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League of United Latin American Citizens

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    [UPDATED with Board Rejecting Plan:] Redistricting Committee Trudges On, 18 Proposals Remain

    ​UPDATE, JULY 20, 11:25 A.M.: And, back to the redistricting committee it goes.The Orange County Board of Supervisors had its first official look at the committee's redistricting recommendations Tuesday and opted to kick the proposed plan back to the panel, citing potential political harm to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Redistricting Committee Trudges On, 18 Proposals Remain

    ​Last night's redistricting meeting in Mission Viejo was a bore for the audience and a chore for the committee.Redistricting Committee Chairman Don Hughes called the meeting to order, said a few things and then leaned away from the microphone to ask Assistant CEO Rob Richardson a question: "Is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    [UPDATED with New Sanchez Plan, Agendas Set:] Proposals Target Districts of Dana Rohrabacher and Loretta Sanchez

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 7, 1:56 P.M.: Orange County Register political reporter Martin Wisckol writes today that the Latino-heavy congressional district of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove), which had been virtually wiped out under a previous redistricting proposal, has been largely restored under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Will Meg Whitman's Stands Against Prop. 187 and Arizona's SB 1070 Chill Her Likely Voters?

    ​We told you here how California Democrats are hopeful the marijuana-legalization initiative will help the ticket in November despite the party's gubernatorial nominee coming out against it.Republicans are hopeful the anti-immigration fervor does the same for their ticket despite the party's guber ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2009

    OC's Famous Desegregation Case Finally Gets Its Historical Due, But One Family Feels Left Out

    ​We told you here how California Democrats are hopeful the marijuana-legalization initiative will help the ticket in November despite the party's gubernatorial nominee coming out against it.Republicans are hopeful the anti-immigration fervor does the same for their ticket despite the party's guber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Good Flautas at La Casa Garcia

    Being a wab of Zacatecan ancestry puts me in the unique position of admiring borderlands cuisine from an outsider and insider perspective. Southern California standards like wet burritos, crispy tacos, pork in green chile, and flautas always fascinate me for their exotic-yet-familiar origins. But I ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Orange County's Mexican Consul, Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada, Sparks Protests, Burns Bridges

    Being a wab of Zacatecan ancestry puts me in the unique position of admiring borderlands cuisine from an outsider and insider perspective. Southern California standards like wet burritos, crispy tacos, pork in green chile, and flautas always fascinate me for their exotic-yet-familiar origins. But I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    God Squad Blasts Congressman Royce

    No one ever criticizes Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for the things he says because no one has ever heard him speak. But he apparently sends out emails that have caught the attention of a cross-denominational group of clergy folk who today sent Royce a letter asking him to stop using the phras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2008

    Irvine Company Janitors Prepare to Strike--Good Luck With That

    A couple of days ago, members of the Service Employees International Union (SEUI) Local 1877 who clean offices at Fashion Island and the Irvine Spectrum Center voted overwhelmingly to strike against the two facilities' owner, the mighty Irvine Company. The Orange County Labor Federation is on board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2007

    Sunday's Headlines & Surprises

    'Biggest racist ever' back on Anaheim school board: Last week, the Anaheim Union School District appointed Harald Martin to an open board seat created by the death of Denise Mansfield-Reinking. I managed to obtain the board's top-secret qualifications checklist for Martin: Racist, check. Uneducate ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 25, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Making Pies: Its not lesbian innuendo, but it should be

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Placentia

    Making Pies: Its not lesbian innuendo, but it should be

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Goodbye, Gurza

    Plus, the powers out! The Times bites! Let Freedom wring!

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Harald Martins Army

    The anti-immigration activist has a new plan to send Mexicans packing

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Constitutional Cuisinart

    OC congressmen try to chop U.S. birthright out of the 14th Amendment

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    April-June

    OC congressmen try to chop U.S. birthright out of the 14th Amendment

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