Californians Aware
Filed in: C
Californians Aware is a nonprofit
organization established to help journalists and
others keep Californians aware of what they need to
know to hold government and other powerful
institutions accountable for their actions. Its
mission is to support and defend open government, an
enquiring press and a citizenry free to exchange
facts and opinions on public issues. Californians
Aware is a center for information, guidance and
initiatives in public forum law.
Capo for Better Representation
Filed in: C
Capo for Better
Representation was the recipient committee (legally
required fund-raising vehicle) formed by the committee
of grassroots volunteers who became known as the CUSD
Recall Committee. The formation documents for Capo for
Better Representation were filed by the Committee's
former chairman in April 2005.
On December 22, 2005, the Orange County Registrar announced that insufficient petition signatures had been validated to certify a recall election. Later that day, the Committee's former chairman circulated a memo announcing his resignation from the Committee and his retirement from politics. The Committee thanked him for his contributions and announced that it would continue the campaign to reform CUSD. Read More...
On December 22, 2005, the Orange County Registrar announced that insufficient petition signatures had been validated to certify a recall election. Later that day, the Committee's former chairman circulated a memo announcing his resignation from the Committee and his retirement from politics. The Committee thanked him for his contributions and announced that it would continue the campaign to reform CUSD. Read More...
Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita
Filed in: C
Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa
Margarita (“CSRSM”) is a
volunteer, grassroots, citizen action group designed
to work independently of local government to ensure
that the original vision of the planned community of
Rancho Santa Margarita remains a reality.
Since its formation in 1997, CSRSM has demonstrated
a keen ability to educate, organize and galvanize
local residents. The organization has been at
the forefront of many of the most significant land
use issues that have arisen in Rancho Santa
Margarita.
CSRSM representatives have worked closely with local governmental agencies, including the Orange County Board of Supervisors, the Orange County Planning Commission, the Orange County Human Relations Commission, and the Rancho Santa Margarita City Council. Over the years, CSRSM and its representatives have received significant coverage in the media, including appearances on KOCE’s “Real Orange” television program, local television news coverage, radio news broadcasts, as well as widespread coverage in the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Times and the Trabuco Canyon News. Read More...
CSRSM representatives have worked closely with local governmental agencies, including the Orange County Board of Supervisors, the Orange County Planning Commission, the Orange County Human Relations Commission, and the Rancho Santa Margarita City Council. Over the years, CSRSM and its representatives have received significant coverage in the media, including appearances on KOCE’s “Real Orange” television program, local television news coverage, radio news broadcasts, as well as widespread coverage in the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Times and the Trabuco Canyon News. Read More...
Culbertson, Adams & Associates
Filed in: C
CUSD Recall Committee
Filed in: C
The
CUSD Recall Committee
is the
organization that has led the multi-year effort to
raise public awareness about the widespread
government corruption and serious financial
mismanagement within the leadership of the
Capistrano Unified School District.
In 2005, the CUSD Recall Committee led South Orange County residents in the unprecedented campaign to recall all seven elected Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District. More than 177,000 signatures were obtained from South Orange County residents calling for the removal of all seven CUSD Trustees. Read More...
In 2005, the CUSD Recall Committee led South Orange County residents in the unprecedented campaign to recall all seven elected Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District. More than 177,000 signatures were obtained from South Orange County residents calling for the removal of all seven CUSD Trustees. Read More...
Education Alliance
Filed in: E
The
Education Alliance was formed in 1994, and
operated as a political action committee supporting
candidates who support local control of our schools,
the rights of parents to make educational choice for
their children, and an emphasis on basic, academic
instruction. Support for these common sense
principles put the Education Alliance squarely at
odds with the teachers unions.
The Education Alliance enjoyed a substantial measure of success both in electing school board candidates during the three election cycles in which it functioned. Ken Williams, Kay Weymouth, Tammie Bullard, Frank Ury, Jim Righeimer, Phil Yarbrough, Matt Harper and Alexandria Coronado are just a few of the many current local political leaders who the Education Alliance supported. Read More...
The Education Alliance enjoyed a substantial measure of success both in electing school board candidates during the three election cycles in which it functioned. Ken Williams, Kay Weymouth, Tammie Bullard, Frank Ury, Jim Righeimer, Phil Yarbrough, Matt Harper and Alexandria Coronado are just a few of the many current local political leaders who the Education Alliance supported. Read More...
The Election Center
Filed in: E
The Election Center
is a
non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under
the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. The
Election Center’s purpose is to promote, preserve,
and improve democracy. The Center is also
known as the National Association of Election
Officials.
Its members are almost exclusively government employees whose profession it is to serve in voter registration and elections administration, i.e., voter registrars, elections supervisors, elections directors, city clerk/city secretary, county clerk, county recorder, state legislative staff, state election director and Secretary of State for each of the individual states, territories, and the District of Columbia. Read More...
Its members are almost exclusively government employees whose profession it is to serve in voter registration and elections administration, i.e., voter registrars, elections supervisors, elections directors, city clerk/city secretary, county clerk, county recorder, state legislative staff, state election director and Secretary of State for each of the individual states, territories, and the District of Columbia. Read More...
Leadership Associates
Filed in: L
This Mission
Viejo-based firm was hired by the Capistrano Unified
School District trustees to find a permanent
replacement for interim superintendent Charles McCully
before the end of the 2006-2007 school year. McCully
had led the district since August 2006, when James
Fleming retired as superintendent.
League of Women Voters
Filed in: L
Montano Plumbing
Filed in: M
Neighborhood Schools For Our Kids
Filed in: N
Neighborhood
Schools For Our Kids, a coalition of parents and
taxpayers in the district, led by San Clemente father
and business lawyer, Michael Winsten and represented by
Pacific Legal Foundation in Neighborhood Schools For
Our Kids vs. CUSD. The suit asked a state Superior
Court to prohibit the school district from using race
to determine where students will attend middle and high
school. The suit was settled on November 27, 2006. CUSD
eliminated a policy for drawing school boundaries that
took race into consideration. Under the settlement, the
trustees changed the boundaries slightly and agreed not
to use race in determining where students will go to
school.
Pacific Justice Institute
Filed in: P
Pacific Justice
Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense
organization specializing in the defense of religious
freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties.
Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without
charge, to provide their clients with all the legal
support they need. "Through our dedicated attorneys and
supporters, we defend the rights of countless
individuals, families and churches...without charge."
Pacific Justice Institute's strategy is to coordinate
and oversee large numbers of concurrent court actions
through a network of over 1,000 affiliate attorneys
nationwide. And, according to former United States
Attorney General Edwin Meese, “The Institute fills a
critical need on the West Coast for those whose civil
liberties are threatened.”
Pacific Legal Foundation
Filed in: P
Pacific Legal
Foundation is a Sacramento-based nonprofit, public
interest legal organization that litigates nationwide
in defense of individual and economic freedoms, and
limited government. PLF has opposed race and gender
preferences, quotas, and set-asides in government
employment, education, and contracting for over three
decades.
Parent Teacher Association
Filed in: P
Rutan & Tucker
Filed in: R
Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation Corporation
Filed in: S
Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation
Corporation (SAMLARC) is a
California non-profit and mutual benefit corporation
that owns Arroyo Vista Park, the private community
park adjacent to Arroyo Vista School in the planned
community of Rancho Santa Margarita.
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Twining Labs
Filed in: T
Twining Laboratories
was the
employer of former CUSD Trustee John Casabianca, while he served as a
Fleming-era trustee on the CUSD Board of Trustees.
Twining became the subject of controversy in
connection with contracts between Twining Labs and
CUSD approved while Casabianca sat on the CUSD
Board.
Twining Laboratories is a full-service engineering and quality-control company with unmatched expertise, laboratory capabilities and personnel resources. Read More...
Twining Laboratories is a full-service engineering and quality-control company with unmatched expertise, laboratory capabilities and personnel resources. Read More...