Rick Foster, a Development Processing Review Committee representative for Orange County Pubilc Works, is running for California’s 36th State Senate District seat.

A Democrat and Seal Beach resident, Foster is vying for the coastal state Senate seat in 2026, saying his campaign is focused on affordability in the region. Foster, in his campaign announcement, said he is running for the seat “to ensure that our first responders and teachers can afford to live in the community they serve.”

The 36th Senate District stretches along Orange County’s coast, from Seal Beach down to San Clemente, jutting inland a bit to include Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Westminster as well as Cerritos in southern Los Angeles County.

“My family’s been in Orange County for five generations,” Foster s

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