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A Slice of Orange

Jodi Balma

All things politics in North Orange County, California.

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52:07

David Gillanders Jr., Executive Director of Pathways...

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2022/02/10

David Gillanders, Jr is the Executive Director of Pathways of Hope. David is a graduate of Fullerton College, California State University Fullerton (where, along with University of California Irvine, he continues to give back through teaching), and holds a Master of Science from DePaul University. Previous work includes various program and agency leadership roles, including working at Orange County United Way managing investments into anti-poverty programs.

19:20

Kara Regan, President and Founder of Amazingly...

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2022/02/03

Kara Regan is a passionate social justice fighter. She began her journey of education and experience working in the prison system by working on 3 degrees in Administration of Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences where she studied crime in a socioeconomic, sociocultural and sociological perspective. She uses public platform to bring awareness toward discrimination in the justice system through presentations of research and her experience about prison reform and advocating for public action. She

58:27

Dr. Matt Jarvis, Redistricting Expert

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2021/12/28

Jodi is joined by CSUF professor Dr. Matt Jarvis whose research focuses on, among other issues, redistricting.

0:30

Christian Esteban, Executive Director, JOYA Scholars

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2021/06/14

Jodi got the chance to chat with Christian Esteban, Executive Director of the JOYA Scholars program. The program aims to inspire and prepare students from families of low-income communities in Fullerton to succeed through higher education. By supporting students through one-on-one mentoring, academic tutoring, educational workshops, parent academy, campus visits, SAT prep, JOYA Scholars come alongside junior high and high school students to fill a relational and knowledgeable gap for students and

48:04

Christian Esteban, Executive Director, JOYA Scholars

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2021/06/14

Jodi got the chance to speak with Christian Esteban, the current Executive Director of the JOYA Scholars program.The program's mission is to inspire and prepare students from families of low-income communities in Fullerton to succeed through higher education. When JOYA Scholars began in 2009, not a single high school student from the Garnet neighborhood in Fullerton, CA - aside from Valeria Sosa who became Garnet’s first college graduate in 2014 - was eligible for a four-year university. Today,

68:04

Vice Mayor Tammy Kim, City of Irvine

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2021/05/11

Jodi welcomed Irvine's Vice Mayor, Tammy Kim, to the podcast, to discuss her historic election to the City Council and to reflect on AAPI Heritage Month as an immigrant from Korea.Vice Mayor Tammy Kim was elected to City Council in November 2020 in a historic win beating out thirteen other candidates to take first place., with more than 43,700 votes, the highest vote count for any City Council candidate in the city’s history. Tammy is a mother, a nonprofit leader, educator, community advocate, small

48:00

Vincent Tran, Community Engagement Coordinator, VietRISE

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2021/04/30

Jodi is joined by Vincent Tran, Community Engagement Coordinator, VietRISE.Vincent is a community organizer, a second-generation Vietnamese American, and a lifelong resident of Orange County. As Community Engagement Coordinator for VietRISE, he helps organize Vietnamese residents to defend immigrant rights and housing rights. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as a member of the COVID-19 Community Response team and led a team of Census field staff that contacted and assisted over 5,000

33:45

Gavin Kane, Board Member, LGBT Center of Orange County

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2021/04/17

Gavin Kane a Member of the Orange County LGBTQ Center Board of Directors.An Orange County native, Gavin is currently working at California State University, Fullerton for the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. He started at Fullerton College, transferred to UCLA graduating summa cum laude, and is now pursuing graduate studies at California State University, Fullerton.Jodi got a chance to connect with Gavin to discuss his higher education journey and path to serving his local community

44:24

Dr. Shana Charles, Public Health Policy Expert

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2021/04/08

Dr. Shana Alex Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at Cal State Fullerton. She worked as Director of Health Insurance Studies and nine years as a Senior Research Associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Dr. Charles's research focuses on expansions of health insurance and its impact on access to care, and underinsurance among those with coverage. She also specializes in political issues surrounding health care reform at both the state and the national

41:59

Zoot Velaso, Director of the Gianneschi Center for...

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2021/03/19

Zoot Velasco is Director of the Gianneschi Center for Nonprofit Research at California State University Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business & Economics. There, he hosts the Gianneschi Fellowship in Social Impact Leadership, G3X programs, the popular 501(c)3(b)(s) podcast, research projects, and coaches organizations from Victorville to San Pedro. He is a professor of Business and Marketing at Mihaylo College as well as Nonprofit Management and Leadership at California Polytechnic Institute,

54:31

Dr. Mike Moodian, Co-Director of the Orange County...

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2021/03/12

Dr. Michael A. (Mike) Moodian has served as a faculty member in various capacities at Chapman University since 2007. He codirects Wilkinson College’s Orange County Annual Survey and teaches for the Leadership Studies minor and Integrated Educational Studies major programs.Mike has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and commentaries and has been a guest op-ed contributor for newspapers such as the Orange County Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Voice of OC, and

37:17

Jim Box, Director of Community Service, City of Buena...

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2021/03/05

Jim Box is a life-long public administrator in Orange County. He is currently the Director of Community Service at the City of Buena Park and was previously the Stanton City Manager, having served Stanton for over twenty years. Jim is also an adjunct professor of public administration at Fullerton College.Jim connected with Jodi to talk about the side of politics that is so often not understood - public administration - and how it impacts every aspect of your communities.

30:17

Carrie, Laura, and Jeanette talk with Jodi about...

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2021/02/26

Homeshare OC is a program of Homeless Intervention Services OC that aims at tackling the student housing crisis. The program's innovative approach to student housing not only provides safe and affordable living conditions but also fosters an environment where students can thrive and succeed in their academic pursuits. Jodi sits down with Carrie, Laura, and Jeanette to talk about housing policy and how college students in America are struggling to achieve their goals.

36:10

Lt. Commander Jay Chen, Community College Trustee,...

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2021/02/18

Lieutenant Commander Jay Chen is a Navy intelligence officer, small business owner, and President of the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio.He is the first Democrat to throw his hat in the race to unseat Republican Rep. Young Kim in California's competitive 39th Congressional district. Jay is no stranger to this race. He ran in 2012 against Republican Rep. Ed Royce, which culminated into the strongest showing a Democrat ever produced against the long-term Congressman. His 2012 race is attributed

33:24

Dr. Vicki Calhoun, Fullerton Joint Union High School...

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2021/02/11

Dr. Calhoun is the first African-American to hold elected office in Fullerton, California.As a little girl growing up in Fullerton, Dr. Calhoun was bussed from her home school, Maple Elementary to Laguna Road, a school in a more affluent area of the City. She received a strong foundation in academics at Laguna and at the other Fullerton schools, she later attended Ladera Vista Junior High and Fullerton High.Having that foundation enabled Dr. Calhoun to succeed in higher education, earning her

29:24

Jose Trinidad Castañeda, Fullerton Planning...

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2021/02/05

We're back!To kick off the new year, Jodi interviews Jose Trinidad Castañeda. Jose is a Fullerton native, serves on the City of Fullerton Planning Commission, and has served on the Parks and Recreation Commission and South Coast AQMD Youth Council. Jose played a leading role in the historic election of Democrat Fullerton Councilman Fred Jung, district 1, a historically conservative district.He graduated from Fullerton College and California State University, Los Angeles, and works in the

36:38

Assemblyman Phil Chen (R-55th District)

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2020/12/16

Phil Chen is a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing District 55. He assumed office in 2016. His current term ends on December 4, 2022. He ran for re-election to the California State Assembly to represent District 55. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.Chen previously served as a representative on the Walnut Valley Unified School District Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board in November 2011 and served until he took office in

34:13

Getting to know Fullerton's new City Councilmen

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2020/12/01

Fred Jung and Nick Dunlap both recently won seats on the Fullerton City Council in districts 1 and 2, respectively. I got a chance to talk to them about why they ran, their experience campaigning during a pandemic, and what they plan to do when they formally join the council.

57:49

Election Results, part 2, with Steven Sherry,...

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2020/11/13

The election didn't just end on November 3rd. There are ballots STILL being counted and campaigns are anxiously awaiting those remaining results. Did the type of race those campaigns ran impact their long, drawn-out result? This is just one of the many questions answered in today's episode with Democratic political consultant Steven Sherry.

60:29

Post-Election Triage with Dr. Sarah Hill, Professor...

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2020/11/06

We're still watching those final mail-in ballots trickle in and get counted but we have a pretty clear idea of who won and what happened on November 3rd. To help triage these election results, I invited onto the podcast Dr. Sarah Hill, a professor at Cal State Fullerton and graduate of California Institute of Technology

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