OC Action was founded in 2017 to build an AAPI-Latinx-Labor-Environmental Justice Alliance and to develop progressive political power. This has been the result of decades of community organizing and integrated voter engagement in the region. Underrepresented communities across Orange County have undergone significant shifts in local empowerment in recent years.
OC Action is committed to a long-term progressive transformation of the electorate and will continue to move towards the change that our people deserve.
- What do Little Saigon’s Vietnamese residents expect from new Rep. Derek Tran?Community leaders who were actively involved in the district during the most recent election cycle also pointed to housing security as a key issue. While issues with housing affordability and cost of living are prevalent across the county, Little Saigon faces higher poverty rates and lower household incomes compared to the rest of Orange County. (OC Register)
- Grassroots voter power speaks louder than corporate interests in Congressional District 45Release: In one of the biggest upsets in the 2024 congressional elections and propelled by a massive community effort to uplift progressive Latinx and Asian voices, Democrat Derek Tran pulled ahead of two-term Republican incumbent Michelle Steel by 613 votes on November 26, after which Steel conceded.
- We Are California – Thank youThank you so much for joining us last Saturday at the We Are California – Orange County Regional Convening. Together, we joined more than 1,000 community members who also came to connect, reflect and build power together from Oakland, San Jose, and Fresno, to Los Angeles, San Diego, and our convening in Santa Ana.
- OC groups brace for Trump immigration directives (ABC)With threats of mass deportations by President-elect Donald Trump, immigrant rights advocates in Orange County say factual information and support at the local level are key to protecting immigrant communities.
- Derek Tran ahead by 314 votes in CA-45 race (LA Times)An Orange County congressional race, one of the closest in the country, is coming down to so few votes that it feels more like a small-town city council contest than a race for the House of Representatives.
- We Are California Open LetterWE ARE CALIFORNIA is a new effort to unite our communities and movements from San Diego to the far North regions of our state, from the Bay to LA and from our coasts to our inland regions. We call on our movements to remember who we are as Californians and to lean into our greatest strength – one another.
OC Action educates voters on key issues that impact the community to bring progressive change in Orange County. OC Action is tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(4).
