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Santa Ana spent $8,444.73 on an outside legal opinion on whether Councilwoman Alvarez could run for an additional Council term due to approval of Meadure D in 2007. But even with the invoice it seems that City Attorney Joe Straka has something he wants to hide, in addition to the conclusions of the report.

Adam Elmahrek at Voice of OC broke this story on Friday; Anaheim Official Orders Employees to Purge Records. The story leaves me wondering what’s next? These folks must be getting pretty nervous that people are poking around to see what they’re up to.

Costa Mesa PR Flak Bill Lobdell issued the following press release right before the Christmas and New Year holidays. In case it may have dropped off your radar due to holiday celebrations here it is.

Well, 2011 is just about behind us and a presidential election year is just ahead – time flies.  Let’s look back at some of the […]

In a decision that could spell the end of redevelopment agencies in California, the state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Legislature had the authority to seize $1.7 billion in local redevelopment money to help balance the budget, and struck down a related bill that would have allowed redevelopment agencies to continue operating if they agreed to turn over a large chunk of their funding to the state.

The LiberalOC would like to extend warm birthday wishes for Irvine City Council member Beth Krom.  I met Beth about 10 years ago when she […]

In the spirit of the “First Night” celebrations around the country, you can wish in the New Year at Orange County’s Great Park Saturday night.  […]

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kathleen E. O’Leary as presiding justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three.