John M. W. Moorlach began his public career in 1994, when as a CPA and Certified Financial Planner, he warned that Orange County’s highly leveraged investment strategies would lead to fiscal disaster. Orange County filed for bankruptcy protection that December, incurring an historic $1.64 billion in investment losses. The incumbent County Treasurer resigned in disgrace and would be convicted and serve time. Appointed to turn around the mess, John Moorlach quickly reorganized the Treasurer’s office, lowered risks, cut costs, and made it more efficient and transparent.  As an officer of the County, he assisted in its exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy in 18 months without the need of a sales tax hike. Moorlach also played a significant role in obtaining more than $800 million in litigation settlements, the largest in U.S. history at that time. John Moorlach’s sound planning and diligent work ethic helped bring Orange County back to fiscal health and restored the peoples’ trust. He earned a national reputation as an accessible expert in municipal finance. Grateful voters twice re-elected John Moorlach as Treasurer-Tax Collector, then in 2006 to the first of two terms as an Orange County Supervisor. In 2015, he won his State Senate special election outright in the Primary. In the Senate, Moorlach has warned that serious problems lurk behind California’s seeming prosperity. He produced balance sheet analyses of all California cities, counties, and school districts, communicating how pension and retiree medical liabilities are putting hundreds of budgets at risk for fiscal distress, should an economic down cycle occur. The effort has been one of measuring the fiscal conditions in order to manage toward sounder financial policies. Building on a concern for policies on mental illness, including leading the state’s implementation of Laura’s Law and funding for psychiatric hospital beds, John Moorlach is a recognized leader at the state and county in working for solutions to homelessness. John and Trina live in Costa Mesa and are proud grandparents. When his children were younger, John and his family spent family vacations traveling all over beautiful California, visiting every county and photographing nearly all its 1,114 historical landmarks.

Dave Min is a father, a devoted husband, and a UC Irvine law professor who has dedicated his life to improving the economic opportunities available to working families. After graduating from Wharton and Harvard Law School, Dave began his career as an Enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, turning down higher paying private sector jobs to help protect the retirement security of seniors and help clean up an unfair and corrupt financial system in the aftermath of the Enron and Worldcom accounting scandals.

Dave went on to work as an economic and financial policy advisor for Senator Chuck Schumer and as an economic policy director at the Center for American Progress. He is a first generation Korean-American and native California who lives and works in Irvine with his wife and UC Irvine School of Law colleague Jane Stoever, where they are raising their three children. Dave is one of the country’s leading experts on banking and housing policy, and he has testified six times before Congress on these issues. His work has been featured in national media outlets such as the New York Times, and he has been a regular guest on TV and radio outlets including CNBC and NPR’s Marketplace.

Endorsed by: California Federation of Teachers, California Teachers Association, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, California League of Conservation Voters, and Equality California. Here's why:

Dave Min isn’t a career politician – he’s a father and UC Irvine Law Professor, running to stand up for California families against the divisive politics of the Trump Administration. Dave Min is a former prosecutor on Wall Street who has spent his career fighting for a fair economy. He went after the big banks that caused the housing crisis and helped save millions of families from foreclosure. He’s a leading economic expert who’s testified six times before Congress.

Dave Min is a native Californian, son of Korean immigrants, and UC Irvine Law Professor. He embodies the American Dream and he’ll fight to keep it alive for future generations.

Dave Min’s priorities: women’s equality, universal healthcare, quality public schools, ending homelessness, preventing gun violence, improving transportation, combating climate change.

Women: "Dave Min is 100% pro-choice and has fought and defended women's rights --- in the workplace, the doctor's office, and our community." – California State Controller Betty Yee

Environment: “Dave Min is the candidate we trust to be a champion for clean energy, protecting our coastlines, and safeguarding our air and water.” – CA League of Conservation Voters

Healthcare: “Dave Min will fight for access to quality, affordable care for all Californians.” – Dr. Richard Pan, Chair, Senate Health Committee

Dave is married to Jane Stoever, who directs UC Irvine School of Law’s Domestic Violence Clinic and is a leading advocate for survivors of abuse. They live in Irvine with their three children.

Defending Our American Dream – DaveMin.com

Katrina Foley is a community leader, successful businesswoman and attorney who became Costa Mesa’s first directly elected Mayor in November 2018. Katrina also served as Mayor in 2016-2017, and has been on the Costa Mesa City Council for 11 years.

Previously serving on the Newport Mesa Unified School District Board of Trustees from November 2010 to November 2014, Katrina’s focus is on making local Orange County communities better for families.

Katrina is President of The Foley Group, A Professional Law Corporation in Newport Beach. The Foley Group, PLC provides services in contract negotiations for artists and athletes, civil business and employment litigation, and non-profit compliance matters. In 2001 and 2004, Katrina was honored by Women in Leadership and the National Association of Women Business Owners’ at the annual Remarkable Women Awards event.

Her service on local and regional boards and agencies includes the following: serving on the Travel Costa Mesa and Toll Corridor Agency Boards, and liaison to the Newport Mesa Arts Commission, Cultural Arts Committee, Bike and Walkability Committee, Pension and Finance Advisory and Special Districts Committee, as well as the Orange County Fair. As a City Councilmember from November 2004 to November 2010, Foley served as the Chair to the Redevelopment Agency and City Council liaison to the following: the Orange County Fair, Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Youth in Government Program, Child Care and Youth Services Committee, Cultural Arts Committee, and Santa Ana River Trail Blue Ribbon Committee. She also Chaired the Coast Community College Measure M Oversight Committee and was recognized as the Orange Coast College Citizen of the Year.

A proud graduate of Head Start and a Pell Grant recipient, Katrina understands what it is like to grow up in a family facing financial challenges. As the daughter and wife of union members, Katrina has always stood with California’s workers and working families in their efforts to organize and collectively bargain.

In law school, Katrina established the school’s first women’s resource to serve domestic violence victims and chaired the women’s law caucus. The small clinic is now a well-established, for credit clinic run by the law school. Katrina was the City of Costa Mesa’s first pregnant Planning Commissioner. At that time, she initiated changing tables in the restrooms and a nursing station for employees at a new IKEA development.

Katrina has two sons in college who attended Costa Mesa Public Schools. She lives in Costa Mesa with her husband of 28 years Casey, a local teacher.