Ironically, Riordan’s law firm opposed MALDEF in the lengthy battle to carve out a county supervisorial district in which Latinos would be the majority. Such a district was created by court order in 1990 and is now represented by Molina. Riordan’s opposition took the form of $125,000 wor...
Wil Baca, who is on the cityhood committee, noted that each supervisorial district is vast--Dana’s stretches from Marina del Rey to Diamond Bar and encompasses 1.8 million residents. “Hacienda Heights people are tired of being told the supervisor is supposed to be our mayor and City Council...
a loud-voiced, angry businessman who used to attend those free-spending supervisorial sessions. The supes dismissed him as a gadfly--or even a crazy. So Jarvis went out to the Los Angeles County suburbs, where property taxes
Dougherty, whose 4th Supervisorial District in the eastern end of Ventura County spans Simi Valley, Moorpark, Somis and the unincorporated area of the Santa Rosa Valley, has been in office since 1978. The 55-year-old supervisor had repeatedly committed himself to seeking a fourth term. But Dou...
This is the second supervisorial race that the politically powerful law enforcement lobby has weighed in on. The deputies’ association and other police unions have backed Oxnard Councilman John Zaragoza in his bid to unseat longtime county Supervisor John Flynn, who sided with Long and Supervisor ...
Terrance Powell, a supervisor at the county Department of Environmental Health’s Westside district office, said: “We have played a vital role in preventing illnesses. When we are doing our job no one knows it--when we are not, then we become part of the spotlight and that hasn’t happ...
In another part of the county, Orange County Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder has said she will run against Assemblyman Gerald N. Felando (R-San Pedro) in the 42nd Congressional District, now held by Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (R-Long Beach). Lungren is Deukmejian’s Lungren confirmation he...