Colleen Clark

Irvine Releases New Round of Great Park Depositions

By NICK GERDA | July 22, 2014

Interviews with the park’s former CEO and chief financial officer are made public.

Board Revokes Executive Raises

By | December 14, 2011

Move comes six months after a controversial performance audit
criticized county pay policies.

County Names Names and Gives Explanations for Big Pay Hikes

By NORBERTO SANTANA JR. | May 28, 2011

County CEO said he’s “confident” in justifications for raises
for top executives. Yet the Orange County performance auditor may
issue a rebuttal.

THIS JUST IN:

11/17

In #CA48 Harley Rouda maintains a lead by 6.41% - 17,087 votes (he had a 6.42% lead yesterday) over Dana Rohrabacher.

11/17

In #CA45 Katie Porter maintains her lead over Mimi Walters with now 51.6% of votes. Porter is currently up by 8,993 votes (she was up by 8,024 votes yesterday).

11/17

In #CA39 Gil Cisneros’ lead over Young Kim widens to 3,495 votes today (up from yesterday’s 3,020 vote lead). Today’s count includes an update from OC. Kim maintains a lead in OC, while Cisneros is still ahead overall for the district, at 50.78%.

11/17

In #CA49 Mike Levin maintains his lead at 55.5% over Diane Harkey. Today's updated count includes just Orange County where Levin gained 313 votes from yesterday and Harkey gained 189. Harkey maintains a lead for *just* the Orange County portion of votes at now 5,043.

11/17

In the 34th State Senate race Janet Nguyen's election night lead of 18% dropped to 5.6% last Saturday and is 0.24% today. Today's count includes an update from OC, but not LA. Nguyen gained 2,975 votes from yesterday, Umberg gained 3,644.

11/17

In the 74th California State Assembly Cottie Petrie-Norris (D) maintains a lead at 52.5% of the votes (was 52.3% yesterday) over Matthew Harper (R). Petrie-Norris gained 545 votes net votes over Harper since yesterday's count.

11/17

In Orange County's Fourth District Supervisor Doug Chaffee gains 257 votes over Tim Shaw since yesterday's count. Chaffee took the lead yesterday (by 9 votes) and he now has a 0.5 lead.

Santana: Welcome to Purple County

On Election Day, President Trump drove unprecedented voter turnout in Orange County, nearly 65 percent of registered voters visited the polls. That hasn’t been seen during a midterm election in Orange County since the 1970s. The results don’t bode well for the GOP but there’s a deeper message here for incumbents: Engage the public or peril.
Franco: Net Neutrality Debate in D.C. Could Impact California Jobs and Economy

Reuben Franco, President & CEO, Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce weighs in on the impacts of net neutrality which is currently pending in Congress.