The OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano is a huge fan of far-left Democrat Julio Perez – one of four Democrats vying for the 69th Assembly District. That’s fine. What is not cool is Gustavo’s continued allegation that Santa Ana Council Woman Michele Martinez “sold out” to Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. That [...]
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No Gustavo, Michele Martinez and I did not sell out to Miguel Pulido
Posted by Art Pedroza on January 24th, 2012
Posted in 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Alfredo Amezcua, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Dave Ream, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Latinos, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana 
Tags: 69th assembly district, al amezcua, alfredo amezcua, gustavo arellano, julio perez, Michele Martinez, miguel pulido, Santa Ana 
14 Comments »Introducing the new OC Politics blog
Posted by Art Pedroza on January 2nd, 2012
Yes its true – I launched a new Orange County political blog on New Year’s Day. I am calling it the “Orange County Politics Blog.”
As many of you may know, I started Orange County’s first political blog, the Orange Juice, back in 2003. It became Orange County’s top political blog and I believe that one [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Blogs, elections, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: art pedroza, OC Politics blog, orange juice, vern nelson 11 Comments »Santa Ana residents would get better service under the O.C. Library system
Posted by Art Pedroza on December 4th, 2011
The Friends of the Santa Ana Library are actively opposing the possible outsourcing of the City of Santa Ana’s public library system – which would entail joining the Orange County Public Library system, according to the O.C. Register. Their President, Sue Stewart, told the Register, ““Any time you become larger, you lose flexibility and services [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Literature, Orange County, Santa Ana, tustin Tags: friends of the library, Lupe Moreno, minutemen, orange county library, outsourcing, Santa Ana, tustin 8 Comments »Will Fisher Park residents keep blocking the Santiago Creek bike trail?
Posted by Art Pedroza on November 19th, 2011
The Santiago Creek bike trail ends in the Fisher Park Neighborhood
A possible creekside bike trail proposed by some residents in north Santa Ana is generating controversy in an adjacent neighborhood, with neighbors arguing over whether the trail would create more crime and safety hazards in the area, according to the Voice of OC.
The irony is [...]
Posted in Bicycles, Neighborhood Associations, Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana Tags: bike trail, fisher park, Santa Ana, santiago creek 33 Comments »How and why I ended up helping Pulido to defeat Amezcua last year
Posted by Art Pedroza on August 7th, 2011
Former Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream was not a fan of the Orange Juice blog
I have taken a lot of heat over the past couple of years because I ended up supporting Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido for Mayor last year – and I was retained by his consultant to design his campaign blog. [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Alfredo Amezcua, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Dave Ream, elections, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana, Sean Mill Tags: alfredo amezcua, miguel pulido, Santa Ana, usual suspects 10 Comments »New Santa Ana’s editor, Art Pedroza, joins the Democratic Party
Posted by Art Pedroza on July 20th, 2011
Santa Ana is dominated by voters registered with the Democratic Party – and it has gotten worse for the Republican Party over the past few years.
Take a look, for example, at voter registration in the First Supervisorial District, which includes all of Santa Ana. There are 98,164 Democratic voters in the district, versus 76,738 Republican [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, elections, Latino Leaders, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 2012, art pedroza, Democratic Party, elections, registration, republican party, Santa Ana 30 Comments »The SAUSD honors the top 100 students of 2011
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 19th, 2011
The Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) Top 100 scholars of the Class of 2011 were honored tonight for their academic achievement during the 52th Annual Top 100 Academic Achievement Recognition.
The ceremony was held at 6 p.m. at Guaranty Chevrolet — a school district partner — located at 711 E. 17th Street in Santa Ana.
State [...]
Posted in Education, Santa Ana, sausd, State Senator Lou Correa, Youth Tags: godinez high school, joseph pedroza, Santa Ana, sausd, top 100 students No Comments »
