New Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Moorlach has challenged “officials from the city of Santa Ana over his plans to use a defunct bus station in the midst of Santa Ana’s downtown to feed, and potentially house, homeless people,” according to the Voice of OC.
Our County government has done [...]
Archive for the ‘Development’ Category
Moorlach wants to house the homeless in the old Santa Ana bus station
Posted by Admin on January 25th, 2012
Walmart not planning to fill the Food for Less vacancy in NE Santa Ana
Posted by Admin on January 17th, 2012
Walmart is opening two new stores in Orange County, in Irvine and in Huntington Beach, according to the O.C. Register. Walmart also recently opened a new superstore in Anaheim. But there is no truth to the rumor that they are planning to open a store at the vacancy created when Food for Less closed their [...]
Posted in Business, Development, Planning, Santa Ana 
Tags: Development, Food for Less, northeast santa ana, Orange County, planning, Santa Ana, Walmart 
4 Comments »Groundbreaking at Santa Ana’s Station District development on Jan. 10
Posted by Admin on January 7th, 2012
[ January 10, 2012; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Friday January 6, 2012, 4:03 PM
Advisory: PRESS CONFERENCE ADVISORY Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency and Related California Break Ground on Station District
SANTA ANA, CA (January 6, 2012) – On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm at the project site at 600 N. Lacy Street in Santa Ana (Corner of Lacy [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Development, Entertainment, housing, Santa Ana Tags: Development, groundbreaking, housing, Santa Ana, station district 4 Comments »Save the Sexlinger Orchard demonstration set for this Sat., Jan. 7
Posted by Admin on January 3rd, 2012
[ January 7, 2012; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
DEMONSTRATION THIS SATURDAY
January 7, 2012 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Come on out to our first demo of 2012. We continue to connect with lots of folks in support of preserving the Sexlinger Orange Orchard. Come on by to say hello, sign our petition or, leave a message to the Santa Ana Planning Department and [...]
Updated: Usual Suspects punked by Appellate Court – the OBP Tower is back on!
Posted by Admin on December 7th, 2011
Mike Harrah can start building his One Broadway Plaza Tower now!
“The 4th District Court of Appeal last week reversed an Orange County Superior Court ruling that had put a stop to the construction of One Broadway Plaza, a 37-story office tower in Santa Ana that voters approved in 2005,” according to the Voice of OC.
The [...]
Bar fight breaks out in Downtown Santa Ana
Posted by Admin on November 16th, 2011
The Santa Ana Planning Commission is considering new rules for Downtown Santa Ana bars – and several of the more controversial bar owners and other Downtown Santa Ana gadflyes showed up at this evening’s meeting to speak up in support of a proposed expansion sought by Proof Bar.
You may recall that Proof owner Joey Mendes [...]
Posted in Bars, Civic Affairs, Development, Planning, Santa Ana, Sean Mill Tags: bars, phil bacerra, planning commission, proof, Santa Ana, sean mill, tish leon 43 Comments »Why did Santa Ana Occupy fail to support affordable housing last night?
Posted by Admin on November 8th, 2011
Why should Santa Ana Occupy care about affordable housing?
Their leader is a wealthy lawyer who lives in Brea!
About 40 members of Santa Ana Occupy showed up at Santa Ana’s City Council last night. Thanks to them the meeting went on until midnight. In the end the City Council rejected their demand to camp out [...]
Posted in Affordable Housing, Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Development, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: affordable housing, brea, greg diamond, occupy, Santa Ana 58 Comments »How will the PBID affect two new Downtown Santa Ana businesses?
Posted by Admin on October 2nd, 2011
Not the Quinciniera store…
Tim O’Connor, one of the owners of Downtown Santa Ana’s Chapter One: the Modern Local restaurant, recently opined at a Santa Ana City Council meeting that there are too many quinciniera shops in the area. Here is how he was quoted in the pages of the OC Weekly:
“This is specifically for most [...]
Will the Chivas USA soccer team move to Santa Ana’s Willowick Golf Course?
Posted by Admin on September 25th, 2011
The City of Santa Ana has entered into negotiations with the Chivas USA soccer team, with a goal of relocating them to the Willowick Golf Course - with perhaps a temporary home at Eddie West Field.
According to a City of Santa Ana press release, “the potential move to Santa Ana would include their Major League team, reserve [...]
Claudia Alvarez apologizes for comparing Irv Chase to Hitler
Posted by Admin on August 25th, 2011
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized today, in a phone call to the L.A. Times, for making statements that could be construed to be anti-Semitic.
“What I said was inappropriate, and I let my emotions get the best of me,” Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez told the L.A. Times. Here are a few more excerpts from [...]
City of Santa Ana proposes a new Housing Opportunity Ordinance
Posted by Admin on August 14th, 2011
The City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element communicates goals, policies and programs to address the Santa Ana’s local and regional housing needs. The proposed Housing Opportunity Ordinance is one tool to ensure future residential development projects contribute to the attainment of the affordable housing goals set forth in the Housing Element of the [...]
Save the Sexlinger Orchard demonstration set for Saturday, August 13
Posted by Admin on August 11th, 2011
[ August 13, 2011; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
There will be another “Save Our Orchard” demonstration this Saturday, August 13th, 2011 from 10am – 2pm.
Also, the activists who are fighting to stop development at the site of the Sexlinger Orchard will be formally introducing the Save Our Orchard Coalition to the City Council this coming Monday, August 15th at 5:30pm at the City [...]
Posted in Development, Entertainment, Nature, Parks and Recreation, Politics, Real Estate, Santa Ana Tags: demonstration, Santa Ana, sexlinger orchard 2 Comments »L.A. Times focuses on effort to save the Sexlinger Orchard
Posted by Admin on July 23rd, 2011
[ July 23, 2011; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
The L.A. Times published an article about the effort to save the Sexlinger Orchard this week. Here are a few excerpts from the article:
A real estate company wants to build 24 single-family homes on the land, but opponents with the Save Our Orchard Coalition say the project, currently in the review stage with the city, would destroy [...]
Usual Suspects punked? Harrah said to have found tenant and construction of OBP to begin in fall
Posted by Admin on July 21st, 2011
Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weekly is reporting that Mike Harrah has found a company that will lease 50 percent of One Broadway Plaza clearing the way for him to begin construction on the building and thus punk the Usual Suspects making their recent court victory a moot point. You may remember that the 2005 [...]
Usual Suspects use the courts to force a new One Broadway Plaza election
Posted by Admin on July 14th, 2011
A Superior court judge has sided with Santa Ana’s Usual Suspects, derailing the One Broadway Project development and forcing its developer, Mike Harrah, to return to the ballot box, according to the Voice of OC blog.
The Santa Ana City Council amended the developer agreement last year, allowing Harrah to start the project without preleasing fifty [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Courts, Development, Politics, redevelopment, Santa Ana Tags: jeff dickman, measure a, mike harrah, obp, one broadway plaza, Santa Ana, special election, usual suspects 13 Comments »
