Council candidate will offer guests her eco-expertise and conversation about local issues LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., July 22, 2024 –– City council candidate Hallie Jones, an experienced ..read more

Joe Biden 2012 DNC Charlotte, NC – Photo: John Christian Hansen One of the biggest political earthquakes ever struck Sunday as President Joe Biden has placed the interests of the country and the Democratic Party over his own ambition to serve and has dropped out of the race for president. He has endorsed Vice President Harris for the job. We’re collecting statements from OC political  leaders and will be updating this post as we get new information: From the DLCC: RELEASE: DLCC Statement on President Joe Biden Withdrawing From Presidential Race WASHINGTON — Today, in response to Pre ..read more

Irvine’s Ezra Klein Ezra Klein of the New York Times is a native of Irvine and he posts his observations on the debate in the Democratic Party of whether President Joe Biden moved forward or not on X.com (formerly Twitter); here’s what he has to say: Where things stand: 1. Top Dems who believed even a week ago Biden would stay now believe he’ll go. 2. House and Senate Dems have lost faith in his ability to win and there’s no way to win them back. His calls and interviews have hurt him badly. Confirmed debate wasn’t a one-off. 3. Donors are also gone. Biden may well not have the money to run a ..read more

Been busy on social media since Saturday when there was an attempt on Donald Trump’s life that failed.  Those of us on the left condemned the violence almost immediately.  Our friends on the Right were convinced the shooter was a leftist, antifa and that we all wished Trump had been killed.  None of that is true. The shooter was a 20-year-old registered Republican who lived in a house with multiple Trump lawn signs; published reports say the kid was bullied in school and he likely acted alone in the same manner school shootings happen. The gun was a legally obained AR-15. The s ..read more

2024 Democratic candidates for Irvine City Council The July 3 Democrats of Greater Irvine (DGI) meeting was the biggest gathering of the year even for an evening before a Holiday weekend with about 75 people showing up in person and another 75 logged in via Zoom.  The results of the evening’s votes are below, but there are three takeaways: Democrats are offering a number of excellent candidates for brand new Irvine districts.  Some have already raised an impressive amout of money. DGI (and eventually DPOC) endorsement votes are city and county wide, so unless the vote is drilled dow ..read more

William Go Irvine, CA – Longtime resident, business owner, and community volunteer William Go launched his campaign for Irvine City Council District 2 on June 9, quickly amassing momentum and staying on track to out-fundraise all other candidates. In just the first 3 weeks of his campaign, William raised over $52,200 from 149 individual contributors and earned more than a dozen endorsements from local leaders, including Irvine Council Member Tammy Kim and Irvine Unified School District Trustee Dr. Jeff Kim. In William Go’s first FPPC filing report for the June 30 deadline, the vast ..read more

Alex Mohajer   Mohajer’s campaign for Irvine City Council in District 2 is gaining momentum 39-year-old Irvine native, LGBTQ+ civic leader, and Democrat Alex Mohajer announced Monday that his campaign for Irvine City Council has raised nearly $20,000 in the first six weeks since he announced his candidacy. The $19,226 fundraising haul came from 128 contributions ahead of the campaign’s first fundraising quarter deadline of June 30. Last week, the campaign announced that it had received the endorsement of Run for Something (RFS), the groundbreaking organization that rec ..read more

The Democrats of Greater Irvine Council Candidates Forum and Endorsement Vote is happening Wednesday July 3 at the IRWD Community Room at 15500 San Canyon (there is a Zoom option) and, if you’re a member, you need to sign up by registering here.  Agenda: 6:30 PM: Enjoy a Pizza Social – a perfect setting to discuss our city’s prospects 7:00 PM: The Forum begins – get to know your candidates and their visions We will be doing a vote among members in good standing regarding using instant instant runoff ranked choice voting with a 60% threshold for this endorsement. Learn more about the fo ..read more

DPOC’s Deborah Skurnik with President Biden The only people happy with President Joe Biden’s debate performance are pro-Trump Republicans.  The OC GOP issued this statement last week: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27th, 2024 Statement on the Presidential Debate Orange County, CA – The Republican Party of Orange County released the following statement on the first Presidential Debate: “Tonight we saw exactly why President Biden’s handlers have kept him hiding from the American people for months. Joe Biden is not fit for a second term, and to be frank, he is not fit t ..read more

Irvine’s Tammy Kim The DPOC, at Monday’s June meeting, voted against an effort to recall Irvine Council member Tammy Kim.  What the party should have done was remove her for missing more than the required number of meetings where attendance is required long ago (she was re-elected to the Central Committee in March), but our party secretary (calling you out Luis Aleman) is awlful at keeping attendence. It’s interesting that the Party voted to condemn the effort to recall Kim; from all accounts, the deadline to submit more than 15,000 signatures was June 10.  One source told me it was ..read more