Santa Ana: Two Main Factions Battle for Power in Tuesday’s Election
2018 elections
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The Nov. 6 election comes as the city faces an ever-worsening financial crisis, pulling $10 million in one-time money this year to make ends meet.
Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races
campaign contributions
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Over $2 million from corporations and corporate PACs, whose donations have become a campaign issue this year, has flowed to all the campaign accounts of candidates from both parties in the four hotly contested Orange County Congressional seats, according to federal campaign disclosures.
Supervisors Order Destruction of Campaign Money Enforcement Emails
Orange County Board of Supervisors
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Government emails and text messages about enforcement of Orange County’s campaign finance laws will be destroyed two years after they’re sent or received, under a policy county supervisors approved Tuesday.
Disney Spends Almost $1 Million on Anaheim Elections, Could Beat Previous Spending
Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort has spent almost $1 million to influence Anaheim city council campaigns and oppose a minimum wage initiative with three weeks to go before the Nov. 6 election, more than it spent at this point ahead of the 2016 election.
Millions in ‘Dark Money’ Flowing to OC Congressional Races
dark money
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Voters have no way of seeing who provided the $2.6 million-plus in dark money supporting or opposing candidates in the four Orange County races key to the battle for control of Congress.
County Names Candidates and Donors Who May Have Exceeded Campaign Limits
campaign finance
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Orange County officials released the names of six candidates and 18 donors involved in returned campaign donations that may have exceeded legal limits, after previously declining to make them public.
County Won’t Name Everyone Who Broke Campaign Money Laws
campaign finance
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Supervisors structured the county enforcement so that when violators are caught by the county enforcement officials, they can return the illegal money and the matter goes away quietly.
Big Donors Can Dominate City Election Spending – Whether or Not There are Contribution Limits
campaign finance
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Whether you’re a California voter, business owner or run a special interest group, if you want to be a big election donor, you can find a way to get your money in.
City Council Candidates Already Fundraising for Next Year’s Races
Election 2018
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Several Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine and other city council members and candidates reported robust fundraising for the first six months of 2017, according to the latest campaign finance disclosures.
OC Supervisors Have Chosen an Ethics Director
Countywide
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County supervisors picked Denah Hoard, the senior assistant city attorney for Orange, as the first executive director of the county’s still-unformed Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission.