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The irreplaceable Voice of OC- Anaheim-based Animal Rescue Group Threatens LAPD With Lawsuit
- On OC: Defending Orange County’s Backcountry
- OC Adopted Pit Bull Not Sexually Abused: LAPD
- Santana: Time for Common Sense
- Newport Beach City Council Names New City Manager
- Disney in Dispute With Anaheim, Stops Work on New Four-Star Hotel
- Toll Road Agency Linked Its Website to Newport Councilman’s Campaign Web Page
- In Wake of Dog’s Abuse and Killing, County Exploring ‘Do Not Adopt’ List
- Citing the 73 Toll Road as a “Congestion Reliever,” S & P Global Ratings Upgrades San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency Senior-Lien Bonds to A-
- 2018 OC Fair Sets Attendance Records and Gives Back to the Community
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Today is the extended deadline to file to run for vacated seats in Orange County
- State Senator Pat Bates issues a statement on potential wildfire legislation
- Sen. Patricia Bates’ new bill will give Californians relief from long DMV lines
- The OC Supervisors will now oversee their own internal audits
- The OC Sheriff’s Department responds to the OC Grand Jury report on jail deaths
- OC Supervisor Do’s plan to restore independent oversight and accountability at the County of Orange
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Jesús Aguirre Comes Home!
Posted on January 8, 2018 | 2 CommentsJustice to celebrate - we and many others have been fighting for this for years! -
![. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bockmiller-1-e1479695758190-115x115.png "Mesa Water on Conservation: in Cuba, Maybe, but Not Here.")
Mesa Water on Conservation: in Cuba, Maybe, but Not Here.
Posted on November 20, 2016 | 4 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop […] -
![. . . Our transom is all a-twitter this weekend with missives and broadsides relevant to our week’s biggest stories. Here are three of ’em: 1. Joe Dunn backs California’s […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dunn-correa-company-they-keep-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Dunn backs Fair Wage; Anaheim cop union backs Lou; Coastal Commission Under Water.")
Weekend Open Thread: Dunn backs Fair Wage; Anaheim cop union backs Lou; Coastal Commission Under Water.
Posted on February 19, 2016 | 36 Comments. . . Our transom is all a-twitter this weekend with missives and broadsides relevant to our week’s biggest stories. Here are three of ’em: 1. Joe Dunn backs California’s […] -
![. . . This week, the Orange Juice Blog is going to ask you a favor – if you value California’s beautiful coastline and want to continue to protect it […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/lester-coast-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Stop Developers’ Coup at the Coastal Commission! (And Deteriorata.)")
Weekend Open Thread: Stop Developers’ Coup at the Coastal Commission! (And Deteriorata.)
Posted on February 5, 2016 | 7 Comments. . . This week, the Orange Juice Blog is going to ask you a favor – if you value California’s beautiful coastline and want to continue to protect it […] -
![Senator Mimi Walters has long been a fixture of politics in South County. Almost assured of victory, the state legislator is running for a seat in Congress left open by […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mimi-walters-350-115x115.gif "Mimi Walters: Like… A… Rock")
Mimi Walters: Like… A… Rock
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 22 CommentsSenator Mimi Walters has long been a fixture of politics in South County. Almost assured of victory, the state legislator is running for a seat in Congress left open by […] -
![SHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/votebox-115x115.jpg "The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!")
The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!
Posted on May 19, 2014 | 80 CommentsSHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […] -
![Allan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […] -
![One of the few areas right and left generally agree on is the primacy of Public Safety as a critical function of government. If taxes do nothing else, keeping us […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kris-murray-e1396556668700.jpg "Further Misadventures and Malfunctions of the Murrbot™")
Further Misadventures and Malfunctions of the Murrbot™
Posted on April 3, 2014 | 5 CommentsOne of the few areas right and left generally agree on is the primacy of Public Safety as a critical function of government. If taxes do nothing else, keeping us […] -
![The Sacramento Bee reported yesterday that San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, the public face of a proposal to qualify a pension reform initiative for the state ballot, lost a Superior […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chuck-reed-kamala-harris-115x115.png "Proposed Pension Reform Initiative Dealt Death Blow? UPDATE: Death Blow Dealt.")
Proposed Pension Reform Initiative Dealt Death Blow? UPDATE: Death Blow Dealt.
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 8 CommentsThe Sacramento Bee reported yesterday that San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, the public face of a proposal to qualify a pension reform initiative for the state ballot, lost a Superior […] -
![I’m not in the habit of posting up every little communique I receive from Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) , or you’d see little else here. But I’d been thinking, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/loretta-hsr-115x115.png "Loretta “affirms her support” of California High Speed Rail! As does the Orange Juice Blog (some of us anyway.)")
Loretta “affirms her support” of California High Speed Rail! As does the Orange Juice Blog (some of us anyway.)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 35 CommentsI’m not in the habit of posting up every little communique I receive from Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) , or you’d see little else here. But I’d been thinking, […] -
![I was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mansoor-and-405-traffic-115x115.png "Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.")
Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 17 CommentsI was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […] -
![This Thanksgiving, The Orange Juice Blog is grateful for several victories great and small the people of Orange County have been fighting for, with this blog at the forefront (in […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cornucopia-2013-115x115.jpg "Thankful for a Cornucopia of Victories This Year!")
Thankful for a Cornucopia of Victories This Year!
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 15 CommentsThis Thanksgiving, The Orange Juice Blog is grateful for several victories great and small the people of Orange County have been fighting for, with this blog at the forefront (in […] -
![Back in the late 70’s, under then-Governor Jerry Brown, the State of California ran a healthy budget surplus. So healthy in fact that Howard Jarvis, in launching the Proposition 13 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jerry-cropped-115x115.jpg "Does Jerry Brown have it right this time?")
Does Jerry Brown have it right this time?
Posted on November 25, 2013 | 6 CommentsBack in the late 70’s, under then-Governor Jerry Brown, the State of California ran a healthy budget surplus. So healthy in fact that Howard Jarvis, in launching the Proposition 13 […] -
![. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vern-and-donnelly-115x115.jpg "GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.")
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 45 Comments. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]