Sometimes a campaign donor's motive is clear. Sometimes
it's not, like when a multimillion-dollar contribution deals with the insider's game of
reapportionment. This year, two wealthy Californians
are pushing reapportionment in front of voters by funding
two competing initiatives, setting up what will be
the third ballot fight over the issue since 2005.read more »
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stopped in Newport
Beach on Wednesday to talk briefly about Sacramento's ongoing budget crisis and the future of the Republican
Party. read more »
Redistricting reform is an issue that goes to the heart
of our democratic system of government. Representative
democracy depends on the voters freely choosing their
elected officials. When, instead, officials choose
their voters, our system cannot work for long. read more »
When he was starting out as an attorney, Thomas Vidal
gave seminars on entertainment law for fellow parishioners
at Malibu Vineyard Church.
Vidal wasn't so much looking to build up his client roster as
provide members of the artist-filled congregation with legal guidance.
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The name might be more wishful thinking than practical
politics, but a group of Republican business leaders
calling themselves the New Majority are hoping to reshape
the GOP to give it a stronger role in state and local
politics.
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Tamar Galatzan, a reform-minded candidate for the Los Angeles Unified School
District Board of Education, rode a wave of local business
support - at
least $2 million in all - to trounce her union-backed incumbent opponent,
Jon Lauritzen, earlier this month. read more »
O.C.'s Paul Folino, 61, heads a major business, but still finds time to
raise funds for colleges and the GOP, and be the governor's confidant. read more »
Chapman University has announced plans for a new institute
on its Orange campus to study emerging real estate
trends, funded with a $10-million endowment from local developer Roger C. Hobbs.
The Roger C. Hobbs Institute for Real Estate, Law and
Environmental Studies will seek to place the building
trade in context with issues that affect it, said Hobbs,
who will also teach at the institute.read more »
