During the 2022 Election, I remember getting multiple mailers from Cliff Numark when he was running for mayor.
He had served on the Torrance City Council, then got elected to the El Camino College Board of Trustees. Then he wanted to get back on the Torrance City Council, and I criticized him for abandoning one position to seek another, only to seek yet another.
Numark's campaign flooded my mailbox with lots of flyers, most likely because I am a high-propensity voter. The first round of mailers focused on his prior experience, skill set, and goals for the city of Torrance. They were decent, glossy, and clearly neutral.
Towards the end of April and into early May, His campaign ads started getting more negative.
One of the mailers, a four-page fold-out, criticized Councilman George Chen over some isolated remarks he made about the city budget in 2021. One page suggested that Chen had admitted that he was unclear about one aspect of the budget or something related to it.
It was an arcane, minimal criticism. Since when is a city councilman not allowed to admit that he made a mistake about something?
The bigger issue for me, however, was that Numark sent out a negative ad to begin with.
It showed desperation. All years that I have been following Torrance politics, I have heard from elected officials, current and retired, that going negative is often a bad sign. When a Torrance candidate waits until the last minute to attack an opponent, it means that the campaign is losing.
And look what I received from Sellout Sharon Kalani last week:
The first side targeted Mayor Chen for supporting an effort to annex El Camino College to the city of Torrance.
For the record, I think it's a good idea. The property values would help augment the city's coffers. Yes, the city would need to hire more police and fire staff, but the investment long-term would be worth it. I am not inclined to believe the negative report from city council staff, for what it's worth.
Kalani neglects to mention that Councilwoman Bridgett Lewis was the fourth vote to direct the city staff to investigate a possible annexation proposal. She was open to the proposal. Will Kalani call out her best friend on the city council for this decision? The selective outrage is off-putting, to put it mildly.
Where did the idea come from? Councilman Kaji explained his support for the notion to increase public safety in the Alondra Park area. Chen and Mattucci also supported looking into the proposal. Removing LA County jurisdiction from key properties near Torrance and bringing them under the city's control would improve public safety in the city, for sure.
On another note, Kalani's criticism is also arcane, bookish, inside-baseball. How many people in the city were aware of this proposal? How many people would even care? All the talk about increased costs to public safety doesn't matter, I think, because residents approved the SST tax increase by a 60-40 margin in 2022. More public safety in areas near the city would benefit all of us.
Notice also that she left out the discussion about property tax revenue. Why?
Here's the other side of Kalani's desperate attack ad:
This attack is the hollowest of them all, and I have seen a lot of attack ads.
How can anyone blame the mayor--or any elected official--for the police officer vacancies in the city? Is Mayor Chen supposed to become a police officer himself? What about Kalani's role in the lack of hires? I agree that the city needs a better marketing program, one that promotes the city as a better place to work compared to other municipalities. Perhaps bringing in a better city attorney who allows the police officers to do their job would help ...
Still,m how is it the Mayor's fault that the city has not filled the vacancies? There are other factors involved, including whether prospective law enforcement officers apply. How is he supposed to fix that on his own? Does Kalani claim that police officers are not applying to the city of Torrance because they don't like the mayor?
This is a silly argument, and it's an unjust attack.
And it's desperation at its most obvious.
On top of that, the law enforcement association endorsements don't mean anything. George Chen got elected in 2022 without those endorsements.
Incumbency inertia was working against Kalanai from the outset. The last time that an incumbent mayor was removed from office, Dan Walker in 2006, one could feel the anger in the city about Walker's overdevelopment. Residents from the different homeowners' associations rallied together to remove him over that specific issue. I wasn't following city politics closely back then, but I remember seeing "Recall Dan Walker" signs on sidewalk lawns that year.
That level of anger from residents doesn't exist this year. Chen will likely get re-elected without much trouble.
Kalani is on track to lose this election. She has betrayed many of her supporters and made alliances with elements (Pat Furey, for example) who do not have the city's best interests at heart. She can attack George Chen all she wants, but at this point I don't think many Torrance voters even care.
Lawrence Sand (Front Page Magazine, June 24, 2005)
Sending me to a public school in New York in the 1950s was an easy decision for my parents. The schools were good, discipline was taught and practiced, and my parents knew that when I stepped inside the schoolhouse the values they instilled in me would be shared and reinforced by my teachers, the principal, the guidance counselor, and everyone else. At a minimum, no one would challenge their parental authority. Unfortunately, this is often not the case anymore. Academic standards have been lowered, grade inflation is prevalent, multiculturalism is rampant, and student violence toward other students and teachers is not uncommon. And the most prominent teachers unions are leading the charge to impose its leftist agenda on young people -- and teach them graphic sexuality.
There is much happening behind the scenes, however, that most parents aren’t aware of when they send their little ones off to public school. Perhaps their greatest area of ignorance is the agenda of the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the U.S. with more than 2.7 million members. The NEA’s politics have become more and more left-wing, especially over the past 20 years. Through diversity training classes, teachers are emboldened to introduce new definitions of “family” and sexuality to young children; religious and cultural traditions and holidays are being replaced by worship of “the earth,” and the “3 R’s” are taking a backseat to an aggressive “progressive” agenda that is more indoctrination than education – e.g., anti-Bush protests (in concert with the ultra liberal MoveOn.org), gun control legislation, gay rights, hate crimes legislation, and abortion on demand. While the NEA does not directly make school policy, they do create curricula that school boards adopt. Additionally, local union affiliates spend millions through their political action arm to get “their” people elected to school boards.
And woe be to any politician who commits the sin of challenging the teachers union. The NEA and its junior partner, the American Federation of Teachers, have committed millions of dollars to oppose California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempts to implement much-needed reforms in education and to limit spending increases in a state swimming in red ink. For his efforts, the governor has had to endure an onslaught of negative ads, painting him as an insensitive right-winger who doesn’t care about teachers or kids, and his approval ratings have plunged.
Reg Weaver, the current NEA president, has stated that the union’s rank and file is roughly 1/3 Democrat, 1/3 Republican and 1/3 independent, yet a huge percentage of the union’s political contributions -- some estimate it as much as 95 percent -- go to leftist politicians and causes. In 2004, Kerry supporters outnumbered Bush supporters there by more than 6–1. Predictably, they roared in approval last year when Hillary Clinton stepped in for John Kerry, who cancelled at the last minute, and gave a warm-up speech for a showing of Michael Moore’s controversial Bush-bashing film Fahrenheit 911.
While the NEA’s activities are very disturbing, there is a “David” to fight the Goliath. A small but energetic faction within the union called the Conservative Educator’s Caucus was formed by Sissy Jochmann, a second grade teacher in Pennsylvania, Jeralee Smith, a teacher of physically handicapped children in California and Judy Bruns, a junior high school language arts teacher in Ohio. They formed the CEC four years ago because they felt the NEA leadership was not being responsive to a significant proportion of their membership that disagreed with the union’s left-wing political and social agenda.
The issue that galvanized the group at the annual convention in 2001 was the introduction of a resolution to integrate radical homosexual themes -- a central part of the NEA agenda -- into the public school curriculum. In 2003, when Jochmann once again objected to this endorsement, she was shouted down by a vast majority of the delegates of the Representative Assembly. Compounding conservatives’ frustration, at its 2004 convention the NEA gave its prestigious Human Rights Award to Kevin Jennings, the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN). This is the group that presided over the infamous “Fistgate” conference held at Tufts University in Massachusetts in March 2000, where state employees gave explicit instructions (about “fisting” and other forms of gay sexual activity) to children as young as 12. The conference was secretly recorded and can be heard here. The contents are extraordinarily vile.
Unfortunately, “Fistgate” was not an isolated incident. On April 30 of this year GLSEN held an event at Brookline High School in Massachusetts, and distributed an obscene booklet to hundreds of middle and high school students. With headings like F**kin’, S**kin’ and Spit or Swallow?, it describes various sexual practices that can only be described as perverse.
Because the CEC has protested this outrageous misuse of the classroom, they are branded homophobic. However, the CEC will not back off. Jochmann, who shrugged off being shouted down by more than 9,000 fellow NEA activists, and Smith, an acknowledged ex-homosexual demonized as a traitor to the cause, will not be intimidated by namecalling.
The NEA hardly appears to be acting in the best interests of our nation’s youth. If our children are our most precious commodity, then we, as a people, must speak up for them. The CEC is stepping up their efforts to change NEA policy. They want their union to fight for education, not to bring sexual how-to classes into elementary school or attempt to manipulate the values of pre-teens. We owe our children nothing less.
While the Republicans remained unified under the leadership of President Trump, Democrats are still flailing just months away from the midterm elections.
Sonali Patel RNC Rapid Response Director spatel@gop.com
UK MassResistance activist David Skinner wins stunning court appeal of his criminal conviction for a pro-life email.
He endured three years of oppressive “lawfare” for his direct pro-life activism.
Everything was pitted against him by British court system. But he and his supporters refused to give up.
Mainstream pro-lifers should follow his bold example.
May 4, 2026
David Skinner (center) with his lawyer Michael Phillips (left) and assistant outside of the courthouse after his well deserved victory.
David Skinner is 81 years old, but he is one of the most fearless and effective pro-family (and MassResistance) activists anywhere.
Britain has become one of the most brutal anti-family and anti-free speech regimes in the West. When it comes to the basic constitutional rights of citizens, police protection and the criminal justice systems have largely collapsed. So David’s court victory has been celebrated in pro-family media across the UK.
A UK MassResistance leader
In 2017, David took charge of our new UK MassResistance chapter. He already had scores of pro-family contacts across Britain. That year, Brian Camenker of MassResistance spent a week in the UK working with David to help organize.
Brian Camenker (2nd from right) with David (2nd from left) with other UK MassResistance leaders of UK MassResistance in Bournemouth in 2017.
Standing outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London, David and Brian Camenker with a UK MassResistance sign.
From his home base in Bournemouth, David and the others directly confronted the LGBT agenda that was ravaging the country.
Holding up descriptive sign at Bournemouth Gay Pride Parade!
David tells the truth to two LGBT activists at the London Gay Pride parade.
Taking on the aggressive abortion agenda in his city
In October 2022, the Bournemouth City Council implemented a massive buffer zone, officially called a "safe zone." It is approximately 1600 x 800 feet around the city’s abortion clinic. It includes streets, sidewalks, and over a hundred private homes. Within that area, the city ordinance prohibits “any act of approval/disapproval with respect to issues related to abortion services.” Thus, the residents who live in this Orwellian-sounding "safe" zone live in a virtual ghetto where their free speech rights have been suspended - even in their homes and yards.
The map of the "safe zone" where speech is restricted. There are over a hundred residences within that area.
One of the "Safe Zone" signs at the abortion clinic buffer zone.
One activist, Adam Smith-Connor, was arrested and fined for silently praying against abortion within the buffer zone. Another activist, Livia Tossici-Bolt, was convicted and fined $26,000 for simply holding a sign that said, “Here to talk, if you want.” And many others were harassed by police for just being there.
But David Skinner was fearless and stood up to the police. And they eventually backed down.
A few months after Adam Smith-Connor’s arrest, David was standing in front of the abortion clinic taking photos of friends who were also there. A police officer began harassing and threatening him. He took David's camera (which he later got back). But David stood his ground.
He then filed a complaint against the officers.
Police officers confronting David as he's standing near the abortion clinic within the huge 'safe zone.' David didn't back down, and the police finally left him alone.
Apology from the police. A few days later, the Police Inspector, Fern Graham, contacted David and apologized for the incident! She said David should contact her if he had any other concerns.
The email that erupted into a criminal conviction
As David thought about it, he realized that there’s definitely another concern, besides that incident, that needs to be addressed. The “elephant in the room” is the fact that grisly abortions are happening in that building.
David carefully prepared a three-page letter. He noted the brutal killings of babies taking place in the Bournemouth abortion clinic. He included gruesome photos of aborted babies. He urged the police department to investigate these murders.
On April 28, 2023, David emailed the letter to the Police Inspector. He also emailed copies the local Police and Crime Commissioner, the Chief Constable, and the Bournemouth City Council members. The subject line of the emails was: “Reporting Mass Murder in Ophir Road” (i.e., the road in Bournemouth where the abortion clinic is located).
The “lawfare” erupts against David
The following week, on May 3, a police sergeant showed up at David’s home. He was told his email had “offended” someone, caused “distress,” and had likely violated various laws. He was told to come to the police station with his lawyer. On May 9, David went to the police station with a well-known Christian attorney, Michael Phillips. David was interrogated for an hour, but under his attorney’s advice did not answer any of the questions.
Six months passed, and David heard nothing.
Then in November 2023 David received a court summons. He was being charged with violating the Malicious Communications Act of 1988. On January 26, 2024 David appeared in court and pled not guilty.
The people who filed the charges against David were two women who had opened his emails. One was the Police Inspector, Fern Graham. The other was Yvonne Fennick, who worked for the Police and Crime Commissioner and had opened David’s email - even though it was sent to the Commissioner personally. These two women are both police professionals, yet claimed that the photos caused them severe emotional distress.
Interestingly, none of the other officials who received David’s email complained. The Police and Crime Commissioner, when he was shown the email a year later on January 28, 2024, did not say the email was offensive, but simply commented that David obviously “wants the law to be changed.”
“The process itself is punishment.”
Between January 2024 and May 2025 the “malicious communications” charge was dropped, because, as David's lawyer said, they could find no malicious intent that led to real harm, and the police came up with a new charge: violating the Electronic Communications Act of 2003. That statute prohibits “persistently making use of a public communications network for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person.” (This was strange, because David’s communication wasn’t “persistent.” He emailed the letter to everyone just once.)
There were at least eight pre-trial hearings and a scheduled trial that was canceled the during day it was supposed to take place.
Usually David and his attorney would have to sit in the court for nearly the entire day before being granted a 10-minute hearing. Or it would be cancelled altogether. And the judges were invariably quite hostile.
The trial was scheduled to take place in October 2024. That day, friends of David traveled from across Britain to be with him. They waited in court all day, then late in the afternoon were told there had been too many cases and there wasn’t time for his trial. The judge also felt he wasn't qualified to try this case! So it would have to be rescheduled.
The endless hearing dates, long waits, cancellations, and generally hostile behavior seemed unnecessarily grueling for David, his wife, their friends, and his attorney. As David said to us several times, the process is the punishment.
At one pre-trial hearing, in November 2024, the judge arbitrarily ruled not to allow David’s expert witnesses, a doctor and a theology expert (both of whom would discuss the subject of abortion), to be included in the upcoming trial.
At another pre-trial hearing in March 2025, David sat in court for hours while his lawyer argued for the judge (who had a history of hostile rulings toward Christian activists) to recuse herself. She refused. But ultimately a different judge (even more hostile) presided at David's trial.
David later told us, "After that hearing, my attorney told me that for the judge and my accusers it was personal and ideological, and that they had made up their minds to convict me."
The trial and conviction
On May 1, 2025, the trial finally took place. It was a nightmare. David’s lawyer could not be there that day, so another prominent Christian lawyer, Roger Kiska - an internationally recognized expert on human rights laws who flew in from Slovakia specifically for that trial - took his place.
David Skinner (in tan sportcoar) with his wife and supporters from across Britain on May 1 outside the courthouse before the trial.
The trial was supposed to start at 10:00 am, but didn’t begin until late afternoon. The judge was extremely hostile, was very rude to David and his lawyer, and refused to even look at any of David’s supporting documents. The judge openly suggested that David’s purpose had been to cause harm. During the trial, the two women said that David’s mere presence in the courtroom was threatening to them. Yvonne Fenwick was allowed to hide behind a screen, since she was frightened. At one stage she started crying and was handed a box of Kleenex tissues. "I was treated as a terrorist," David said. He wasn’t allowed to testify in his own defense. It was shocking.
The trial lasted just an hour and a half. Then the judge found David guilty. He was fined £3,840 (equal to about $5,200). This includes a £675 fine for each of the two “offenses” against the women, £500 to be paid as compensation to each of the women, plus £950 in court costs and £540 for administration charges.
It was feared that it might even be worse. The prosecution had been seeking a two-year prison sentence, so David had brought a packed a suitcase to the trial!
The successful appeal
David was still not giving up.
In October 2025, David went to the local appellate court to request an appeal date to overturn his conviction. The dates they gave him were April 23 and 24, 2026.
This time, there were no changes or re-scheduling.
At the April 23, 2026 appeal trial, the judge, Pushpinder Saini, a highly qualified High Court Judge and a Sikh (complete with black turban), was refreshingly rational and even-handed. David was allowed to testify on his own behalf. He was in the witness box for two hours answering questions. Michael Phillips skillfully guided David’s testimony regarding the photos that were included, as well as the background and intent of the email.
The opportunity for David to testify obviously made a huge difference in refuting the Crown’s arguments against him.
The following day, April 24, the judge presented his ruling in an 11-page document. David’s conviction was overturned! It was a stunning victory.
The judge’s ruling included several key points:
“This is a case about freedom of expression and freedom of religion,” the judge said.
Parts of David’s letter may have been technically in violation of the law. David even admitted that the images were “grossly offensive.” But, as the judge pointed out, that is superseded by David’s right to make a legitimate argument on current political topic before public officials, which is protected in British law. David felt those images were necessary to make his point.
“We recognise the power of the image to carry a message in its most persuasive form,” the judge added. “Great caution is required before a state can restrict the expression of political standpoints.”
The fact that David is an experienced Christian activist, not just an angry person with a grudge against particular officials, further supported that position.
The judge emphasized that the recipients of the email were public officials, including “an elected Police and Crime Commissioner and a senior police inspector, who are therefore subject to a higher threshold of tolerance than private individuals.” It’s refreshing that the judge understood this and weighed it in his decision.
The judge also noted that David’s communications were not “persistent,” as the statute requires. It was just one email.
High Court Judge Pushpinder Saini - a refreshingly honest and evenhanded British magistrate.
David Skinner is a special fellow. Even at 81 years old, he boldly sticks with his principles, takes on the hard battles, and does not give up. He tells the truth in a country where the truth can put you in prison!
Compare this with the pathetic state of the mainstream pro-life movement in the U.S. They are perpetually afraid of offending anyone. They water down their message to be “nice” rather than aggressively telling the uncomfortable and distasteful truth. They would never present the actual gory photos in their message to the public officials who are part of the problem.
It’s embarrassing to suggest, but can Americans learn some lessons on “revolution” from these British?
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Over the last week, a couple of people have already contacted me for my endorsements for the upcoming elections in Torrance as well as across the state.
Initially, I was happy to use the CRA list or Craig Huey's endorsements, but the CRA list was missing some races, and as of Sunday, Election Forum did not list substantive endorsements for California or Los Angeles County.
So, here are my endorsements for the 2026 California primary, listing the offices in order that they are printed in my sample ballot:
Mayor of Torrance, CA:
George Chen
I have written extensively about my disappointments with the incumbent mayor, and I was willing to sit out this election. Yet following the attempted assassination against Trump, plus all the information that I am hearing about the Indivisibles' politicking behind Sharon Kalani, plus her support for tax increases, weak resolve against disturbances, and her attempt to move the Armed Forces Day parade to the Torrance Airport, I am happy to tolerate Chen for four more years.
And to his credit, Mayor Chen has consistently rejected the awful Pride Month Resolution. We should all be grateful for that.
Torrance City Clerk:
Rebecca Poirier is the only candidate on the ballot, and she has done a great job. She deserves the vote.
Torrance Treasurer:
Say His Name: Aurelio Mattuci
Mike Griffiths is a dishonest man with no respect for others. He has a routine habit of lying to people in the city, and those voters have shared their disgust with me about him. He is also very rude, elitist, and condescending, and the major reason he is seeking this position is that he wants to set himself up for a bid for mayor--and he does not deserve that job.
In contrast, Aurelio is one of the hardest-working councilmen in the city. He is not afraid to ask for big things, to take risks, and to fight for what is best for the city. He responds to the needs of constituents, and he took the lead on major issues that the residents care about, like killing the coyotoes, but which some city council members didn't want to do anything about.
Torrance City Council District One
No Endorsement
Torrance City Council District Three
Mike Mauno
I want a businessman on the city council, and I am looking for someone who will take on local issues, whether he's an elected official or not. Mauno assisted all of us with his efforts to stop Project Homekey from buying up one of the local Extended Stay facilities.
Councilman Sheikh has not properly responded to the emerging news about alleged elder abuse in connection with his now-deceased neighbor John Fleming.
Torrance City Council District Five
Michelle Brooks
She is personable, experienced, and has long roots in the community. Harry Ward is running out of spite and ego, propped up by uniparty establishment hacks in Torrance who don't want a common-sense conservative city council.
It's really important to elect Michelle, because her opponent is Betty Lieu, The wife of creepy congressman Ted Lieu, and just as much a committed crypto-Marxist as he.
California State Senate District 26
Kristi Irwin
Rick Marshall is a friend of mine, but I had already pledged my vote for Kristi Irwin. She is a parents' rights advocate who fought for health freedom in the schools during the COVID-19 lockdown madness. She has run before, having obtained signatures as a write-in candidate in 2022.
And she is running again, so she has some name ID.
Rick Marshall is running because he has persuasively argued that the only way a Republican advances to the general election is that there are TWO Republicans in the Top Two. I support that move, and I encourage everyone to figure out with their friend and families to divide their votes so that we can get both into the Top Two.
California State Assembly District 66
Jessica Maldonado
She is the more conservative candidate compared to George Barks, whom I voted for in 2022 and 2024. Barks did not support Trump in 2024. He told me that during the June 2024 Hermosa Beach town hall, where he took the mic from Asm. Muratsuchi to make his case for the assembly.
Jessica is an outspoken member of the CRA, and she is a clear pro-life, pro-family record as a nurse and a missionary.
I hope that two Republicans make it into the Top Two, which is possible, but I am voting for Jessica.
United States Congress District 36
Houston Brignano
In the two previous elections, I voted for Melissa Toomim, since she was the only decent Republican candidate on the ballot.
But Houston Brignano of San Pedro, CA is an improvement for Election 2026.
He is a full CRA conservative, and he received a ringing endorsement from CRA leadership at the LA County CRA convention in March 2026.
Melissa is too liberal, too quiet on the cultural issues, while Houston is not afraid to talk about all the issues that matter.
LA County Sheriff
Alex Villanueva
This endorsement may come as a shock to some people, especially because I so vocally opposed in 2018, even chasing him out of the Torrance Democratic Club meeting at the Torrance Airport. I continued to hound him at the LA County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission meetings because he had pledged to take ICE out of the jails.
Then came the targeted murder of sheriff's deputies, and Villanueva swung hard to common sense and law and order. During the COVID-19 madness, he slowly but ultimately took a stand against the lockdown orders and mask mandates.
I needed that coverage so that I could take a stand as well, and I will never forget that.
I voted for him both times in 2022, and I will vote for him again, especially now, because he is pledging to work with ICE in the jails
LA County Assessor
Stephen Adamus
I had to do my own research for this office, since the CRA website did not provide an endorsement last time I checked.
Jeffrey Prang is part of the John Noguez corruption, and he needs to go. He is an outspoken, aggressive, openly gay liberal who is pushing the LGBT agenda all over the county. We don't need such a brazen partisan dealing with property tax assessments.
Stephen Adamus is the only one with a record of having done something to fix the Assessor's office: he sued!
And now he's running to lead the office. He talks about lowering taxe and providing property assessments for all homeowners. Common sense!
Judges of the Superior Court
For these elections, I rely on Craig Huey or other endorsement sites to help me choose the best judicial officers for the different seats. These elections are some of the most important, although voters all too often skip over them because there is so little information to inform a decision.
I looked over the websites for each of the candidates myself, and here is my criteria:
1. If they are endorsed by the LA County Democratic Party, they are automatically disqualified. I can't help if they are endorsed by local clubs, since every judicial nominee will seek Dem support to have a viable chance of winning county-wide. It sucks, but Republicans don't have the numbers to influence judicial elections for the better. Also, if the candidate is endorsed by an LGBT group, I reject the candidate, because I cannot trust the person to look at natural right and natural law as a standard.
2. If the candidate is endorsed by for LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley, I am more likely to vote for the nominee. He was a good DA, a decent Republican who should have been elected our State Attorney General in 2010, and he is committed to law, order, and public integrity.
3. If the nominee is a prosecutor, I am more likely to vote for that person. Prosecutors in general tend to be more conservative, while public defenders tend to be more liberal. It's not a rocksteady standard, only because some prosecutors were endorsed by LA County Dems, too.
These criteria are not perfect, but they work for me.
Office No. 2
Robert Draper
Office No. 14
Irene Lee
Office No. 39
Binh Dang (only candidate, and he's OK)
Office No. 60
Ann Maurer (only candidate, and he's OK)
Office No. 64
Francisco Amador
Office No. 65
Samuel Krause
Office No. 66
Ben Forer
Office No. 81
David Walgren
Office No. 87
Anthony Bayne
Office No. 116
Pat Connolly
Office No. 131
Donna Tryfman
Office No. 141
Mariela Torres
Office No. 176
Gloria Marin
Office No. 181
Thanayi Lindsey
Offiec No. 196
Candice Henry
County Measure ER
No!
It's a tax increase. Vote No!
Governor
This should be obvious to everyone by now: Sheriff Chad Bianco.
I have written extensively about why he is more qualified than Steve Hilton.
He has been elected, twice, countywide, in a blue county.
He stood up to Newsom's lockdown orders and other health mandates.
He turned Riverside County into a shall-issue county for CCW weapons permits.
He is outspokenly pro-gun.
He is pro-life.
He is pro-family.
He has reached out to numerous groups, and he rightfully won the CRA endorsement with 71% of the delegate vote.
Lieutenant Governor
Ebie Lynch
I have met her, listened to her platform, and she is not afraid to be a conservative. She cares about parents rights, securing the border, and lowering the cost of living. Gloria Romero is a liberal, even if she switched parties. Not good enough for me. It's as simple as that.
Secretary of State
Don Wagner
The only Republican, CAGOP and CRA endorsed, and a experienced leader who has done great work in Orange County.
State Controller
Herb Morgan
CAGOP and CRA endorsed, Herb is active, available, and committed to cleaning up the state's finances. He has a chance, and he has my vote.
Treasurer
Jennifer Hawks
She is the decent Republican, endorsed by the CRA. David Serpa is a flabby, wannabe groyper, all in line with the white nationalist Nick Fuentes-controlled opposition that pushes Anti-Semitism and communist populism.
Don't take my word for it: I confronted him about all of it:
This is an absolute no brainer. He is completely qualified for this position He has been an excellent city attorney for the city of Huntington Beach. He led the fight to dismantle the sanctuary state law. He drafted the voter ID initiative which passed in the city, as well.
He has been a vocal proponent of parents' rights and fighting to protect all California residents.
He would be an excellent attorney general for the state of California!
Insurance Commissioner
Robert Howell
Stacy Korsgaden has received a number of endorsements, but she is an out-lesbian who hid her illicit marriage from the CRA convention when she was campaigning.
I don't care what her experience may be. I don't care if she got conservative endorsements. She covered up about her married life. LGBT should not be supported or promoted, especially in the supposedly pro-family GOP.
Don't trust her, won't vote for her.
Robert Howell has run for this office before, and I will give him another shot.
Board of Equalization District 3
Rey Portela
He's endorsed by the American Independent Party, so that's a good enough endorsement for me.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sonja Shaw
She is the Momma Bear who has been pushing hard for parents' rights, protections for girls' sports and spaces, and full transparency and accountability in all school districts.
***Torrance Community Concerns: Concerned citizens are needed to attend the council meeting this coming Tuesday, May 5, and DEMAND ANSWERS from Mr. Sheikh, the city council and city staff which appear to be protecting him. During Agenda Item 7 (Oral Communications #1), anyone can speak for 2 minutes.
Dear Torrance Residents
I am writing to you today because I am deeply concerned about the fact that there have been very serious allegations of FINANCIAL ELDER ABUSE by Torrance Councilmember Asam Sheikh against his late 92 year old neighbor John Fleming.
These allegations were brought to my attention in an article that was published in the California Courier (See: https://californiacourier.news/2026/04/asam-sheikh-torrance-councilman-veteran-abuse/). Torrance residents deserve to know the truth about these allegations about an individual who claims to represent them. I have seen multiple posts in your Facebook group as well as others which have promptly disappeared a few hours later. One must ask: is the city intentionally censoring information to protect one of their councilmembers?
A formal complaint detailing the elder abuse has been filed with the District Attorney of Los Angeles. Anita Fleming-O'Brien, the victim's daughter, states that Sheikh used his position as city planning commissioner and city councilmember to mislead his late 92-year-old neighbor, Mr. John Fleming, into transferring his home, retirement savings, and his personal property to the council member's family, amounting to $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.
The article also states that John Fleming's death certificate showed the late neighbor died due to "SEVERE PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION" all while Sheikh claimed to be his caretaker. Anita states she did not even know about “Sheikh's existence in her father's life” until after his passing: "I didn’t even know about Mr. Sheikh. My father never talked about him. Everything was hidden from me."
Reportedly, Sheikh also IGNORED John Fleming's wishes to not have a memorial service and instead coordinated an ISLAMIC MEMORIAL FLYER AND ISLAMIC PRAYER, honoring the councilmember's Muslim religion rather than Fleming's Catholic beliefs. Fleming's immediate family was not even informed of the memorial service or his passing. Sheikh still campaigns with Mr. Fleming's photo on his website.
In the article, Sheikh has dismissed this as "a smear campaign." These are very serious allegations and Torrance residents deserve the truth on this matter. Dismissing allegations of elder abuse as a smear campaign is NOT an adequate answer.
Please encourage your neighbors and concerned citizens to attend the council meeting this coming Tuesday, May 5, and DEMAND ANSWERS from Mr. Sheikh, the city council and city staff which appear to be protecting him. During Agenda Item 7 (Oral Communications #1), anyone can speak for 2 minutes.
YouTube Video of Oral Communications #1 From April 7, 2026 Council Meeting:
If Sheikh is guilty of these allegations, Torrance residents MUST DEMAND HIS RESIGNATION. He has no business representing our city and is a threat to seniors in our community.
