In 2011, Kevin Shenkman was a patent attorney with no background in election law when a Democratic Party official asked him to take on a voting rights case in the Los Angeles County city of Palmdale. Now he is a statewide force for district-based elections.
Category: San Juan Capistrano
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs, San Juan Capistrano
Bid to Oust San Juan Planning Commissioner Fails
The San Juan Capistrano City Council in a 3-2 vote shot down a proposal to oust Rob Williams from the Planning Commission over concerns that he has at least the appearance of a conflict of interest regarding a hotel project.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Conflict of Interest Allegations Dog San Juan Planning Commissioner
Planning Commissioner Rob Williams is facing possible ouster because he’s refused recuse himself from voting on a hotel development owned by Hollywood producer Steve Oedekerk. Williams has financial ties to a competing project.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Voting Rights Act Suit Filed Against San Juan Capistrano
Lawyer filing the suit claims the city’s political culture is infected with anti-Latino racism to a degree rarely seen in the 21st century.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Conflict Allegations Dog San Juan Capistrano’s Water Warrior
Councilman John Perry has been hailed for suing San Juan Capistrano over its water rates. But his vote to award hundreds of thousands of dollars to a law firm in the case that made payments to him may have crossed ethical and legal lines.
Posted inGovernment, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories, Transportation
Spitzer: OC Paying Too Much for South County Road Extension
Supervisors’ Chairman Todd Spitzer says taxpayers shouldn’t be paying so much of the $127 million cost of the La Pata Ave. extension, which largely benefits a new Rancho Mission Viejo development.
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
San Juan Capistrano to Fill City Council Vacancy
San Juan City Council members will decide Tuesday whether to appoint a new member to the city council or hold a special election.
Posted inAnaheim, Fountain Valley, Government, Huntington Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Stanton, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster, Yorba Linda
10 Hot Debates to Watch This Week
Yorba Linda voters decide on a recall election and the county’s homeless shelter plans could be in jeopardy.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano
Assemblywoman Likely to See Wages Garnished
The deduction stems from a $12.5 million unpaid judgement against her husband, the Orange County Register reports.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Dana Point, Government, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Top Stories, Villa Park, Yorba Linda
Sheriff’s Services for 630,000 Residents Up for Approval
The costs range from about $90 per resident in Laguna Woods to nearly $300 in Dana Point.
