A Slice of Orange
by Jodi Balma
All things politics in North Orange County, California.
Podcast episodes
Season 3
November 2022 Election Analysis Part 2 with Lee Fink
We close out the November 2022 season covering election analyis with Lee Fink.Lee K. Fink is Chair of the Business Litigation Department for the Brower Law Group. In addition to his experience as a business, employment, and probate litigator, Lee has extensive experience is political law and campaigns and law. He was staff on both Obama Presidential campaigns as a statewide deputy and later voter protection director, a senior advisor for the Hillary Campaign, and a consultant for Stacey Abram’s Fair Fight in 2020. Lee served as outside counsel for several Democratic campaigns in 2022. Lee was also the Press Liaison for John Garamendi for Insurance Commissioner in 2002, worked at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and has been a volunteer and volunteer leader on numerous campaigns dating back to 1988.Lee served in the Obama Administration during both terms, lastly as Principal Deputy Counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He is the Vice Chair of the Democratic Foundation of Orange County and the Lead Counsel for the Democratic Lawyers of Orange County. Lee is a member of the California Democratic State Central Committee (1995-1996; 2003-2016; 2019-Present) and a member of the California Democratic Party Executive Board (2019-Present). Lee ran for Tustin City Council in 2020, finishing fourth (top-3 elected), just 0.65% behind the third-place winner.Lee received his Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley. He also clerked for the Honorable David O. Carter of the US District Court, Central District.
November 2022 Election Analysis Part 1 with Lee Fink
We close out the November 2022 season covering election analyis with Lee Fink.Lee K. Fink is Chair of the Business Litigation Department for the Brower Law Group. In addition to his experience as a business, employment, and probate litigator, Lee has extensive experience is political law and campaigns and law. He was staff on both Obama Presidential campaigns as a statewide deputy and later voter protection director, a senior advisor for the Hillary Campaign, and a consultant for Stacey Abram’s Fair Fight in 2020. Lee served as outside counsel for several Democratic campaigns in 2022. Lee was also the Press Liaison for John Garamendi for Insurance Commissioner in 2002, worked at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and has been a volunteer and volunteer leader on numerous campaigns dating back to 1988.Lee served in the Obama Administration during both terms, and lastly as Principal Deputy Counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He is the Vice Chair of the Democratic Foundation of Orange County and the Lead Counsel for the Democratic Lawyers of Orange County. Lee is a member of the California Democratic State Central Committee (1995-1996; 2003-2016; 2019-Present) and a member of the California Democratic Party Executive Board (2019-Present). Lee ran for Tustin City Council in 2020, finishing fourth (top-3 elected), just 0.65% behind the third-place winner.Lee received his Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley. He also clerked for the Honorable David O. Carter of the US District Court, Central District.
Election Results... For Now – Featuring Jody Vallejo
In this episode of "A Slice of Orange" Dr. Jody Agius Vallejo and Jodi Balma cover the November 2022 Election results as of 11/11/2022 - what happened, what we know so far, and what we're waiting to find out.https://ocvote.gov/maps/index-test.php#33.6518/-117.7879/10/type=resultshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gustavo-arellano-on-l-a-s-lying-sheriff-eyal-press/id492010645?i=1000580371512https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-31/column-alex-villanueva-santa-monicahttps://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-midterm-election/https://ocvote.gov/results/current-election-resultshttps://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/mapshttps://electionresults.sos.ca.govhttps://www.latimes.com/projects/2022-california-election-los-angeles-county-live-results/https://voiceofoc.org/?s=2022%20Elections
Slice of Orange - School Board Elections and Public Education - Dr. Jody
Summary:Jodi talks to Dr. Jody Agius Vallejo about school board elections, the charter schools in Orange County, and what it all means for our society and public education. Show Notes:https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1022709https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143161-barrios-to-burbs https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/kevin-kileys-school-board-endorsements/ https://news.fullerton.edu/2022/10/college-of-education-supports-just-equitable-and-inclusive-teaching/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/hillsdale-college-charter-schools.htmlhttps://www.salon.com/2022/03/17/the-far-rights-national-plan-for-schools-plant-charters-defund-public-education/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/22/1776-commission-report-trump-administration-historians The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum | K-12 American Classical Education
Slice of Orange - November 2022 Election, Judicial Election
Summary:Jodi covers those judicial elections no one knows how to vote on -- retention elections for our appellate and Supreme Court justices. Beyond this election, she covers the history of how they got on the ballot, the one and only election where the voters removed justices from the bench, Justice Janice Rogers Brown, and why we should work to remove them from the ballot.