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The irreplaceable Voice of OC- Barbara Venezia joins Voice of OC board of directors
- Santana: OC Vets Cemetery in Irvine Stuck?
- 13 Cities Pressure OC Sheriff on Contract Costs
- Amid Hepatitis A Outbreaks, Orange County Focuses on Vaccination
- Santa Ana Wants County to Shelter Homeless People on Vacant Irvine Land, Considers Suing
- Reiff: Great Park Developer Eyes Amazon, Criticizes Slow-Growth Measure
- Santana: Inaction Can Kill
- Anaheim’s Lobbyist Sunshine Ordinance Will Be Largely Self-Enforced
- Duran: Silence Not Acceptable For Brea Olinda Unified School District Board Members
- Prushan: KKK Tributes in Brea Must be Removed
“For the Shirthood of a Lifetime…”
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Blood Orange: Police Shootings Miscellany
- Huntington Beach Cops Investigating Elderly Man's Death as Homicide
- Woman Found Dead in Santa Ana Apartment; Man in Custody
- Blood Orange: Five Police Shootings Nobody Protested
- Blood Orange: Five Most Controversial Police Shootings, 2006-2016
- How Mexican Should I Allow My Adopted Mexican Son to Be?
- Blood Orange: The Data Behind the Headlines of OC's Most Controversial Police Shootings
- For OC Lawyers Have Law Licenses Suspended for Crimes and Misdeeds
- Dicks Deluxe [Savage Love]
- Fire Marshal Nil: Phony Brian Lee Carsten Gets 6 Months in Jail, Must Repay Victims
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- OCDA Rackauckas defends himself against allegations of prosecutorial misconduct
- The Lincoln Club of Orange County endorses Tyler Diep for the 72nd Assembly District
- The OCDA and the OC Treasurer work to improve estate administration
- Former Costa Mesa police officer gets six months in jail for workers’ comp insurance fraud
- New director appointed for the O.C. Waste and Recycling Department
- The OC GOP endorses the initiative to repeal the CA Gas Tax
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
liberty Archive
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![. . . In a recent 60 Minutes segment, Michael Botticelli, America’s new drug czar, stated, “I think we have to base our policy on scientific understanding.” Yet, while discussing […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/handcuffed-youth-115x115.jpg "A Kinder, Gentler Drug War?")
A Kinder, Gentler Drug War?
Posted on January 18, 2016 | 7 Comments. . . In a recent 60 Minutes segment, Michael Botticelli, America’s new drug czar, stated, “I think we have to base our policy on scientific understanding.” Yet, while discussing […] -
![. . . Good to hear from our blogger INGE after a couple years’ absence, and to hear that her health is okay and she is still working on a […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/euthanasia-115x115.jpg "Inge thanks Gov Brown and legislature for the Right to Die with Dignity.")
Inge thanks Gov Brown and legislature for the Right to Die with Dignity.
Posted on October 6, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . Good to hear from our blogger INGE after a couple years’ absence, and to hear that her health is okay and she is still working on a […] -
![. . . Vern here: Our favorite UCI Law School Dean is giving another one of his scintillating, entertaining, educational and inspiring talks on the Supreme Court this Thursday afternoon, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chemerinsky-3-115x115.gif "It’s Chemerinsky Time Again! Thursday at 2 – “Has the Supreme Court Really Shifted Left?”")
It’s Chemerinsky Time Again! Thursday at 2 – “Has the Supreme Court Really Shifted Left?”
Posted on September 1, 2015 | No Comments. . . Vern here: Our favorite UCI Law School Dean is giving another one of his scintillating, entertaining, educational and inspiring talks on the Supreme Court this Thursday afternoon, […] -
![. . . In April of this year I watched the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Need to Reform Asset Forfeiture. There was notable testimony presented that […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jalalibuilding-cuffed-115x115.jpg "Time to End Policing for Profit in the Golden State – call Daly, Wagner & Chang today!")
Time to End Policing for Profit in the Golden State – call Daly, Wagner & Chang today!
Posted on August 19, 2015 | 8 Comments. . . In April of this year I watched the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Need to Reform Asset Forfeiture. There was notable testimony presented that […] -
![. . . “Credit where due” is like, my middle name. So when my old nemesis, my Congressman-for-life, whose cheerleading for the 2003 Iraq invasion was probably the main thing that inspired […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dana-weird-hat-e1433705750645-115x115.jpg "Rohrabacher Does us Proud on Pot and TPP")
Rohrabacher Does us Proud on Pot and TPP
Posted on June 7, 2015 | 14 Comments. . . “Credit where due” is like, my middle name. So when my old nemesis, my Congressman-for-life, whose cheerleading for the 2003 Iraq invasion was probably the main thing that inspired […] -
![. . . This announcement came to us from our friend Jonathan Adler, and this sounds like an event well worth attending. I’ll be there if I can – Vern. Here’s […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/surveillance-with-scheer-115x115.png "Robert Scheer Skewers the Surveillance State, TONIGHT, Laguna Woods!")
Robert Scheer Skewers the Surveillance State, TONIGHT, Laguna Woods!
Posted on May 5, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . This announcement came to us from our friend Jonathan Adler, and this sounds like an event well worth attending. I’ll be there if I can – Vern. Here’s […] -
![, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/corrupt-cop-115x115.jpg "Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.")
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.
Posted on January 28, 2015 | 5 Comments, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held […] -
![. . . Let’s first, quickly, pro forma, belabor the obvious for a few paragraphs: Anyone who’s walked along the beach in this county, especially anyone who’s tried cleaning it […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/no-styrofoam-logo-115x115.jpg "Introducing the Huntington Beach No-Styrofoam Challenge!")
Introducing the Huntington Beach No-Styrofoam Challenge!
Posted on January 26, 2015 | 10 Comments. . . Let’s first, quickly, pro forma, belabor the obvious for a few paragraphs: Anyone who’s walked along the beach in this county, especially anyone who’s tried cleaning it […] -
![.. It’s that time of year time for me to say thanks for many things, including acknowledging the many voters across the country that voted for drug policy and sentencing […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/statue-of-liberty-115x115.png "The spectacular, historic victory of Proposition 47")
The spectacular, historic victory of Proposition 47
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 5 Comments.. It’s that time of year time for me to say thanks for many things, including acknowledging the many voters across the country that voted for drug policy and sentencing […] -
![. . . I’m writing this piece to congratulate YOU on being part of the forward march of American progress, an integral part of Martin Luther King’s long “moral arc […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mlk-long-moral-arc-liberty-justice-115x115.png "Liberty and Justice for All: Vote YES on 47!")
Liberty and Justice for All: Vote YES on 47!
Posted on October 27, 2014 | 19 Comments. . . I’m writing this piece to congratulate YOU on being part of the forward march of American progress, an integral part of Martin Luther King’s long “moral arc […] -
![Adapted from a speech given by attorney Sean Paden at the last Fullerton Council meeting, and reprinted with his permission: July 4th and 5th: A tale of two anniversaries There […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/declaration-kelly-thomas-115x115.png "Sean Paden: A Tale of Two Anniversaries")
Sean Paden: A Tale of Two Anniversaries
Posted on July 3, 2014 | 7 CommentsAdapted from a speech given by attorney Sean Paden at the last Fullerton Council meeting, and reprinted with his permission: July 4th and 5th: A tale of two anniversaries There […] -
![Two weeks after June 17’s somewhat contentious council meeting discussing and delaying the Santa Ana City Council’s proposed medical marijuana regulation initiative, the question in this title still seems valid. […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kandice-mmj-sal-115x115.png "Santa Ana’s new Marijuana Proposal shapes up: Progress, or a Sneaky Trick?")
Santa Ana’s new Marijuana Proposal shapes up: Progress, or a Sneaky Trick?
Posted on June 30, 2014 | 38 CommentsTwo weeks after June 17’s somewhat contentious council meeting discussing and delaying the Santa Ana City Council’s proposed medical marijuana regulation initiative, the question in this title still seems valid. […] -
![As measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/weed-wars-2-115x115.png "California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.")
California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 34 CommentsAs measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe […] -
![. . . “Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/norby-at-starbux-115x115.jpg "The Exoneration of Chris Norby.")
The Exoneration of Chris Norby.
Posted on May 16, 2014 | 25 Comments. . . “Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […]