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June 10, 2013
Resolution Honoring Beaches, Beach Access and Fire Rings Sparks Unanimous Capital Consent
A joint resolution to honor California beaches and protect access to them as well as their fire rings was adopted today by the California Legislature with unanimous consent.Assembly Concurrent Resolution 52 by Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) does not go to the governor for a signature ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2012
Christian Legal Eagles Vow to Fight Enacting of State Law Ending "Pray the Gay Away" Therapy
Governor Jerry Brown over the weekend signed a bill championed by the LGBT community that make California the first state to outlaw therapy to "pray the gay away." "We're grateful to Governor Brown for standing with California's children," reads a statement from Chad Griffin, president of the Human ... More >>
News
September 20, 2012
Barack Obama Who?
[Moxley Confidential] Orange County Democrats hold pre-November election summit and forget to rally the faithful for the president's re-election
Blogs
September 12, 2012
Diane Harkey, State Assemblywoman, Sees Return of Point Center Financial Scandal
When Diane Harkey ran for state Senate (unsuccessfully) and Assembly (successfully), she claimed she financed her campaigns with her own money, earned during her "six-figure" banking career.But later came disclosures that some of the Dana Point Republican's campaign funds--$16,000 worth--came from t ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2012
Did Julian Castro's DNC Convention Speech Signal The Decline of OC's Loretta Sanchez?
Just four years ago, Loretta Sanchez--the veteran, Democrat congresswoman from Anaheim--repeatedly won significant national network TV attention on the arm of Hilary Clinton in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. Part of that focus happened when Sanchez continued to stridently advocate for ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2012
Diane Harkey, Dana Point Assemblywoman, Helps Kill Bill That Would've Banned Lobbyist Gifts of Tickets to Politicos
Wow, we haven't checked in on Dana Point-area Assemblywoman Diane Harkey in a couple of years--really, ever since former Weekling (and current Atlantic guy) Spencer Kornhaber took her down a couple of notches some years back. But when you're a self-professed small-government zealot who rails against ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Gary Miller, Congressman Who Left OC to Avoid a Run Against a Republican, Faces One Anyway
An incumbent Republican congressman who jumped districts to avoid facing another GOP Member of Congress in Tuesday's primary will square off against a powerful office-holder from his own party in the fall. Gary Miller, who had been the Orange County congressional delegation's most-wealthy member, w ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Brandi Chastain Winces as Chris Norby Inserts Soccer Shoe in Mouth at Title IX Recognition
Professional soccer player Brandi Chastain, who is known internationally for whipping off her jersey and falling to her knees in her sports bra after the U.S. defeated China in the 1999 Women's World Cup at the Rose Bowl, was under the California Capitol dome Monday as the state Assembly recognized ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2012
Haven Gastropub Chef Fights For Foie
The clock ticks ever closer toward the July 1 ban on foie gras to take effect in the state of California, and a council of chefs is not going quietly into that good night. Yesterday, a group calling itself C.H.E.F.S, the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards, took the fight for foie to ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Jon Fleischman's FlashReport For California Republicans Gains LA Times Attention
Orange County's Jon Fleischman, the grand daddy of powerful California Republican bloggers, earned a noteworthy news story in today's Los Angeles Times.Though he has plenty of critics, routinely treats me with outright contempt (I wasn't good for his onetime boss Sheriff Mike Carona) and strictly ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Remember When OC Republicans Loved Rick Perry? He Needs Them in Texas
Remember last fall when Texas Governor Rick Perry packed 1,000 supporters--including former Orange County Republican Party chairman Tom Fuentes, rising from his death bed--into Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach? Perry also scooped up cash for his presidential run at some private affairs with Orang ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Oklahoma Senator Wants to Ban Fetuses as Food
OK State Senate websiteSenator ShorteySoylent Green will not be manufactured in Oklahoma. Not if that state senator Ralph Shortey gets his way. The freshman Republican introduced a bill this week in the state legislature "prohibiting the sale or manufacture of food or products which contain abort ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
State Supreme Court Upholds Abolition of Redevelopment Agencies
Governor and Norcal Democrat Jerry Brown and Assemblyman and OC Republican Chris Norby don't agree on much, but they do see graying eyebrow to graying eyebrow on abolishing local redevelopment agencies to help close the state budget gap. Today, they and other RDA opponents scored a victory when t ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Bill Targeting Nonprofits That's Inspired by Jerry Sandusky-Penn State Scandal Gets Legs
In the wake of the Penn State-Jerry Sandusky controversy, a California assemblyman has answered a Newport Beach attorney and retired state senator's call for legislation targeting the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that foster, enable and cover up child sexual abuse. The proposed bill would stri ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown Funded By OC Unions For 2014; Loretta Sanchez Nabs Dentist Support
Pay to playGov. Jerry Brown's trip to Orange County last month for a speech to Democrats nabbed $30,000 mostly from local organized labor unions, according to a report this week in the Sacramento Bee.Among those contributing were the Orange County Employees Association, which organized "a small, ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2011
Gabrielle Nestande, Former OC Supervisor's Daughter and Rick Perry Campaign Worker, Indicted on Single Charge in Woman's Hit-and-Run Death in Texas
Gabrielle Jane Nestande--the 24-year-old daughter of former Orange County Supervisor and state Assemblyman Bruce Nestande, half sister of Riverside Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande and former campaign worker for Texas Gov. Rick Perry--has been indicted by the Travis County grand jury on a si ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Marian Bergeson Continues 1 1/2-year Hunt for Her Daughter's Killer in Oregon
Marian Bergeson was a Salt Lake City-born, Brigham Young University-educated mom who raised four children and taught school in Newport Beach before launching a long and storied career as a politician that included stints as a city councilwoman, school board trustee, state senator, assemblywoman, ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
[UPDATED with Register Tongue Bath:] Rick Perry, Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Possible, Shakes the Newport Beach Money Tree
UPDATE, JULY 1, 8:11 P.M.: The Orange County Register Editorial Board loves them some Texas Gov. Rick Perry.After the Republican met in Newport Beach's Pacific Club with big GOP donors and the likes of Orange County GOP Chairman Scott Baugh, Flash Report publisher Jon Fleischman, OC GOP Chairman ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2011
[UPDATED with Alcohol Cited:] Ex-OC Supervisor, Assemblyman and Booze Hound Bruce Nestande's Daughter Accused of Fatal Hit-and-Run
UPDATE, JUNE 8, 12:30 P.M.: The first post on this story began by tying in a drunken driving crash caused by former Orange County Supervisor and state Assemblyman Bruce Nestande in Newport Beach a few years ago with a hit-and-run death blamed on his 23-year-old daughter, Gabrielle Jane Nestande, ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Assembly Passes Second California DREAM Act Bill, To Allow State Financial Aid For Illegal Immigrants
Another hurdle cleared for illegal immigrant college students. On Wednesday, the state Assembly passed the second part of the California DREAM Act, a bill that would allow them to apply for state grants. The two-bill package was introduced by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), wh ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Gabrielle Jane Nestande, Ex-OC Assemblyman and Supervisor Bruce's Daughter, Held in Fatal Hit-and-Run
The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree: former Orange County Supervisor and state Assemblyman Bruce Nestande served six months of house arrest and three years probation after pleading guilty in 2007 to driving drunk the wrong way on a one-way street and hitting a parked car. Now his 23-y ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
OC Fairgrounds: Revenue-Sharing Plan Gains Traction; Governor Releases Revised Budget; Costa Mesa Mayor Would Rather the Land Go to Highest Bidder
In breaking news, Assemblyman Jose Solorio's bill (AB 35) passed the Appropriations Committee--with a vote of 10-2--which allows for a revenue-sharing option if Governor Jerry Brown decides not to honor the $100 million bid by Facilities Management West for the Orange County Fairgrounds.That's but a ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
OC Legislators Seek Pension Reform, Attack Collective Bargaining in California
With union-backed Democrats holding the governor's office and both houses of the California Legislature, it's unlikely collective bargaining for public employees will be torpedoed or pension-ending reform will be enacted.But, God bless 'em, three Orange County Republicans are going to try to acco ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2011
Jerry Brown Death Threat Graffiti Allows Foes to Paint Orange County With Pressurized Can of Hate
Representatives from the California Highway Patrol and Santa Ana Police Department said today there have been no new developments in the case of the death threats against Governor Jerry Brown spray-painted on two walls in Santa Ana. (Brown's office directed all inquiries to the CHP, which is head ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Lou Correa Lets Online Poker Bill Ride
State Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has introduced a bill that would help cut into California's budget deficit by installing an online poker system that aims to generate $1 billion in state revenues and 1,100 new jobs over the next 10 years.Vegas gives it 3-5 odds to pass--or at least Vegas d ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Van Tran Move Makes Sacramento Bee's "Worst" List
Van Tran There's no doubt that three months before the November election polling showed Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez might be in danger of losing to Little Saigon state Assemblyman Van Tran.To thwart Tran's potential rise, Sanchez--already known as a tireless campaigner--doubled he ... More >>
News
December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?
Blogs
December 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] Fate of the OC Fairgrounds Stalled Until January 2011
Update, December 22, 2:15 p.m.: The non-money grubbing side won in the matter of the OC Fairgrounds. Sort of. Yesterday the Fourth District Appellate Court agreed to hear the case, which will prevent the sale of the property until at least Jan. 10, 2011.Why is this a victory? By that time the new ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Sacramento Bee Slams OC's Tom Harman On Anti-Gay Marriage Idea
Harman: pro-zealot?We learned this year that Orange County state Senator Tom Harman shamelessly used personal connections in the local district attorney's office in a plot to steal the weighty if deceitful ballot designation "prosecutor" in his campaign to win the Republican Party primary for Cal ... More >>
News
November 4, 2010
A Night to Dismember the Democrats
Election 2010: Scenes from some of the few races where Dems didn't get tsunami'd
Blogs
November 3, 2010
[UPDATED:] Election 2010: Coker is Spun, Polled, Teabagged
1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosop ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Dead Woman Wins State Senate Seat, Dead Man Loses City Council Bid
Jenny OropezaBill Barker did not win one of three open Mission Viejo City Council seats Tuesday, although the fact he received the seventh-most votes out of 12 candidates--and that he died hours before the polls opened--is impressive.But not nearly as impressive as the feat achieved by state Sen. ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Prop 8 is Illegal Because All California Ballot Propositions are Illegal: Appellate Lawyer
An appellate lawyer has filed a brief before the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco that argues same-sex-marriage banning Prop 8 should be struck down because all ballot propositions are illegal.As Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino) put it in ... And Justice for All, "You're out of order! You're out of or ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Did Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger "Sandbag" Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown?
KNBC/Channel 4 political reporter Conan Nolan is raising a very plausible notion: that Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger--likely miffed over negative portrayals of the Governator by Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman--"sandbagged" both candidates.And it all went down in Long Beach, where Shriver i ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Orange County DREAM Team Protests Outside Meg Whitman's Santa Ana Offices Over Whitman's Anti-Undocumented College Student Stance
Meg Whitman can down all the tequila shots with vendidos that she wants, but the fact is that the Republican gubernatorial candidate's name is mud with most any Latino voter in California. Her alliance with former California governor Pete Wilson might've played well with the CCIR crowd but antago ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Meg Whitman, Direct From My Mailbox
Four fliers delivered to my mailbox this afternoon bring to mind instant images of Meg Whitman, your Republican nominee for governor of California. What follows is the actual order I pulled these fliers out of the box at Casa de Coker:
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Are Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina Giving Sarah Palin Cold Padded Shoulders?
As Bubba ties up Santa Ana traffic and rallies the Democrats behind his former foe Jerry Brown, his brown amiga Loretta Sanchez and that San Francisco mayor with the hair today, Anaheim is bracing for a traffic/media/politico crush Saturday with the arrival of Sarah Palin, plain and tall.
Blogs
October 10, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Happy 10-10-10 to you.Weekend news highlights from various media sources include:Fred Phelps thinks he knows whyYou can thank UC Irvine researchers for this good news: The future "Big One" earthquake along the San Andreas fault will be much worse and much sooner than previously expected, accordin ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Duane Roberts, Green Party Nominee for U.S. Senate, Says Democrats are "Anti-Immigrant"
Duane Roberts sounds downright Republican."Beware of the Democrats" warns the Anaheim Green Party member running in November for the U.S. Senate seat held by a Democrat, Barbara Boxer.However, when Roberts explains his proclamation, he does not sound very Republican at all. He accuses Dems of bei ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Ho-Hum, a City Official Busted in Surf City
A corruption probe resulted in the arrest of a city official in Huntington Beach this morning. Hell, that's not news, that's just another day in Surf City, you're probably saying to yourself. (Ah, ex-mayors Garofalo and Houchen, how we miss you so!) However, this time the busted city official ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Ex-Congressman Drops Facebook Friendship with Orly Taitz; Who's Next?
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported last week that Orly Taitz--the Laguna Niguel dentist who famously claims that Barack Obama isn't eligible for the office he holds--lost one of her Facebook friends recently. On Thursday, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal shed his social-networki ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
UPDATED: Prop 8 Judge: Same-Sex Weddings Can Resume ... on Wednesday
Law.UCI.eduChemerinskyUPDATE: The dean of the UCI Law School does not see grounds for an appeal of the stay against gay weddings in California (see below) . . . U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker in San Francisco today lifted the stay on same-sex marriages in California--beginning ... 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 >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Lou Correa Refuses His State Senate Per Diem
State Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is not accepting his $142-per-day subsidies for living expenses (called per diem), retroactive to July 1, when this session's budget impasse began.Correa joins three other legislators refusing their per diem, while a fifth has vowed to donate to a nonprofit fu ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Solorio: Latino Lawmakers Won't Block OC Fairgrounds Sale
We told you here that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed off on selling the Orange County Fairgrounds to Costa Mesa but that the California Legislature's Latino caucus was still threatening to block the deal because of the city's stance on illegal immigrants. Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
High-Speed Rail Plan Slammed by Berkeley; Curt Pringle in Senator's Cross Hairs
California's planned high-speed rail system has been the target of varied criticism, including from Orange County state assemblywoman Diane Harkey who wants to kill the thing outright. Now, a study from UC Berekely--funded by the high-speed rail authority--says the entire project is based on ride ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2010
Chuck DeVore's Latest Endorsement: Barbara Coe?
Coe, in center, between two of her other pet candidates, Joe Arpayaso and sheriff's candidate Bill HuntNow that Irvine state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is fully behind Arizona's anti-illegals SB 1070, the extremists are coming out of their muck to support his quixotic campaign for Senate. Take the ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2010
OC Republicans Think Tom Campbell Is Running For Governor!
R. Scott MoxleyNote the lower left corner of the OCGOP websiteEarth to Republican Party of Orange County Chairman Scott Baugh.
Blogs
March 10, 2010
John Eastman Outflanks Republicans In California AG Race
(photo by Chris Victorio / OC Weekly)John Eastman: "I ain't evolving!"It looked as if someone had placed a lamp in the middle of the California Republican Assembly (CRA) state convention last Saturday, but it was actually a delegate wearing a straw hat with tea bags hanging from the brim. The sym ... More >>
News
September 5, 2002
One Gigante Mess
How a multibillion-dollar corporation played the victim and got its liquor license
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