TheLiberalOC was awarded the Orange County Press Club’s “Best News/Political Blog” award for 2012 at the organization’s awards gala in Tustin. The award is based on a series of stories written by Chris Prevatt regarding anti-Semitic comments made by Santa…
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A Double Standard on Civility
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
I’ll start by saying attending a Santa Ana city council meeting in person is nothing like watching the streamed meeting on the web. Chris Prevatt and I attended Monday’s meeting and listened to more than an hour of public comments…
Benavides Cautions on Cost of Defending Madrid Lawsuit
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
Santa Ana Council member David Benavides has questioned the rationale behind the lawsuit filed by City Commissioner Max Madrid intended to provide an avenue for Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez to be a candidate for Ward 5 on the Santa…
Santa Ana City Clerk: No Fourth Term for Alvarez in Santa Ana
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments
Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez may not run for a fourth term according to Santa Ana city clerk Maria Huizar, reports the Voice of OC. Under the terms of Measure D, passed in 2008 which gave council members a third…
Alvarez’s Cultural Summit Costs Rack Up for Santa Ana Taxpayers
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
At the by-invitaton only Cultural Diversity Summit hosted last year by the city of Santa Ana between Jewish leaders and the county’s Latino community aimed at repairing Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez’s relationship with the Jewish community, Acting…
County-wide “Town Hall” on Race and Diversity Leaves Out Community; Santa Ana Restricts Access
by Dan Chmielewski • • 12 Comments
An Update: Councilman Vince Sarmiento, who came up with the idea for the Town Hall, called this afternoon to say the event isn’t taking the direction he hoped it would take. He said he was disappointed that City Staff is…
OC Register to Change Online Commenting Policy
by Dan Chmielewski • • 16 Comments
One of the telling comments from the dias during the Santa Ana City Council meeting on September 6, which dealt with the “rebuke” of anti-Semitic comments made by Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, came from both Council member Vince Sarmiento…
