley Grindle, tracking local campaign finance since 1978.
Category: Norberto Santana, Jr.
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Santana: How To Track Special Interest Influence In Your Public Backyard
A how-to guide to figuring out who is contributing to the politicians crafting public policy in your neighborhood.
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Santana: Mystery Crisis Brewing at the OC Treasurer Tax Collector
Questions mount about a mystery move to take investing powers away from the elected county Treasurer by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, who are grappling with the aftermath of a bribery scandal.
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Santana: An 11th Hour Battle For the Future of Orange County’s GOP
This Monday night, the local Republican party has a contested race for the chair slot, while OC Democrats are also slated to pick a new leader.
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Santana: A Colder Side To OC
As temperatures drop, questions spike for OC officials, who’ve opted against any countywide walk up cold weather shelter amidst increasing homelessness crackdowns in cities across the region.
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Santana: Why Did OC Supervisors Strip Elected Treasurer of Managing Investments?
On the heels of the 30th anniversary of Orange County’s bankruptcy, county supervisors mysteriously took control of investments away from OC Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Friedenrich
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Santana: Can Orange County Supervisors Confront Corruption Legacy?
Following a recent scandal where a former colleague was raided by the FBI and pleaded guilty to bribery, county supervisors are divided on how best to police themselves.
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Santana: Hard News Matters More Than Ever
During the national NewsMatch nonprofit news fundraiser, readers can help forge strong local newsrooms.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Santana: California State Senators’ Strange, Secretive Courtship of Cuban Communism
The California State Senate’s Office of International Relations has welcomed Cuba’s communist regime three times since 2017 – without dissenting views or questions about systemic human rights abuses.
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Santana: OC Hosts One of America’s Tightest Congressional Races
A future majority in the U.S. House of Representatives could tilt on the 47th Congressional District, where Republican Scott Baugh and Democrat Dave Min compete not just on ideology but on a furious fundraising frenzy – one that Ironically works to lessen public debate.