With Supervisor Katrina Foley's reelection, Democrats take the seat of county governance in latest political conquest.
For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, an election has turned control of the Orange County Board of Supervisors over to the Democratic Party.
mask mandates to beach closures. The county also faced lawsuits in recent years on how it had approached homelessness, shelters and anti-camping bans.on the closely contested race between Democrat Supervisor Katrina Foley and Republican state Sen. Pat Bates in District 5, which encompasses coastal and south county cities.
“My office began the county’s first Climate Action plan,” Foley said. “But now there will be strong support for moving forward in a more aggressive and comprehensive way. We’re one of the few counties of our size and of our connection to the coast that has not done enough work in this area.” . The race pitted Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento, a Bolivian American, against Garden Grove City Councilwoman Kim Nguyen, who is of Vietnamese and Mexican descent.In District 4, Supervisor Doug Chaffee cruised to reelection by defeating Buena Park Mayor Sunny Park.
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