Retired Lt. Bill Hunt receives the AOCDS-PAC endorsement for the 2010 election for Orange County Sheriff-Coroner.
Thomas Dominguez AOCDS-PAC Chairperson
This is a huge win for Hunt and a significant blow to Acting Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. It doesn't mean much for Anaheim PD's Deputy Chief Craig Hunter who is supported and backed by cronies from feloniously corrupt sheriff Mike Carona and company. Frankly, I think many would have been surprised if Hunt didn't get the endorsement from the rank and file. The deputies know that Hunt is a solid, fair, and respected leader.
Lately, I have been pondering what all of the Orange County “decline-to-state” or DTS voters might be thinking. I was a DTS until a few years ago. At that time I had some of the same ideas I have now, like smaller more efficient government that runs smoothly without squandering our hard-earned tax-dollars. I also felt, and still do that all children
This seminar provides guidelines for effective use of the Subdivision Map Act. The instructors will discuss the responsibilities and powers of local agencies under the Act, as well as particular issues regarding when the Act applies.
Seminar highlights: •Discussion of Legislative and Judicial changes in 2009 •Relationship of Map Act to other planning, zoning and development laws, and to CEQA •When the Map Act applies (and when not) •What kind of Map (Tentative/Final or Parcel Map) to use •Certificates of Compliance •Lot Line Adjustments •Exemptions and exceptions under the Map Act •Life of Tentative Map •Vested Rights (including Vesting Maps, Development Agreements and Common Law Vesting) •Exactions/Dedications/Fees •Creative mapping approaches
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This seminar is designed for planners, surveyors, engineers, developers, builders, attorneys, project managers, architects, planning commissioners, council and board members, property managers, public works and utilities directors, zoning board members, and all others involved with the land use process.
This course qualifies for 6.0 hours of California MCLE credit.
In 2006, I served as an Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant and San Clemente’s Chief of Police. I stood up to run as the anti-corruption candidate against then Sheriff turned convicted felon Mike Carona and earned nearly 100,000 of your votes. Twice I’ve been endorsed for Sheriff by the fine men and women of the department – in 2006, and again in 2008 during the appointment following Carona’s resignation. As your Sheriff, I will protect your constitutional guarantees. I will end early jail releases and the practice of citing and releasing misdemeanor arrestees. Instead, my policy will be: “pay your bail or stay in jail.” Our county’s two most successful sheriffs, James Musick and Brad Gates, had one thing in common – they came up through the ranks. Like them, I’ve worked my way through the sheriff’s department. I am the only candidate to patrol our streets, oversee our county jails and serve as a Chief of Police in Orange County. I am the only candidate to own and operate a small business. With over 25 years of combined service in the military and law enforcement, I know how to cut waste without compromising public safety. I ask for your vote. www.BillHuntforSheriff.com.
March 20, 2010
Trig Star 2010 attracted hundreds of high school students and their parents from a dozen Orange County area schools. Also in attendance were Santiago Canyon College students. What could possibly compel these students to wake up early on a Saturday morning to take a trigonometry exam? How about $500 and scholarship opportunities! Winners walked away with $500, $300, and $200 for first, second and third place respectively. The college students took the same exam but were competing for their own prizes in the same amount of money. Exams were scored immediately following the exam by a dozen volunteer proctors. The event closed out with the announcement of the winners of Trig Star and an exciting competition known as the Surveyor's Challenge. The winners of the Surveyor's Challenge walked away with $50, $30, and $20 awards for measuring angles and distances and then applying trigonometric principles to their measurements to determine the size, shape, and area of certain features on campus. A grand prize was also handed out. The Garmin eTrex Legend H, worth about $150, went to the overall Surveyor's Challenge winner, Vallentino Leanarduzzi, a Santiago Canyon College Survey/Mapping student.
Numerous industry leaders were on hand to recruit and educate visitors about land surveying and mapping. The primary sponsor, the Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association (OC-CLSA), donated nearly $6,000 to make the event a success. Other sponsors included the Port of Long Beach, California State University at Fresno's Geomatics Engineering, Psomas, Johnson-Frank, RBF, the County of Orange's Geomatics/LIS Division, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG), Santiago Canyon College's Career Education, and me.
