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The Essential Voice of OC- Top Official Resigns From OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Following Revelations of State Probe
- Honoring Orange County’s History at the 43rd Annual Black History Parade and Unity Festival
- OC’s Top Public Health Official is Resigning; No Permanent Replacement Yet
- Santa Ana Faces Lawsuit For Barring a Religious Charity From Feeding Homeless People
- Mission Viejo Scraps Term Limits And Anti-Nepotism Proposal for City Commissions
- Nathan Steele and Lisa Landau Maintain Leads in Seal Beach Runoff Election
- Sacramento is Investigating Pay Spikes and Hiring Practices at OC’s Health Plan for the Poor
- What Are the Exact Plans for Orange County’s Next Mental Health Campus?
- Orange School District Suspends Digital Library Over Book Concerns From Some Parents
- USVA Tet Festival Returns to Costa Mesa
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- Pedroza’s New Santa Ana
- The SAPD seized Fentanyl and Meth from a local probationer
- Don’t miss tonight’s DTSA First Saturday Art Walk
- O.C. man gets three life terms for killing his girlfriend and their two little boys
- Celebration of life for Elliot Blair, the O.C. Public Defender killed in Mexico, set for Feb. 11 in Garden Grove
- Compton man arrested for stealing construction tools from Orange County vehicles
- Long Beach Man charged with murder for hitting an O.C. bicyclist then fatally stabbing him
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- Craig Alexander’s “Craig’s PICs” Voter Recommendations for the Nov. 8, 2022 General Election
- Live from OC GOP Central Committee: Endorsements for November 2022 Election Round 3
- Live from OC GOP Central Committee: Endorsements for November 2022 Election Round 2
- “Republican” Chi Charlie Nguyen Cost Taxpayers Over $2.5 Million Dollars For ONE Project!
- Craig’s PICs Voter Recommendations for the June 7, 2022 primary election
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Julio Perez Archive
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Paquita La Del Barrio in the OC Women’s March: the Politics Around the Julio Perez Allegations.
Posted on January 21, 2018 | 7 CommentsRicardo Toro's observations of Sunday's march, and the partisanship around it. -
![. . . It’s scary sometimes, being the Whitest Man in Orange County. Especially when you’ve somehow come to represent the brownest assembly district. You require extra layers of protection. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/daly-hovers-above-protesting-crowd-115x115.png "Perils of Tom Daly: Calling the Cops on Minimum Wage Advocates")
Perils of Tom Daly: Calling the Cops on Minimum Wage Advocates
Posted on March 31, 2016 | 54 Comments. . . It’s scary sometimes, being the Whitest Man in Orange County. Especially when you’ve somehow come to represent the brownest assembly district. You require extra layers of protection. […] -
![It was low-stakes drama last week at the OCGOP Central Committee meeting, when presumed frontrunner, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, failed to secure the county’s prized endorsement for Governor in a less-than-stunning […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tumblr_static_diamond-115x115.jpg "The Diamond Affair: DPOC’s Loss is OCGOP’s Gain")
The Diamond Affair: DPOC’s Loss is OCGOP’s Gain
Posted on April 28, 2014 | 32 CommentsIt was low-stakes drama last week at the OCGOP Central Committee meeting, when presumed frontrunner, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, failed to secure the county’s prized endorsement for Governor in a less-than-stunning […] -
![. This was passed on to us by old Orange Juice friend and Democratic cannabis warrior John Paul Lucas, who has NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT on this important issue! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gavin-ammiano-leno-115x115.jpg "Looking for a few good Hemp-and-Cannibis-Friendly Democrats!!!")
Looking for a few good Hemp-and-Cannibis-Friendly Democrats!!!
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 27 Comments. This was passed on to us by old Orange Juice friend and Democratic cannabis warrior John Paul Lucas, who has NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT on this important issue! […] -
![Today (Thursday June 14) is probably the last day of the canvass of votes in Orange County’s June 5 primary elections. That doesn’t mean that it’s the end of vote […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Recount-115x115.jpg "Are AD-69 and/or AD-72 headed into recounts?")
Are AD-69 and/or AD-72 headed into recounts?
Posted on June 14, 2012 | 4 CommentsToday (Thursday June 14) is probably the last day of the canvass of votes in Orange County’s June 5 primary elections. That doesn’t mean that it’s the end of vote […] -
![Julio Perez is convinced that the mountains of provisional ballots — which will overwhelmingly be from Democrats rather than from Republicans — will put him ahead of Joe Moreno and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Daly-Chevron-too-much-115x115.jpg "How JOBSPAC May Have Screwed Tom Daly")
How JOBSPAC May Have Screwed Tom Daly
Posted on June 7, 2012 | 15 CommentsJulio Perez is convinced that the mountains of provisional ballots — which will overwhelmingly be from Democrats rather than from Republicans — will put him ahead of Joe Moreno and […] -
![The big money in each of today’s big races – Walker, funded against his recallers by 7 to 1; Daly, backed by nearly a million in corporate Independent Expenditures; […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Walker-Daly-Bushala-115x115.jpg "Live-blogging the OC & Wisconsin. Meet your new Fullerton council! Midnite update: Control of WIS. Senate shifts to DEMS!!!")
Live-blogging the OC & Wisconsin. Meet your new Fullerton council! Midnite update: Control of WIS. Senate shifts to DEMS!!!
Posted on June 5, 2012 | 51 CommentsThe big money in each of today’s big races – Walker, funded against his recallers by 7 to 1; Daly, backed by nearly a million in corporate Independent Expenditures; […] -
![. Santa Ana Republican activist Mike Tardif wants you to know he’s DROWNING under a DELUGE of Tom Daly mailers. And we progressive Democrats have been bitching about it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mansoor-Silva-Norby-115x115.jpg "California DISCLOSE Act: Will our Mansoor, Silva, and/or Norby buck their Party and stand up for transparency?")
California DISCLOSE Act: Will our Mansoor, Silva, and/or Norby buck their Party and stand up for transparency?
Posted on May 30, 2012 | 40 Comments. Santa Ana Republican activist Mike Tardif wants you to know he’s DROWNING under a DELUGE of Tom Daly mailers. And we progressive Democrats have been bitching about it […] -
![As political observers have predicted ever since the Supreme Court spat the Citizens United decision at us in 2010, late independent expenditures — yup, “LIEs” –are the things to watch in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Daly-Chevron1-115x115.jpg "Damn LIEs: Who is Winning the “Chevron Cup”?")
Damn LIEs: Who is Winning the “Chevron Cup”?
Posted on May 17, 2012 | 3 CommentsAs political observers have predicted ever since the Supreme Court spat the Citizens United decision at us in 2010, late independent expenditures — yup, “LIEs” –are the things to watch in […] -
![I always notice when the name of my pal Julio Pérez, candidate for Assembly District 69, pops up on the Nooner. And yesterday, I saw that an Independent Expenditure of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tom-delay-and-insurance-guy-115x115.jpg "California’s insurance industry secretly drops $13,641 against Julio – watch for the hit pieces!")
California’s insurance industry secretly drops $13,641 against Julio – watch for the hit pieces!
Posted on May 16, 2012 | 11 CommentsI always notice when the name of my pal Julio Pérez, candidate for Assembly District 69, pops up on the Nooner. And yesterday, I saw that an Independent Expenditure of […] -
![Breaking reports are that a political earthquake centered in the Anaheim area will be sending a tsunami of printed paper flyers, electronic ads, and other flotsam directly at the heads […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Daly-on-money-tsunami-115x115.jpg "Take Cover! Daly Cash Tsunami approaching!")
Take Cover! Daly Cash Tsunami approaching!
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 12 CommentsBreaking reports are that a political earthquake centered in the Anaheim area will be sending a tsunami of printed paper flyers, electronic ads, and other flotsam directly at the heads […] -
![This came in late last night – over whatever it is we’ve got where the “transom” used to be – from Jose “Joe” Moreno, the only ACTUAL Republican in the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/moreno-daly-perez-115x115.jpg "AD-69 Republican candidate Moreno considers Hatch Act, considers Daly, says “Screw it” and stays in race!")
AD-69 Republican candidate Moreno considers Hatch Act, considers Daly, says “Screw it” and stays in race!
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 26 CommentsThis came in late last night – over whatever it is we’ve got where the “transom” used to be – from Jose “Joe” Moreno, the only ACTUAL Republican in the […] -
![In what surely must be a blow to the actual female candidate in the race, the National Organization for Women has endorsed the progressive candidate Julio Pérez for the 69th […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/michele-and-julio-115x115.jpg "Breaking – National Organization for Women (NOW) endorses Julio Pérez.")
Breaking – National Organization for Women (NOW) endorses Julio Pérez.
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn what surely must be a blow to the actual female candidate in the race, the National Organization for Women has endorsed the progressive candidate Julio Pérez for the 69th […] -
![The press release was loud and proud: “S.O.A.R. PAC,” the new political action committee for Anaheim hotels, dominated by the Disney Corporation, and dedicated to “Protecting the Interests of Anaheim’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/daly-mickey-jerbal-115x115.jpg "A Natural Fit: Tom Daly backed by Anaheim’s coddled hotel industry.")
A Natural Fit: Tom Daly backed by Anaheim’s coddled hotel industry.
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 7 CommentsThe press release was loud and proud: “S.O.A.R. PAC,” the new political action committee for Anaheim hotels, dominated by the Disney Corporation, and dedicated to “Protecting the Interests of Anaheim’s […]
