Will Tom Daly become the new Tom Umberg? (And who knew these two had so much in common!)
Brea blogger Greg Diamond offered a breakdown of the electorate in the redistricted 69th Assembly District today, in a comment he posted here on NSA. Here is his comment, followed by my own analysis:
Population of AD-69: 465,317. Population [...]
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Could Tom Daly end up becoming the new Tom Umberg?
Posted by Admin on October 9th, 2011
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, assemblyman jose solorio, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Latinos, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana, State Senator Lou Correa, Supervisor Janet Nguyen 
Tags: 69th assembly district, greg diamond, jose solorio, julio perez, Michele Martinez, tom daly, tom umberg 
12 Comments »Updated: Michele Martinez to kick off her Assembly campaign on 9/22
Posted by Admin on September 20th, 2011
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez has officially announced her candidacy for the 69th Assembly District, in an email I am reproducing below. She is also hosting a Candidacy Announcement Kick-Off event on Thursday, September 22nd. Click here to RSVP on Facebook.
Martinez’ candidacy announcement cited the support of numerous elected and appointed officials, including Assemblyman Jose [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, assemblyman jose solorio, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, mayor miguel pulido, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 69th assembly district, campaign kick off, jose solorio, Michele Martinez 14 Comments »Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council
Posted by Admin on September 6th, 2011
The Santa Ana City Council just voted on the 85 A item that was put on the agenda tonight, by Council Members Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides. They said they weren’t trying to punish Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, but that is precisely what they were trying to do.
The Council voted 4-3 for an alternate [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: Carlos Bustamante, Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, Michele Martinez, Vince Sarmiento 11 Comments »Live blogging – Alvarez vs. Bustamante and Benavides at the Council meeting
Posted by Admin on September 6th, 2011
I am covering tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting – which figures to be an epic confrontation between Republican Council Member Carlos Bustamante and his sidekick, David Benavides vs. Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. The “B Boys” have put an 85 A item on the agenda to punish and maybe even ask Alvarez to resign [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: amin david, archer altstaetter, Carlos Bustamante, Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, hitler, irv chase, los amigos, miguel pulido 12 Comments »Benavides and Bustamante to attack Alvarez at the 9/6 City Council meeting
Posted by Admin on September 4th, 2011
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez has faced a withering attack this week, even though she has already apologized for her ill-chosen analogy, comparing developer and landlord Irv Chase, who it turns out is Jewish, to Adolf Hitler. She might have made it through this mini-storm if her colleagues had stuck by her but [...]
Posted in Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 85a, Carlos Bustamante, city council, Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, mayor pro tem, Santa Ana 66 Comments »The Santa Ana City Council will host a PBID Public Hearing on 8/24
Posted by Admin on August 23rd, 2011
[ August 23, 2011; 10:00 pm; ]
The Santa Ana City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 5 pm. The biggest item on the agenda is a public hearing regarding the controversial Downtown Santa Ana PBID – an annual assessment that has succeeded in cleaning up and marketing Downtown Santa Ana.
I have no idea how the Santa [...]
Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Entertainment, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Santa Ana Tags: city council, Claudia Alvarez, Downtown Inc., PBID, Santa Ana 9 Comments »Will the soccer haters apologize now that the Chivas are not coming to town?
Posted by Admin on August 10th, 2011
Pictured: The Board of the Santa Ana Soccer and Business Association, with Miguel Pulido and Vince Sarmiento
The Voice of OC is reporting that we were right – the Chivas USA soccer team is NOT moving to Santa Ana after all. Will Santa Ana’s soccer-hating Usual Suspects now apologize for creating mass hysteria about the proposed [...]
Perez should drop out now that Martinez is running for the 69th A.D.
Posted by Admin on August 8th, 2011
Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez made an interesting announcement this morning on her Facebook page, “Good Morning! I wanted to share some great news with all of you. In the next week or so I will officially declare my candidacy for the 69 Assembly District. Michele Martinez.”
I have been tracking this story for weeks. For [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, assemblyman jose solorio, california, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, mayor miguel pulido, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 69th assembly district, jose solorio, julio perez, Michele Martinez, Sal Tinajero, Vince Sarmiento 15 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 »Should the Santa Ana City Council hire Paul Walters as the new City Manager?
Posted by Admin on August 1st, 2011
Who should be the next Santa Ana City Manager?
I am not sure
Raul Godinez, Santa Ana Public Works Director
Gerardo Mouet, Santa Ana Parks and Rec Agency Director
None of the above
Paul Walters, SAPD Chief
A woman!
Any white Republican will do!
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We broke the story that the Santa Ana City Council [...]
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Pulido regains control
Posted by Admin on August 1st, 2011
Can’t let a rainy day go by without a new edition of Santa Ana Political Chismes, can we? Church doesn’t start for another hour, so here goes…
The Voice of OC recently reported that “As the Santa Ana City Council goes about choosing a new city manager and city attorney — two decisions that will affect [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Santa Ana Tags: beth krom, Carlos Bustamante, Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, great park, irvine, miguel pulido, Orange County, PBID, Santa Ana, wingstop 21 Comments »Has the City of Santa Ana suspended its city manager search?
Posted by Admin on July 27th, 2011
Several sources in and around Santa Ana’s City Hall are reporting that the City of Santa Ana has suspended their search for a new city manager. I am told that this was also conveyed to a reporter from the Voice of OC today. However, another source reported that there is no suspension. The truth is [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Dave Ream, Latinos, Lawyers, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Santa Ana Tags: city attorney search, city manager search, jill arthur, miguel pulido, paul walter, Santa Ana 12 Comments »Santa Ana Parks and Rec Director Mouet appointed to the O.C. Fair Board
Posted by Admin on July 20th, 2011
Gerardo Mouet, 53, of Santa Ana, has been appointed to the 32nd District Agricultural Association, Orange County Fair Board, by California Governor Jerry Brown, according to the California Newswire.
Mouet has served in multiple positions with the City of Santa Ana since 1990, serving as executive director of Parks and Recreation since 2004. In that position [...]
Santa Ana City Council at odds over next City Attorney
Posted by Admin on July 19th, 2011
I got a call earlier today from a fellow who is very tight with various elements at the Santa Ana City Hall, regarding the search for our next City Attorney. He gave me the name of the Latina he said was going to get the job, and I ran with it – only to get [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Latinos, Lawyers, mayor miguel pulido, Santa Ana Tags: city attorney, miguel pulido, Santa Ana 9 Comments »Amezcua’s old pal Ojeda, of the Mexican Mafia, gets busted again
Posted by Admin on July 14th, 2011
A chill must have gone up failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua’s spine this morning when he cracked open the newspaper and found out that “Federal and state authorities charged 99 alleged Orange County gang members with crimes including murder, drug trafficking and extortion, at least half or whom were associated with the Mexican Mafia [...]
Posted in Alfredo Amezcua, Courts, Crime, gangs, mayor miguel pulido, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: alfredo amezcua, arrests, fbi, gangs, la eme, mexican mafia, operation black flag, peter ojeda, Santa Ana, sapd 10 Comments »
