Bruce Broadwater

All 62 Dispensaries Shut Down In Garden Grove: Update

Scroll down to the end of the post for updates. Original Post, May 8, 10:42 a.m.: For the past few years, Garden Grove has been one of the most reliably 420-friendly cities in California. It remains the last bastion of the movement in Orange County, where city-wide pot-shop bans and federal crackd ... More >>

Orange County Bids Farewell to Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries

But they're not shutting down without a fight

The Five Least-Deserving, Non-Incumbent Winners in Orange County Elections Last Night

SO...while a lot of good happened in Orange County politics last night, so did a lot of evil. Not just did a bunch of former councilmembers who have nothing else to do with their sorry lives except run for offices in which they were termed out years ago win last night (Lucille Kring in Anaheim, Mike ... More >>

Garden Grove Suspends Registration of Marijuana Dispensaries

Bruce Broadwater​With the city of Anaheim reportedly cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries, neighboring Garden Grove, which has a ban on pot clubs but last year allowed ones already operating as of June 30, now enjoys the dubious distinction of being Orange County's pot capital. Don't te ... More >>

Will Gov. Brown Kill Garden Grove's Fantasy Hotel Resort Project?

​For Garden Grove city officials, who've been trying for years to transform their benighted Harbor Blvd. corridor into a world class resort destination, the good news is that Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the state budget last week. If it had passed, the budget would have killed local redevelopment agen ... More >>

Garden Grove Police Officer Mark Hutchinson Says His Union Activities Cost Him a Promotion

Garden Grove

Stories That Made a Difference

And some we regret

Next Stop: Immobility

An A to Z Guide to Surviving the Death/Pause/Sunshine of the CenterLine

Broadwater Under the Bridge

While Garden Grove mayor talked traffic, his opponent for supervisor helped solve it

Diary of a Mad County

Gray Lady Marmalade

Good times, bad times, New York Times

Letters

Letters

Supervisor Sig-Alert

Broadwater campaigns to widen 22 freeway after suing to prevent new lanes

Are OCs Democrats Dunn?

Proposition This

Vote NO! mostly

Here & Now

How a two-year organizing campaign helped destroy Anaheims hotel workers union

Letters

The Ride of Their Lives

Residents say, No way to city officials who want to bulldoze their neighborhood to build roller coasters

Diary of a Mad County

Don't Ask Why. . .

Garden Grove council poises to dump the only man who says no to developers