The Liberal OC

Norberto Santana with his son Maximo at the as-yet-unlaunched Voice of OC’s office. Photo: Jonathan Ho.  And Maximo is now in high school.

As I read the New York Times this morning (ahhh, the smell of newsprint), I noticed a familiar name in an ad on the backpage of a section sponsored by the Institute for Non-profit News (INN). 

Counting Ballots

If you listen to advocates of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), you’d think it was the electoral equivalent of a miracle cure. Campaigns will be nicer. Voters will be happier. Turnout will soar. Polarization will fade. Children will laugh. Puppies will frolic.

Reality, as always, is less impressive.

The sales pitch for RCV has become in...

Hell

The June primary is over and most of the races have been called.  Now its time to pick up those lawn signs, settle the books and get ready for November.

While Tom Steyer finished just out of the money, his campaign may have some unresolved issued to deal with — the use of influencers to promote his c...

Tustin’s Lee Fink

Since my office is in Old Town Tustin, I run into council member Lee Fink often.  I came across his election updates on Facebook and rather than write this myself, he’s graciously agreed to let me republish him.

Here is the likely the final

Tonight, the Irvine City Council will hear from a well-organized effort from Democrats of Greater Irvine to call for the city to change the way we elect public officials — and the way 99.98% of all states, counties, cities, villages, towns and hamlets elect public officials — for Ranked Choice Voting which would guarantee the winner of any election somehow garners 50%...