Allen Recall Group Opens Second Office : Politics: Westminster location broadens effort to oust Speaker. Foes expect to have enough signatures by mid-August to force vote.

By PHUONG NGUYEN

July 23, 1995 12 AM PT

TIMES STAFF WRITER

WESTMINSTER —

Members of a committee seeking to recall Assembly Speaker Doris Allen (R-Cypress) have opened a second campaign office in an effort to broaden their support.

To celebrate the opening of the office at the Target/Pavilions Shopping Center on Beach Boulevard, a few dozen members of the Committee to Recall Doris Allen, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R--Huntington Beach) and Assemblyman Curt Pringle (R-Garden Grove), went out Saturday to solicit signatures from local businesses and residences on a recall petition.

Campaign manager Jeff Flint said a second office was opened because they “needed a more centralized location within the district. That way we can cover a greater area.” The group also uses Rohrabacher’s office in Huntington Beach.

Former allies--now angry opponents--of Allen accuse her of being a puppet to then-Speaker Willie Brown, who they say orchestrated her election to the speakership almost a month ago. In addition to support from Democrats, Allen cast a vote for herself--the lone Republican to do so.

“Doris Allen basically sold out the entire Republican party,” Flint said. “And we want a Republican Speaker who will be elected by Republicans.”

The committee aims to gather by mid-August the necessary 25,606 signatures needed to force a recall election.

The number reflects 20% of registered voters who cast ballots in the last general election in Allen’s 67th District, Flint said.

Flint estimated that close to 15,000 signatures have been collected so far, with 1,000 gathered Saturday.

A spokesman for Allen predicted the recall effort would fail, saying the assemblywoman enjoys broad support in the district. Allen herself on Saturday opened a Speaker’s office in Newport Beach.

“The fact that they had to open up a new office signifies that Doris is really getting a lot of support and they’re getting rather desperate,” said Grant Scott, a spokesman for Allen.