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In November 2023, a historic hangar at the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station erupted in flames. The cleanup has cost over $115 million. The cause? Still unknown.
Tustin Mayor Austin Lumbard has been at the center of the city’s response. We sat down with Mayor Lumbard to talk about the fire, what it’s like running a city of 80,000 people in California, and why he, a husband, a father of 5, and an attorney, dedicates so much time to public service.
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Over 450,000 children are in Orange County’s public education system. Since 2018, Mari Barke, Trustee on the OC Board of Education, has helped provide them and their parents with more school choice, more transparency, and less reliance on the public education system. For this, Mari is a top target of public sector unions.
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What keeps California Republicans fighting? The possibility of making the Golden State competitive once again. To do that, they must turn Orange County from purple to red. Will O’Neill, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, and former mayor of Newport Beach, is trying to do just that.
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