Local government spends tax money and often affects people’s daily lives more than the state or federal governments. So why does it go last on ballots?
Tag: Mike Moodian
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Who Are Your Options to Run Your Government? Here’s Who Made it Onto the November Ballot
Orange County voters are looking at a highly competitive environment for powerful seats on the county Board of Supervisors – for the first time since the 1970s.
Posted inAnaheim
FBI Reveals What Many Anaheim Residents Felt For Years, City Hall is Run By The Chamber of Commerce
A federal criminal complaint sheds new light on why city officials ignored and dismissed calls for help from so many small business owners and residents in recent years.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
What Should Orange County’s Next District Attorney Stand For?
Tonight, Orange County’s League of Women Voters hosts the last DA debate, another one skipped by incumbent DA Todd Spitzer, before the June Primary.
Posted inSanta Ana
‘Abstain’: Are OC Officials Using a Public Meeting Ethics Check to Dodge Accountability?
Some local policymakers in Orange County are questioning whether a conflict-of-interest check at public meetings is allowing politicians to avoid taking a stance on controversial matters.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
New County Supervisor Voting Map Gives Stronger Voice to OC’s Latino Community
While Latinos are 34% of OC residents, for the last decade Latino voters were split in half on the old map – something county attorneys say would now be illegal.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
State Redistricting is Community-Driven, While OC Supervisors Draw Their Own Districts
There’s two different approaches happening in OC: a citizen commission drawing new state and Congressional districts, while county supervisors determine their own districts.
Posted inGovernment
Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
Posted inGovernment
Huntington Beach to Appoint New Council Member, Reviving a Debate Other OC Cities Tackled
The debate of whether to appoint someone or hold a special election has popped off in at least five OC cities in recent years.
Posted inCountywide, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Protests in Orange County Are Focusing on Police Budgets And Show a Changing OC
Roughly half of Orange County’s 34 cities have seen residents take to the streets and protest the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
