PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release
For further information contact: David Sundstrom, 714.834.2456
January 5, 2011
“Orange County Auditor-Controller David Sundstrom Releases the OC Citizens’ Report”
(Santa Ana, CA) – The Auditor-Controller’s office has just released its Annual OC Citizens’ Report.
This is the eighth year the report has been published. The County has received the prestigious Award for
Outstanding Achievement [...]
[ January 11, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Santa Ana Merchants Association
“Working Together for a Better Santa Ana”
Monthly Meeting Speaker
Mr. Carlos Salazar, C.P.A.
Topics: “The Secrets for Saving Money on Business Taxes” and “How to Protect Your Business”
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:30 p.m.
O.C. Musicians’ Association Hall 2050 S. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92707
Enjoy dinner courtesy of the Santa Ana Merchants’ Association
Bring a [...]
[ January 6, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
There has been a lot of dissent in the Santa Ana Artists Village of late, which has been fanned by the local media. The good news is that the folks who run Downtown, Inc., the non-profit that operates the Santa Ana PBID are holding a town hall meeting this week, on January 6, at 6:30 [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Entertainment, Santa Ana, Taxes 
Tags: artists village, assessment, avasa, Downtown Inc., mike harrah, original mike's, PBID, Santa Ana, santora, valet parking, vicky baxter 
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California Governor-elect Jerry Brown is laying the groundwork for a budget plan that would couple deep cuts to state services, including university systems and welfare programs, with a request that voters extend temporary tax hikes on vehicles, income and sales that are set to expire next year, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Among the breaks are [...]
Posted in Business, california, Governor Jerry Brown, jobs, Labor, mayor miguel pulido, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: budget deficit, businesses, california, enterprise zone, jerry brown, miguel pulido, redevelopment, Santa Ana, Taxes 4 Comments »
On the heels of the artist revolt in downtown Santa Ana comes yet another uprising – a group of businesses who want to get rid of the PBID – an annual assessment that business owners in that area have to pay in order to market, clean up and secure the downtown area.
There is no question [...]
Posted in Business, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: assessment, downtown, miguel pulido, PBID, Santa Ana 6 Comments »
LiberalOC blogger Dan Chmielewski likes to say that he has every right to poke his nose into Santa Ana issues because he owns a business in our community. Chmielewski owns Madison Alexander Public Relations and according to the company’s website they have a office located at 902 N. Main Street #107, Santa Ana. When the Orange [...]
Posted in Business, irvine, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: business licenses, Madison Alexander Public Relations, Santa Ana No Comments »
Press Release, For Immediate Release: July 21, 2010
Contact: Darlene J. Bloom, Clerk of the Board
Phone (714) 834-2206, Fax (714) 834-4439
Hall of Administration
333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Rm 101
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Free Filing of Annual Assessment Appeals Now through Sept. 15
The Annual Assessment Appeals Filing Period is from July 2,– September 15, 2010
(Santa Ana, CA) The Orange County Clerk of the [...]
A Santa Ana resident is asking the Santa Ana City Council to stop wasting money on red light cameras. Here are his thoughts, which are well-researched and quite compelling:
Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers:
I wrote to you earlier this month about the proposed contract (a copy of that email is pasted below). I have just read the [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Public Safety, Santa Ana, Taxes, Transportation Tags: red light cameras, Santa Ana 1 Comment »
FOTO FROM ARCHIVE: Members of the U.S. Army during a meeting in Orange County with California State Senator Lou Correa (far left).
Senator Lou Correa, 34th Senate District
For Immediate Release: June 16, 2010
Contact: Lina Hamilton, (916) 651-4034
Senator Correa Strongly Supports Legislation to Save California Taxpayers and Veterans Millions of Dollars
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Lou Correa [...]
Posted in california, Democratic Party, Santa Ana, State Senator Lou Correa, Taxes, Veterans Tags: ab 2651, lou correa, taxpayers, u.s. army, Veterans No Comments »
For Immediate Release: June 15, 2010
For more information contact: Carol Chamberlain – office – (916) 319-2069 cell – (916) 804-5355
Assemblyman Solorio Touts Assembly Budget Proposal for its Emphasis on Jobs and Protecting School Funding
Speaker’s Budget Ensures Local Government, Education Are Funded
SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) today announced his support for the California Jobs Budget, [...]
Darlene J. Bloom, Clerk of the Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2010
Contact: Darlene Bloom, (714) 834-2206, Darlene.Bloom@ocgov.com
New Online Tool Helps Property Owners with Tax Refund Claims
(Santa Ana, CA) – The Orange County Clerk of the Board’s Office has launched a new online Claim for Refund of Taxes and/or Penalties Paid tool that provides residents a [...]
Posted in Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: clerk of the board, darlene j. bloom, Orange County, tax refund claims No Comments »THE FRESHMEN 50
PO Box 15023
Tucson, AZ 85708-5023
www.thefreshmen50.com
Cecilia Iglesias, Candidate for California’s 47th Congressional district is proud to announce that she is a candidate in the “Bullpen” of The Freshmen 50, a coalition of candidates around the country dedicated to fiscal and legislative responsibility. This non-partisan PAC is a simple platform of six reforms – reforms [...]
Posted in elections, Latinos, Politics, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: 47th congressional district, Cecilia Iglesias, freshmen 50, independent, Orange County, Santa Ana No Comments »Forgiveness is Good Business in Santa Ana
April 5, 2010
Forgiveness, it seems, makes good business sense.
Since enacting a business license tax amnesty program at the beginning of February, the City of Santa Ana has collected more that $500,000 from 1,300 unlicensed businesses that did not report or underreported business tax.
“We sent out letters to about 15,000 [...]
Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: business license tax amnesty program, christine duarte, Santa Ana No Comments »I met with Alfredo Amezcua before he announced his campaign for Mayor of Santa Ana. I was really hoping he would be the answer to defeating the incumbent Mayor, Miguel Pulido.
In the next few months, Mayor Miguel Pulido’s allies will tear into Amezcua and leave him destroyed. That is what they did to Pulido’s last mayoral [...]
Senator Lou Correa 34th Senate District
For Immediate Release
February 12, 2010
Contact: John Scribner (916) 651-4034
Correa Presses for Continued Homeowner Tax Protections
SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Lou Correa (Orange County) is jointly authoring legislation that would extend relief to California homeowners who continue to be plagued by injustices of a tax on a phantom gain, a [...]
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