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Janet Nguyen’s former Chief of Staff to run for the 1st District

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Andrew Do Picture

For Immediate Release: November 20, 2014
Contact: Dave Gilliard, 916-626-6804

Andrew Do to Run for Supervisor in First District Special Election
Nguyen, Bates,Walters and Royce to serve as Campaign Co-Chairs

Westminster, CA – – Today, Andrew Do announced his candidacy for Orange County Supervisor in the First District, where a special election will be called soon to replace Senator-elect Janet Nguyen.

Supervisor Nguyen, along with Supervisor Pat Bates, Senator and Congresswoman-Elect Mimi Walters and Congressman Ed Royce will serve as honorary co-chairs of Do’s campaign.

“I am honored that so many community leaders have encouraged me to run for Supervisor to follow in the footsteps of Janet Nguyen, who has done such a tremendous job for our communities,” said Do. Continue reading→

The OC Supervisors are moving forward with the homeless shelter on Normandy Place

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1217 Normandy Place, Santa Ana

Photo by: Andrew Galvin

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is apparently going to ignore the Santa Ana City Council’s attempt to place a moratorium on the building of a homeless shelter in the middle of a poor Latino neighborhood on the East side, on Normandy Place.

The agenda for the Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 18, 2014, includes this item:

Direct staff to move forward with 1217 E. Normandy Place, Santa Ana, CA project; accept grant deed document to transfer fee title to County of Orange; and authorize Chief Real Estate Officer or designee to sign related documents, make minor modifications under certain conditions and perform related actions – District 1.

Continue reading→

Alvarez may run for the First Supervisorial District but Solorio won’t

Posted on by Posted in 2015 Elections, Chris Phan, Claudia Alvarez, homeless, Jose Solorio, Lou Correa, Orange County, Santa Ana 7 Comments

Claudia Alvarez

“Claudia Alvarez, a trustee with the Rancho Santiago Community College District, says she is “strongly considering” a run,” according to the O.C. Register.

Alvarez, a Deputy District Attorney, spent several years on the Santa Ana City Council.  When she termed out she won a seat on the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Education.

The O.C. Register also reported that Jose Solorio, who just lost badly to Supervisor Janet Nguyen in the General Election race for the 34th State Senate District, is not going to run for Nguyen’s seat on the O.C. Board of Supervisors. Continue reading→

Why Correa is no sure bet to replace Nguyen in the First District

Posted on by Posted in 2015 Elections, Chris Phan, Janet Nguyen, Jose Solorio, Latinos, Loretta Sanchez, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Santa Ana 6 Comments

Lou Correa at the Council meeting

Now that First District County Supervisor Janet Nguyen is packing her bags for Sacramento, where she will become the State Senator in the 34th District in January, it is time to select a new Supervisor to take her place.  A special election will be held in February, which means there will be very little time for the candidates to make their case to the voters.

Former Supervisor Lou Correa, who is terming out in the 34th State Senate District, wants to return to the OC Board of Supervisors.  He quit the First District a few years ago when he headed to Sacramento.  Nguyen took his place in the First District and in a weird bit of karma is taking his place in Sacramento now.

The Orange County Employees Association has already announced that they are endorsing Correa, on the premise that he can bring back more tax revenue to the County. Continue reading→

The DPOC helped create Janet Nguyen and now they’re paying for it

Posted on by Posted in 2014 Elections, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Orange County, Phil Bacerra, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

In 2008 there were three Vietnamese candidates running for the First Supervisorial District but only one of them was a Democrat – a nice fellow named Hoa Van Tran.  The other two candidates were Republicans – Janet Nguyen and Dina Nguyen (no relation to each other).  Click here for a recap of that election courtesy of the L.A. Times.

Van Tran should have had a great shot at the seat but many Democrats turned on him – believing outright lies that he was somehow affiliated with former Republican Assemblyman Van Tran.

Janet’s main adviser at the time was a Democrat named Phil Bacerra.  He in fact introduced me to Janet one night at the Azteca Restaurant in Garden Grove.  I asked her what she stood for and the only issue she could come up with was “Small Business.”  I should have realized then that she was an empty suit. Continue reading→

Who will replace Janet Nguyen in the First Supervisorial District?

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Chris Phan and Carol Quyen Ngo

Chris Phan and Carol Quyen Ngo

It appears that the vultures are already circling in the 34th State Senate District where Democrat Jose Solorio got blown out in this month’s Open Primary by Republican Janet Nguyen.  It wasn’t close but Solorio will now advance to the November runoff – and no one at this point thinks he has a chance to win. The politicians have taken note of the blood in the water and at least one of them, Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan, a Republican, is telling everyone that he is all in. The special election to replace Nguyen after she packs her bags for Sacramento will be held in February of next year and it will be a winner take all election – no runoff! Continue reading→

Hammond enters the race for the O.C. Board of Education’s First Area

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As reported in an earlier post today, Republican Robert Hammond has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political Blog.  He is running instead for the Orange County Board of Education, in the First Area, which is being vacated by the incumbent, Long Pham.

Hammond is an extremist social conservative.  He is anti-immigrant and anti-gay.  He would be very much like former O.C. BOE Trustee Alexandria Coronado, who got the boot the last time she ran, after she made anti-gay comments. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Parks Commissioner Nguyen running for the OC Board of Education

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Education, Elections, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, Tustin, Vietnamese 1 Comment

I wrote a post recently bemoaning the lack of Latino candidates for the Orange County’s Board of Education, in the Latino-dominated First District, which is currently represented by Republican Long Pham.  Now there are two other candidates in the race – Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Board Member Ken Nguyen, and an unknown candidate named Anita Mathur.

Nguyen has reportedly been making the rounds to get support for his campaign. I hear that he has met in recent weeks with State Senator Lou Correa and Assemblyman Jose Solorio.  I thought Solorio might be interested in running for the First District, but perhaps not? Continue reading→

Supervisor Nguyen gets caught trying to disenfranchise the poor

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“Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen caused an uproar this month when she abruptly proposed major changes to CalOptima, the county’s $1.3-billion program that provides medical coverage to about 430,000 poor adults and children,” according to the Voice of OC.

I wondered at the time just what the heck Nguyen was up to.  Now we know.  “Early this month Nguyen proposed major changes to the composition of the CalOptima board that would have given control to businesses and providers and reduced the influence of groups that represent the poor who use the medical services.”

Now that sounds like Nguyen.  She is all about using government power to reward her supporters.  I remember when she voted against letter grade ratings for restaurants.  Sure enough, I found that she had accepted thousands of dollars from restaurants with major health violations. Continue reading→

OCTA First District Leadership Forum on 10/26, in Garden Grove

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The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is hosting a “First District Leadership Forum” on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 am, at the Garden Grove Courtyard Center, located at 12732 Main St., in Garden Grove.

The event will feature OCTA CEO WIll Kempton; OCTA Director Bill Dalton (Mayor of Garden Grove) and OCTA Director Janet Nguyen (Supervisor, First District). Continue reading→

O.C. Supervisors add Fountain Valley’s Viet voters to Nguyen’s 1st District

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Elections, Fountain Valley, Janet Nguyen, Latinos, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Vietnamese 5 Comments

The O.C. Board of Supervisors approved by a 4-1 vote a redistricting plan this week, that was put forward by Board Chairman Bill Campbell.  The plan moves a portion of Fountain Valley north of Warner Avenue from the Second District to the First District, according to the Fountain Valley Patch.  The plan was opposed by the Fountain Valley City Council and by Supervisor John Moorlach, whose district got chopped up in the process.

The redistricting benefited the Republican Party of Orange County, as there will now be more Vietnamese voters in the First District and presumably they will vote for the incumbent, Supervisor Janet Nguyen, in 2012. Continue reading→

Why didn’t Supervisor Nguyen submit a redistricting plan proposal?

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Janet Nguyen, Latinos, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, Vietnamese, Westminster 1 Comment

The Voice of OC blog reported this week that “Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s hopes of changing draft maps of proposed new supervisorial districts were blocked Friday by aides of her colleagues, who voted to stick with existing proposals.”

But then the Voice of OC also stated that “So far, all supervisors except Nguyen have submitted proposals for their aides to discuss, as did members of the Latino and Vietnamese communities.”

What gives?  Why did Supervisor Nguyen shirk her duty by avoiding the redistricting issue? In doing so she let both her Vietnamese and Latino communities down! Continue reading→

Will the DPOC give Janet Nguyen a free pass in 2012?

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Carlos Bustamante, Democratic Party, Elections, Janet Nguyen, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 13 Comments

Is the Democratic Party of Orange County going to give Republican Supervisor Janet Nguyen a free pass in 2012?  It certainly looks like that is going to be the case.

Assemblyman Jose Solorio is not going to challenge her, even though he terms out in 2012.

O.C. Labor Federation Political Director Julio Perez is going to challenge his fellow Democrat, Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento, in 2012, for Solorio’s seat in the 69th Assembly District, instead of doing the right thing and going after Nguyen.

Phu Nguyen, a Democrat who came close to winning in the 68th Assembly District last year, will probably run for that seat again.

I have heard rumors that one of the Santa Ana Council Members might challenge Nguyen, but so far that has not come to pass.

Nguyen should be ripe for the picking.  Her district leans blue and the voters in the district voted for Obama in 2008, and will probably do so again in 2012.  Plus Nguyen angered local Vietnamese voters when she tried to take over their Black April event last year.  Her former Chief of Staff, Andrew Do, quit after that debacle.

So why are the Democrats giving her a free pass?  Well, labor paid for the recount that put her in office.  She has been their gal ever since.

It should be noted that Nguyen recently got up and walked out of a Board of Supervisors meeting when a group of Harvey Milk Day supporters was talking to the Supervisors.  She later said she had to go breastfeed her baby, but she could have had a surrogate give the baby bottled breast milk.  I suspect she used the baby as cover so she could leave and not have to vote to support Harvey Milk Day.

Nguyen was also a staunch supporter of failed anti-Latino gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.

Can any Democrat beat her?  Of course.  I think any of the Santa Ana City Council Members could beat her, with the exception of Carlos Bustamante, who I heard today is trying to convince the rest of the City Council to hire the former City Attorney from the City of Bell.  Bustamante is also a Republican and an ally of Nguyen.  And, as an Orange County employee, Bustamante also works for her.

I also think that former Assemblyman Van Tran could easily beat Nguyen, as could any of his allies.

Nguyen is going to continue to support awful Republicans if she gets reelected.  The Democrats need to challenge her.  Giving her a free pass would be a real insult to Democratic voters in the First District.

Could SAUSD Trustee Roman Reyna beat GOP Supervisor Janet Nguyen in 2012?

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Well, it looks like none of the Santa Ana City Council Members are going to challenge Republican Supervisor Janet Nguyen in 2012, so are there any viable Democrats out there who might consider taking her on?

There are a few Democratic School Board Members in Anaheim, but Santa Ana still dominates Nguyen’s First District.

The only guy I can think of who might contend is Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee Roman Reyna.  He is up for reelection too, in 2012, but the Supervisorial election is in the spring, while Reyna would have to run for the School Board in November.  That means he could conceivably run against Nguyen in June – and even if he lost he would have increased his name I.D. considerably.  He could even re-use his signs and get a multi-use website, such as www.reyna2012.com. Continue reading→

Is Supervisor Janet Nguyen planning to get rid of Latinos in her district?

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Is Supervisor Janet Nguyen trying to get rid of Latinos in her district – before Solorio challengers her in 2012?

Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s imperious ways have finally done her in.  Just like that she has lost her majority on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

“Janet Nguyen recently informed her colleagues that in preparation for the upcoming release of new Census data, she has formed a redistricting committee that includes her and Supervisor Bill Campbell. The three other supervisors, according to Nguyen’s plans, would have staffers serve on the committee,” according to the Voice of OC blog.

As one might imagine, this did not go down well with the other Supervisors.  John Moorlach and Pat Bates, in particular, were not too keen on Nguyen’s plan to essentially ride herd on the proposed Redistricting Committee.

Bates pointed out the fact that this committee, as proposed by Nguyen, could end up violating the Brown Act.  Moorlach stated that Nguyen’s domination of the committee would discourage the staffers on the committee from challenging her.

Why is Nguyen doing this?  Simple.  Supervisor Nguyen is “running for re-election in 2012 and the idea of her manipulating this process to shed unwanted Latino votes from her district must have occurred to just about everybody,” according to the Friends for Fullerton’s Future blog.

Now we know why Nguyen directed her stooge Thomas Gordon to support Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu for this year’s 4th Supervisorial District race, in which Sidhu was a carpetbagger.  Shawn Nelson won that race and now he has joined with Moorlach and Bates in a new Supervisorial majority.

Even worse for Nguyen, now her Latino constituents in the First Supervisorial District know that she wants to remove as many of them from the District as she can, before her reelection campaign in 2012.

Clearly Nguyen is worried that popular Assemblyman Jose Solorio, who terms out in 2012, will be running against her.  Unfortunately for Nguyen she no longer rules the roost at the O.C. Board of Supervisors.  It is a new day in Orange County and Nguyen and lame duck Supervisor Bill Campbell, who terms out in two years, are now seated at the little kids’ table…