The gathering featured some of Santa Ana’s most influential politicos and served as a window into how various factions in the city are battling for control of its most important institutions.
Tag: Election 2016
Posted inGarden Grove, Politics & Elections
Night at the Water Park Amounts to Big Gift to Councilman’s Campaign
Nearly 2,000 Garden Grove residents enjoyed a night of fun Friday at the Great Wolf Lodge hotel and waterpark thanks to what amounted to a massive contribution to Garden Grove Councilman Steve Jones’ mayoral campaign.
Posted inCountywide, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Voting Wars: Has the Time Finally Come for the ‘Sleeping Giant’ to Awaken?
After decades of low turnout, Latinos nationwide may be poised — thanks in large part to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance — to at last have an impact on Election Day that matches their population gains.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Millennials: Will They Stay (home) or Will They Go (to the polls)?
Millennials make up about a third of the voting-age population, matching the baby boomers. This means they have the potential to strongly influence upcoming elections. But will they?
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
How Politics Obscures the Truth About Voter Fraud
Whether someone thinks voter fraud is a widespread problem, often depends on their party registration. Meanwhile, voter suppression remains an issue in certain corners of the country, and Orange County has a checkered past.
Posted inCountywide, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Voting Wars: What Is Keeping Asian-Americans From the Polls?
They are the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S., have the highest income and are the best educated. But they have the lowest voter participation of any demographic group due largely to language, cultural barriers and discrimination.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Voting Wars: Minority Communities Gain as District Voting Proliferates
Historically, most California cities and school districts have elected their representatives through at-large electoral systems. This has, in many cases, led to the disenfranchisement of minority populations. But California Voting Rights Act lawsuits in O.C. and elsewhere are changing that reality.
Posted inAnaheim, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Westminster
Central OC Cities Set for Historic November Election
The cities of Anaheim and Garden Grove are gearing up for arguably the most consequential election in decades, as residents will for the first time elect candidates by district following lawsuits by voting rights advocates.
Posted inCountywide, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Do and Correa Maintain Large Fundraising Leads
Former state Sen. Lou Correa and incumbent Supervisor Andrew Do have big fundraising leads in their respective races for U.S. House and county supervisor seats, but winning the money race doesn’t necessarily mean victory on Election Day.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, News Briefs, Top Stories
Fullerton Set to Hold Another Public Hearing on Voting District Maps
Tuesday’s hearing was ordered by a Superior Court judge who ruled that the council’s selection of a map in June violated the terms of a settlement agreement on Voting Rights Act lawsuits.
