Crime is increasing but our City Council Members say it’s an anomaly
Santa Ana's City Council Members are finally reacting to the increasing violence and crime in our city - but their reaction is not what anyone might have expected. In a…
Meet the Mayor, City Council and City Commissioners on April 10
City of Santa Ana Advisory: SPECIAL EVENT: Community Invited to Attend Meet & Greet with Mayor & City Council as well as their appointees to city boards & commissions On…
The Mayor and City Council will honor Rev. Louis V. Carlson Jr. tonight
City of Santa Ana Advisory: Mayor and City Council Will Honor a Community Member as an Exceptional Citizen at Tonight’s City Council Meeting SANTA ANA, CA (April 1, 2014) -…
City Council gets good news about Santa Ana’s finances as revenues increase
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Alert: Mayor and City Council React to Financial Forecast At Upcoming City Council Meeting SANTA ANA, CA (February 3, 2014) – At Tuesday’s…
City of Santa Ana releases 2014 Council and Committee Meeting calendar
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Alert: CITY OF SANTA ANA 2014 CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS CALENDAR SANTA ANA, CA (December 19, 2013) - On December…
There were 17 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 12
There were 17 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping. Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Type Description…
City Council blew over a million dollars getting rid of Paul Walters
[caption id="attachment_31887" align="aligncenter" width="396"] This Council spends money like drunken sailors...[/caption] At its last meeting with him, an appreciative City Council honored O’Rourke with a proclamation and declared the day…
Updated: Adios Jill Arthur
UPDATED: The Voice of OC is now reporting that Jill Arthur is possibly working in a volunteer capacity for Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. We have no problem with that. …
City Council agrees to pay $275K to an innnocent man attacked by a police dog
The Santa Ana City Council has agreed to pay $275,000 to a Santa Ana resident who contended in a claim that he had been mauled by a police dog, according…
Santa Ana’s Gilbert Melendez, a UFC title contender, honored by the City Council
Santa Ana City Council proclamations are usually overlooked, however one that should have been noted was the honoring of Santa Ana's own Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title contender Gilbert "El Nino"…
Why Rocco’s misguided recall campaign against Mayor Pulido will fail
We reported back on March 21, that Steve Rocco, the perennial candidate who appears to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, had filed paperwork with the Santa Ana…
May Day at the Santa Ana City Council meeting on May 6
Join the OC May Day Coalition this Monday night, at 5:30 pm, at the Santa Ana City Council meeting, as they come together to share their stories and demand that…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Kevin O'Rourke
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
The City Council fired Walters but it’s still business as usual at City Hall
I almost fell out of my chair laughing today when I read that "Among the shifts Rourke made late in March, External Affairs Manager Jill Arthur was promoted to deputy…
Council to consider the marijuana dispensary measure, which is a hot mess
One of our readers asked me to have a look at the information that the Santa Ana City Council will be reviewing and voting upon at tomorrow night's Council meeting,…
Isn’t it time to diversify our City Council via ward-specific elections?
Diverse? No! The last time someone tried to change our City Council elections from at large to ward specific the effort failed, primarily because white voters were told that the…
