Democratic Club

By Mary Larson

LW contributor

Katrina Foley for Orange County Board of Supervisor yard/window signs are now available for pickup in Leisure World at 1460 Pelham Road, 106-G, in Mutual 5. Ample parking is available on Pelham Road. No appointment is necessary. If you need to have a sign delivered to your unit, email democraticclubsblw@ gmail.com with your contact information.

Foley is the only candidate running in the March 9 special election who has been endorsed by the Seal Beach Leisure World Democratic Club and the Democratic Party of Orange County. Her three major opponents in the race— Mike Yo, Kevin Muldoon and John Moorlach—are all Republicans. If elected, Katrina will be the second Democrat on the five-member Board of Supervisors.

In addition to being endorsed by the LW Democratic Club, Foley has also been endorsed by 11 other Democratic clubs, 70 local active or retired Orange County elected officials, and 18 community-based organizations. The list includes the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association, the Association of Orange County Deputy District Attorneys, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, and the Community Action Fund of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties.

Foley is a community leader, successful businesswoman and attorney who became Costa Mesa’s first directly elected mayor in November 2018 and was re-elected in 2020. She also served as mayor in 2016-2017 and has been on the Costa Mesa City Council for 14 years.

Katrina is also president of The Foley Group, a professional law corporation. In 2001 and 2004, she was honored by Women in Leadership and the National Association of Women Business Owners at the annual Remarkable Women Awards event. As the daughter and wife of union members, she has always stood with California’s workers and working families. In law school, she established the Seattle University School of Low’s first women’s resource center to serve domestic violence victims and chaired the women’s law caucus. The small clinic is now well-established and run by the law school. If elected, Katrina will continue to help ensure women have access to the health care services they need.

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