A Dangerous Proposition—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 3)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madrid, in partnership with the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, takes a deep dive into Orange County, California to explore the transformations that have redefined politics there, and what it means for the rest of the country.
In this episode, Mike talks to Jean Pasco who covered local politics in the ‘80s and ‘90s for the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times about how California’s Prop 187 originated in Orange County.
Then he talks to L.A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about how the Mexican and Asian communities shaped county…
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