With just over two weeks to Election Day, national focus continues to intensify on OC Congressional Races and places like Anaheim. Amy Goodman & Democracy Now are among the first media on the ground, visiting Soka University in Aliso Viejo tonight and broadcasting Thursday from Valley High School in Santa Ana. On Oct. 30, Voice of OC also partners with the New York Times, KPCC Radio and Chapman University for a public forum on the upcoming historic congressional battles in Orange County.
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Santana: Democratic Defections Raise Questions For OC Supervisors Race, 39th Congressional District
Democratic Congressman Lou Correa is making waves by backing a Republican in a hotly contested campaign for Fourth District County Supervisor. The move raises questions about a potential impact on the contest for the 39th Congressional District.
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Santana: Protecting Public Safety
With public safety pensions rising, driving several sales tax increases in several Orange County cities, residents and office seekers need to start asking themselves about social investments that enhance public safety but aren’t within the local police department budget.
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Santana: News Transparency Matters
Voice of OC today joins more than 120 news sites around the world showing the Project’s Trust Indicators battling misinformation and bolstering a new standard for journalism that allows readers to judge the transparency of news organizations.
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Santana: Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day?
Given Orange County’s longtime, official fervor for ideological debates on issues like immigration along with this year’s competitive congressional campaigns, it’s surprising that the question of city recognitions of Columbus vs. Indigenous People’s Day hasn’t yet hit the city council dais.
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Santana: Could Vietnamese American Political Rift Affect the 34th State Senate and 48th Congressional District Races?
The intense rivalry between State Senator Janet Nguyen, who faces re-election this year, and County Supervisor Andrew Do has some wondering whether the spat could impact turnout in local and congressional races. Nguyen has called on GOP leaders to quiet Do.
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Santana: Training Young Reporters at SAUSD Summer Enrichment Program
Tonight, at a Santa Ana Unified School District Summer Enrichment Showcase at Santa Ana High School, local teachers from Lowell Elementary will be showing off the results from a summer reporting boot camp with Voice of OC.
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Santana: OC Lack of Progress on Homelessness is Tragic. Could it Soon be Illegal?
Recent court decisions stress that without adequate public sheltering infrastructure, leaders can’t legally enforce anti-camping ordinances. Given the failure of OC Supervisors to craft regional consensus among cities on housing homeless people, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has now been put in a tough position, one he’s been trying to avoid since March.
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Santana: Disney Fireworks Impact on Neighborhood Health Needs Study
While Anaheim council members today will consider banning Fourth of July 4 fireworks over health impacts on residents, they should also seek to better understand the daily fireworks show that Disneyland explodes over nearby residential neighborhoods, virtually every night.
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Santana: Time for Common Sense
Voice of OC today stands alongside hundreds of news organizations across America, pushing back against President Trump’s assertion that reporters are enemies of the people, defending the notion that a free and independent press is central to our democracy, our freedom.