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Sanchez endorses Aguinaga for Area 5 of the RSCCD’s Board of Trustees

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Cecilia Aguinaga Gains Endorsement of US Representative Loretta Sanchez in Race for Rancho Santiago Community College District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cecilia Aguinaga
September 12, 2016 (714) 478-2918

Santa Ana, CA –United States Representative Loretta Sanchez has officially endorsed Cecilia Aguinaga in her race for a seat on the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board. The Congresswoman joins a bipartisan coalition of supporters who have already endorsed Aguinaga. Continue reading→

Update: Alvarez still leading over McCloughlin, in the RSCCD Area 5 election

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Claudia Alvarez, Dave Chapel, Education, Mark McLoughlin, Santa Ana 9 Comments

Update: Alvarez is still ahead of McLoughlin, by 117 votes, at 9:30 pm on Saturday night, Nov. 10.

Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is still leading as ballots continue to be counted, in her race against Mark McLoughlin and David Chapel, for Area 5 on the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Trustees.

Currently Alvarez has 4,429 votes versus 4,362 for McLoughlin and 3,198 for Chapel.  There are a lot of votes left to count, according to the OC Voter Registrar: Continue reading→

Mark McLoughlin tries to fool the Republican voters in the RSCCD’s Area 5

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Claudia Alvarez, Dave Chapel, Democratic Party, Education, Elections, Politics, Santa Ana 6 Comments

Nice try, but no cigar.  Mark McLoughlin, a candidate for Area 5 on the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Education, sent out a mailer today implying that he is a Republican.  But he is not.  He is, like the other two candidates for Area 5, a Democrat.

McLoughlin also has never met a tax increase he didn’t like.  He has supported every single bond measure in our area in the past ten years.  And he currently supports yet another one, Measure Q.  He also supports Prop. 30, another tax increase. Continue reading→

RSCCD Area 5 candidate Claudia Alvarez hosting a fundraiser on Thursday night

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Claudia Alvarez, Education, Elections, Entertainment, Politics, Santa Ana 4 Comments

Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is hosting a major fundraiser this Thursday October 25th, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM, at 302 French Street, in Santa Ana.  Alvarez is running for Area 5 of the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Trustees.  Click here to see the event invitation. 

RSVP by calling 714-543-2980 or send an email to alvarez4education@gmail.com.

Alvarez is endorsed by: Continue reading→

Alvarez to run against Chapel and McLoughlin for the Rancho Board’s Area 5

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Claudia Alvarez, Dave Chapel, Democratic Party, Mark McLoughlin, Santa Ana 23 Comments

As I have been predicting for some time, Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is running for the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Area 5, which includes (as per the OC Political blog):

  • Fountain Valley north of Edinger Avenue
  • Garden Grove south of Garden Grove Boulevard between Harbor Boulevard and Euclid Street
  • Santa Ana north of 17th Street and west of Santiago Street
  • Santa Ana between Euclid Street and the Santa Ana River
  • Santa Ana north of Civic Center Drive between Bristol Street and Flower Street

McLoughlin and Chapel are of course toast.  Area 5’s voters break down like this – 33% are Latino, 27% are Asian and presumably the balance are white (41%.)  But Chapel and McLoughlin are going to split the white vote.  That should put Alvarez in the catbird seat. Continue reading→

Floral Park neighbors battle over RSCCD’s Area 5

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Dave Chapel, Democratic Party, Education, Ken Nguyen, Mark McLoughlin, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Pictured: Rob Richardson, Mark McLoughlin, Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides

Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees Mark McLoughlin and Dave Chapel both live in Santa Ana’s upscale Floral Park neighborhood and now, thanks to redistricting, they have to run against each other, in November, for the new Area 5.  One of them will lose and face the end of his political career.

Chapel complained about the redistricting in an email that the OC Weekly got a hold of.  But he could not stop progress.  The neat thing about the redistricting is that the Rancho elections are now area-specific.   Continue reading→