Orange County Rally Attendees Call for End to Local Health Emergency
The supervisors voted to let the local health emergency stand.
About 200 people gathered outside the board’s Santa Ana, California, chambers during the May 25 meeting. Two weeks prior, a rally of more than 700 people gathered there to oppose a digital vaccine verification system, which the board voted to halt.
“We’re here because we stand for freedom, something that you guys are infringing upon, including our civil liberties,” one public commenter said.
The board’s move to continue the local health emergency will last for 30 days before reaching another renewal period.
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With fewer than 500 ballots left to count following Tuesday’s special election for an open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, the final vote tallies for each of five candidates in the race are falling into place.
Figures last updated by the Orange County Registrar of Voters showed turnout was higher than anticipated, with about 28% of the 395,296 voters in Supervisorial District 2 casting 110,612 ballots. Of those, nearly 95% were vote-by-mail, while 5,671 constituents visited in-person vote centers, records indicate.
While initial returns released Tuesday night showed Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley ahead of the pack with 45% of the vote, her lead over the second highest vote-getter, former state Sen. John Moorlach, had shrunk by Friday evening.