joan flynn | Voice of OC

Huntington Beach Makes Budget Documents Hard to Find

By ADAM ELMAHREK | September 20, 2010

Documents from a series of City Council study sessions that
hammered out budget issues were buries in little-publicized
information packets called late communications.

Huntington Beach Councilwoman Misspoke Regarding Officials’ Qualifications

By | April 22, 2010

Councilwoman Jill Hardy says she did not mean to imply that the city’s current elected department heads are not qualified when she spoke this week about new requirements.

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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.

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