Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?

Santana says the skeptics will just have to wait and see. “If we’re going to be a union rag or a left-leaning rag,” he says, “you’re gonna know that in our first two stories, right? If not, and we’re the real deal, likewise.”

Berardino says he fully expects Santana’s reporters will scrutinize OCEA. In the past year, Santana has investigated hefty overtime payments for both firefighters and police officers. Neither article was popular with those groups’ respective unions.

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Norberto Santana with his son Maximo at the as-yet-unlaunched Voice of OC's office

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“Being a public-employee union, I know I’m gonna get my ass kicked,” Berardino says. “But I would rather take my lumps than sit on the sidelines and watch one of the fundamentals for democracy diminish.”

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