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 [...]
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Bar fight breaks out in Downtown Santa Ana
Posted by Admin on November 16th, 2011
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 »Save the Sexlinger Orchard demonstration today at 10 am
Posted by Admin on July 9th, 2011
[ July 9, 2011; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]
Save Our Orchard Demonstration on Saturday July 9th, 2011 10:00AM – 2:00 PM
There will be another demonstration held today, Saturday, July 9th, 2011 from 10AM- 2PM, to stop the development of Santa Ana’s last Orange orchard – the Sexlinger orchard.
Stop by for 30 minutes or an hour and help us share the message — “NO” [...]
Posted in Development, Entertainment, Historical, Nature, Real Estate, redevelopment, Santa Ana Tags: demonstration, Santa Ana, save the orchard, sexlinger orchard No Comments »The Yost Theatre and Playground opening up in the East End in August
Posted by Admin on June 23rd, 2011
“Jason Quinn, the 25-year-old chef behind Orange County’s beloved Lime Truck, will be opening a high-end burger restaurant in downtown Santa Ana this summer,” according to the OC Weekly.
The restaurant, to be called Playground, will be located in the East End Promenade, at 220 East Fourth St. in Santa Ana, which was previously leased by Mariscos Tampico.
Playground [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bars, Business, Development, music, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: east end, lime truck, playground, Santa Ana, yost theatre No Comments »Save the Sexlinger Orchard demonstration set for Saturday, June 25
Posted by Admin on June 22nd, 2011
[ June 25, 2011; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]
The activists at “Save the Sexlinger Orchard” are holding another demonstration, on Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 11AM- 3PM.
They ask that our readers stop by for 30 minutes or an hour and help them share the message — “NO” to another housing development and “YES” to an Urban Agriculture Center – the first of this [...]
Santa Ana Pacific Electric Corridor meeting on June 28, in Garden Grove
Posted by Admin on June 20th, 2011
[ June 27, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. June 28, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
You are invited to attend an Open House to receive the most up-to-date information on the Pacific Electric Corridor/West Santa Ana branch study. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) encourages you to become involved with the project planning by coming to learn about progress on the project alternatives.
Ask questions, view displays, enjoy light refreshments. Everyone is [...]
Is Downtown Santa Ana losing its Latino culture?
Posted by Admin on June 18th, 2011
Don Cribb?
Santa Ana’s Nimby Usual Suspects are quick to scream that something is historical whenever their institutions are threatened. And then they sue. They did that when dilapidated housing in the proposed Station District was threatened and they are doing it again now that folks are talking about bringing the Chivas USA soccer team to [...]
