Commentary
For the first time in more than four decades, Democrats hold a majority on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 3-2. Trending “purple” for the last two decades, OC now is moving directly into “blue” territory, the “red” increasingly being left behind.
That’s after Supervisor Katrina Foley won reelection against former state Sen. Pat Bates. In March 2021, Foley won her seat in a special election, defeating former Supervisor John Moorlach. Also a former state senator, in the recent election he lost a bid to become mayor of Costa Mesa, Foley’s previous post. (Full disclosure: when he was in the Senate, I was his press secretary.)…