Orange County,often known by its initials O.C.,is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 3,186,989,making it the third-most-populous county in California,the sixth-most-populous in the United States,and more populous than 19 American states and Washington,D.C. Although largely suburban,it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim,Santa Ana,and Irvine,each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast:Seal Beach,Huntington Beach,Newport Beach,Laguna Beach,Dana Point,and San Clemente.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County,California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for the transportation system in the county,including freeway expansions,express lane management,bus and rail transit operation,and commuter rail funding and oversight.
Curtis L. "Curt" Pringle is an American politician from the U.S. state of California. He is the most recent Republican to have served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. He is a former mayor of Anaheim and a former chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Since leaving office,Pringle has operated a public relations and government affairs firm,Curt Pringle &Associates.
John Laird,an American politician,is the California State Senator for District 17,since 7 December 2020,and was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011 to 2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County,Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. Laird was one of the first two openly gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird became one of the United States' first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz,California.
Fred Keeley is a politician in California,U.S. and serves as the current Mayor of Santa Cruz,CA. Due to recent amendments to the cities' charter he is the first directly elected mayor with a four year term,as the mayoral role was traditionally a one year term selected by other council members. Keeley was a member of the California State Assembly,representing District 27 which included parts of Santa Cruz County and Monterey County from 1996 to 2002. He retired in January 2015 after 10 years as the Treasurer of Santa Cruz County.
Irvine is a master-planned city in southern Orange County,California,United States,in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28,1971. The 66-square-mile (170 km2) city had a population of 307,670 at the 2020 census;it is the 63rd most populous city in the United States.
Cindy Chavez is an American politician who serves as the Santa Clara County supervisor representing district two,which is home to nearly 400,000 residents in Downtown,East,and South San Jose. Her public service career began in the 1990s as a policy analyst for health care,public health,human services and transportation for the Board of Supervisors. She served two terms on the San Jose City Council,where she was also Vice Mayor,and also served on the board leadership of public agencies such as the San Jose Redevelopment Agency,and executive director of Working Partnerships USA and the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council. She has unsuccessfully run for Mayor of San Jose twice. She is a graduate of San Jose State University,is married and has a son in college.
Linda Joan LeZotte is an American politician from San Jose,California. She served on the San Jose City Council,representing District 1 from 1999 to 2007. She is an attorney and former member of the San Jose Planning Commission (1992-1998). She lost to City Councilmember Ken Yeager in the 2006 race for a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. From 1999 to 2015 she practiced law with her own law firm and during that period she served as counsel for Berliner Cohen in San Jose.
Ken Yeager is an American politician. He served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors,representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006,he represented the cities of Campbell and Santa Clara,as well as west San Jose and the Burbank and Cambrian neighborhoods. Previously,Yeager served on the San Jose City Council from 2000 to 2006. Before that,he served two terms on the San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board. He was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996,coming in second.
James Thomas Beall Jr. is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2012 to 2020. A Democrat,he represented the 15th Senate District,which encompasses the South Bay and Silicon Valley.
Alberto Torrico was elected to the California State Assembly in 2004. He served for six years,including two years as Majority Leader.
Janet Q. Nguyen is an American politician who serves in the California State Senate. A Republican,she represents the 36th district,which includes coastal Orange County,Little Saigon,and parts of Los Angeles County. She previously was a member of the State Senate for the old 34th district from 2014 to 2018,before narrowly losing reelection to Tom Umberg.
Steven Seokho Choi is an American politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly representing the 68th Assembly District from 2016 to 2022. A Republican from Orange County,California,he previously served two terms as Mayor of Irvine,California. In 1998,he became the first Asian-American elected to the Irvine Unified School Board and served two consecutive terms there before becoming the first Asian American to have been elected to a four-year term on the Irvine City Council and one of two Korean Americans on the council.
Kansen Chu is a Taiwanese-born American politician. A Democrat,Chu was a member of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2020,for the 25th District,which encompasses parts of the South and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing body of Orange County,California along with being the executive of the county.
Isadore Hall III is an American politician and a former member of the California State Senate. He is a Democrat who represented the 35th district,encompassing parts of the South Bay. Prior to being elected to the state senate,he was the Assemblymember for the 64th district and a Compton city councilman.
Henry Thomas Segerstrom was an American philanthropist,entrepreneur,cultural leader,and patron of the arts. Managing Partner of C.J. Segerstrom &Sons,he was the founding chairman of the Orange County Performing Arts Center,now known as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Scott Thomas Wilk Sr. is an American politician who served as the California State Senate minority leader from January 20,2021 until December 5,2022. He is a Republican representing the 21st district,encompassing Antelope Valley,Victor Valley,and most of the Santa Clarita Valley. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served two terms in the California State Assembly. He was also a College of the Canyons Trustee.
Tom Daly(born July 26,1954) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 69th Assembly District,which encompassed central Orange County,including the cities of Santa Ana,Anaheim,Garden Grove,and Orange.
Vicente Flavio Sarmiento is an American economist,lawyer,and politician serving as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district since 2023. He was previously the mayor of Santa Ana from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as City Councilmember representing Ward 1 from 2007 to 2020. Hailing from Quime in Bolivia's La Paz Department,he is credited as the first-ever Bolivian American mayor in the United States.
