Katrina Foley

Katrina Foley
Foley in 2021
Member of the
Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
Preceded byLisa Bartlett (redistricted)
Member of the
Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 2nd district
In office
March 26, 2021 – January 10, 2023
Preceded byMichelle Steel
Succeeded byVicente Sarmiento (redistricted)
Mayor of Costa Mesa
In office
December 4, 2018 – March 26, 2021
Preceded bySandra L. Genis
Succeeded byJohn Stephens
In office
December 13, 2016 – November 7, 2017
Preceded byStephen Mensinger
Succeeded bySandra L. Genis
Member of the Costa Mesa City Council
In office
December 2, 2004 – December 14, 2010
Preceded byGary Monahan
Succeeded byStephen Mensinger
In office
December 2, 2014 – December 4, 2018
Preceded bySandra L. Genis
Succeeded bySandra L. Genis
Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board Member, Trustee Area 2
In office
December 14, 2010 – December 2, 2014
Preceded byMichael B. Collier
Succeeded byCharlene Metoyer
Personal details
Born
Katrina Anne Foley

(1967-07-05) July 5, 1967 (age 57)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCasey
Children2
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Seattle University (JD)
Websitehttps://www.katrinafoley.com/
Foley in 2016

Katrina Anne Foley (born July 5, 1967) is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 5th district, assuming office as supervisor on March 26, 2021.[1] She is Chair of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, and also serves on the boards of the Orange County Transportation Authority and Orange County Fire Authority.[2]

Prior to her victory in a March 9, 2021 special election, she served as Mayor of Costa Mesa, California, where she became the city's first directly elected mayor in 2018.[3][4] She previously ran an unsuccessful bid for California's 37th State Senate district, placing 3rd in the 2020 primary election with 24.7% of the vote.

Her victory in a March 9, 2021 special election flip a seat in the Orange County Board of Supervisors, making her the second Democrat on the board, the other being Doug Chaffee. In 2022, when Foley narrowly won re-election to the board, under new district boundaries, a third Democrat also entered the board, flipping control of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from Republican to Democratic. That marked the first time since 1976 in which Democrats had control of the board.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Cardine, Sara (March 26, 2021). "Foley sworn in to Board of Supervisors, announces O.C. fairgrounds will host COVID-19 vaccine site". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Board Members - Katrina Foley". www.octa.net. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. ^ "Katrina Foley represents the Second District on the Orange County Board of Supervisors". Katrina Foley Site. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. ^ Cardine, Sara (March 9, 2021). "Katrina Foley wins race to replace Steel on Orange County Board of Supervisors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "OC Supervisor Katrina Foley wins District 5 seat, cements board's first Democrat majority in decades". Orange County Register. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. ^ Gerda, Nick (2022-11-18). "Democrats Poised to Take Majority on OC Board of Supervisors for First Time in Decades". Voice of OC. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  7. ^ "Orange County Board of Supervisors seats first Democratic majority in decades". Los Angeles Times. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  8. ^ "Unions are the real winner in Democratic control of Orange County board". Orange County Register. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  9. ^ Gerda, Nick (2022-12-05). "Will Orange County Change With Democrats' New Majority on the Board of Supervisors?". Voice of OC. Retrieved 2022-12-12.