This year the decennial process faces unique questions and potential unwillingness in some cities and school districts within the span of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Tag: Vietnamese Americans
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Some Early CA Redistricting Map Sketches Raise Concerns Little Saigon Could Be Split Up
Redistricting officials say they’re only “visualizations” of what the maps could look like. Others say they send a signal that Little Saigon’s representation could undergo critical change.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Orange County Grapples With Wave of Hate Toward Asian Americans Over Coronavirus
Could a rise in hate crimes and incidents, and the conversation around it, signal Orange County’s changing understanding of one of its largest nonwhite demographics?
Posted inNEWS
2020 Election Night Results: Westminster City Council Race
Your guide to who’s leading in the race for this city’s seats.
Posted inNEWS
OC Democratic Leader’s Praise for Ho Chi Minh Sends Little Saigon Into Uproar
It’s the latest incident where public statements revolving around the Vietnam War and ideas about communism have sent this area of OC into a political frenzy.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Countywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Garden Grove, Government, Health & Wellness, NEWS, NORTH COUNTY, REGIONS, Stanton, Top Stories
Coronavirus Prompts Community Census Takers to Get Creative
New partnerships between census workers and local community leaders have formed new outreach efforts to ramp up response rates in undercounted areas.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Theater, Top Stories, Westminster
A Career Transformed by Tragedy
The untimely death of her mother led Susan Lieu, a Vietnamese-American chocolatier, down a path to learning more about her and, ultimately, herself.
Posted inNewport Beach, Orange, Westminster
Three More OC Cities Oppose California’s Sanctuary State Law
Orange, Newport Beach and Westminster joined the county and seven other cities in opposing California’s sanctuary state law, which limits state and local law enforcement’s communications with federal immigration authorities and prohibits officers from holding and questioning people based on immigration violations.
Posted inBuena Park, Countywide, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Health & Wellness, Irvine, Top Stories, Westminster
Report: Asian Americans, Now One Fifth of OC’s Population, Are More Complex Than You Think
Nearly one in five Orange County residents now is Asian American, the fastest growing racial group in the county.
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Westminster
Clinton Comes to Little Saigon, But Vietnamese Mostly Stay Away
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday became the first presidential candidate to visit Little Saigon, but few Vietnamese voters came out to greet her.
