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Derail the
Sale Part 1 - How We Got Here - Orange County Fairgrounds Sale Timeline
July 23,
2009 - Assembly
Bill AB 4X 22 is passed in the middle of the night and authorizes the sale of the Orange County
Fairgrounds. Orange County residents know nothing about the bill. The 32nd DAA Board (Fair Board)
passes a resolution supporting selling the Fairgrounds to a non-profit entity.
2009.05.14 - Proposed sale of O.C. fairgrounds tough sell in
Costa Mesa
2009.05.14 - How OC Fair
board Is Positioning the Sale of the Fairgrounds
2009.07.15 - OC Fairgrounds For Sale?
2009.07.30 - Foundation formed that could buy fairgrounds
2009.08.03 - Fair vendors, event promoters opposed to sale of
fairgrounds
2009.08.06 - Fair vendors protest sale of site
2009.08.07 - Fair nonprofit discusses sale of fairgrounds
2009.08.14 - O.C. Fair controversy isn't going away any time
soon
2009.09.21 - Foes of Proposed Orange County Fair Sale Launch
Website
October
2009 - The Governor puts the Fairgrounds up for sale. The Fair Board forms the non-profit Orange
County Fair Foundation (Fair Foundation) to buy the property from the State. A major conflict of interest
is created by the Fair Board acting as the non-profit Fair Foundation to buy the property managed by the Fair
Board.
2009.10.09 - Orange County Fairgrounds put on
auction block
2009.10.18 - Kristina Dodge Op-Ed
2009.10.21 - Sale Unites Van Tran & Solorio
2009.10.21 - Venezia - Conflict of Interest is the OC Fair
Theme
2009.10.22 - Daily Pilot Fair Board Violations
2009.10.22 - OC Fair Foundation Will Close Its Meetings
to the Public
2009.10.28 - Costa Mesa to go to War on Fairgrounds
November
2009 - Members of
the public sign petitions and postcards and call the Governor asking him to not sell the
Fairgrounds.
2009.11 - Derail the Sale Poster
2009.11.04 - Fairgrounds Fight is about to go Nuclear
2009.11.06 - Venezia - Fairgrounds Issue is Out of
Control
2009.11.09 - Hundreds Protest Fairgrounds Sale
2009.11.16 - County Lawyer Seeks State Probe of OC Fair
Privatization Plan
2009.11.17 - OC Fair Board Violated the Law
2009.11.18 - OC Fairboard's actions regarding sale of fairgrounds
maybe illegal
2009.11.18 - The latest on the OC Fairgrounds
2009.11.20 - County Treasurer speaks out
2009.11.23 - Preserving OCs Greatest Park
2009.11.23 - Coalition Aiming to Halt the Sale
2009.11.23 - District attorney to investigate fair board allegations
2009.11.23 - Unfair secrecy at the Fairgrounds
2009.11.24- Supes to governor - Scrap the Sale
2009.11OCFPS - Why the Sale is a Bad idea
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