Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) spoke at the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in Santa Ana Tuesday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)It’s not typical for a congressman to show up in person at a Board of Supervisors meeting. “By making this a sanctuary city and a sanctuary state, we are doing nothing more than attracting millions of more people to come to this country,” Rohrabacher told the board. 187, a ballot initiative that got its start in his coastal Orange County district and called for eliminating basic services such as healthcare and public schooling for immigrants in the country illegally. It’s also received the brunt of the blame for the steep decline of the California Republican Party over the past couple decades.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 29, 2018 17:03 UTC