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The wife of Santa Ana College Found. Board member Tino Rivera gets caught Trumping on Facebook

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Bertha Rivera-Cortes, the wife of Santa Ana College Foundation Board member Fortino “Tino” Rivera posted something on Facebook recently that we found to be quite mind-boggling. One of our readers took a snapshot of her post. In her comment Bertha wrote “DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen next time you’re in California you’re welcome to eat Mexican food at my house. I’ll cook for you.”

Bertha was referring to what happened earlier this week when Nielsen got caught trying to eat dinner at a Mexican restaurant in DC, MXDC Cocina Mexicana, and protesters showed up. They shouted outside the restaurant until she left. Continue reading→

Trump picked a 19-year old realtor to decide who gets drafted in Orange County

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Mark Vladimir Prizmic, a 19-year-old Realtor from Anaheim, California, was recently appointed by president Trump to serve as the new board member of the Orange County Selective Service System (SSS) Board.

According to the official site of the United States Government: Selective Service System, the mission statement of the SSS is “to furnish manpower to the Defense Department during a national emergency, to manage alternative service for men classified as conscientious objectors, and to register, with only a few exceptions, all male U.S. citizens and male immigrants residing in the United States who are ages 18 through 25…”. Continue reading→

The anti-immigrant Trumper event set for July 9 in DTSA has been cancelled

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The ESports Arena has decided to cancel the “Summer of Conservatism” event planned for DTSA. Apparently the ESports Arena was not affiliated with the event, instead the event was booked using an online form and they were not aware that their venue was being used by anti-Latino Trumpers until we posted about it. Here is the full notice from the ESports Arena: Continue reading→

The Trumpers are coming to DTSA on July 9 to complain about immigration

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It is hard to believe this but apparently a bunch of very right-wing conservatives are hosting a “Make Cali Great” event called the “Summer of Conservatism” at the eSports Arena, in Downtown Santa Ana on July 9, 2017, right across from Mariscos Hector, to talk about subjects including Sanctuary State Policies, Over Taxation, Voter Fraud, 2nd Amendment Rights, Illegal Immigration, and Conservative Activism.

Do these people realize that the Santa Ana City Council recently declared Santa Ana to be a Sanctuary City? And that the Santa Ana City Council cost our city several million dollars a year by canceling a contract with ICE to hold their detainees at our City Jail? Continue reading→

Pres.Trump and Congress are committing $50M to help build the OC Streetcar

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joel Zlotnik (714) 560-5713, Eric Carpenter (714) 560-5697

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2017

OC Streetcar Continues Rolling with Federal Funding

$50 million included in Congressional funding package for O.C.’s first modern streetcar

ORANGE – Plans to build Orange County’s first modern streetcar took another step forward Monday with the announcement that the project will receive $50 million from the federal government, according to a deal struck by Congressional leaders.

The inclusion of the OC Streetcar in the Congressional funding package, expected to be signed by the President, is another strong indicator of federal support for the streetcar project, which will run through the heart of Orange County in Santa Ana and Garden Grove. Continue reading→

Pres. Trump cancels Santa Ana’s ICE jail contract, costing the City $340K a month

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There is a saying that the Santa Ana City Council should have kept in mind when they decided to antagonize President Donald Trump – mess with the bull, you get the horns. And that is exactly what just happened today as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that they will be terminating their Santa Ana jail contract in 90 days, according to a City of Santa Ana press release.

The Santa Ana City Council had announced last year their plan to terminate the ICE contract by 2020. And this year they voted to become a Sanctuary City – despite warnings that they would lose federal funding. Now that has happened and it is a total disaster. Continue reading→

Why is the Santa Ana City Council wasting time opposing Trump while gangs run amok in our city?

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Crime in Santa Ana from 2.5 to 2.7.17, courtesy of CrimeMapping.com

The Santa Ana City Council voted 4-2 last night to prepare a resolution condemning President Trump’s executive orders withholding funds from sanctuary cities and barring immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S., according to the O.C. Register.

The only Council Members who opposed this pointless measure were Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilman Juan Villegas. Councilmember Michele Martinez left before the matter was voted upon. Continue reading→

The Sanctuary City of Santa Ana admits to putting $123M in Federal grants at risk

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: Response to President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration

SANTA ANA – The Santa Ana City Council, who recently adopted an ordinance solidifying into law a resolution declaring the City of Santa Ana a sanctuary for all its residents, has been confronted by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that targets what he refers to as “sanctuary cities.” The City of Santa Ana respects the Office of the President of the United States, but respectfully disagrees with President Trump’s Executive Order that would take federal funds away from “sanctuary cities.”

“The safety and well-being of our community is our number-one priority. Santa Ana is committed to equality, and will continue to treat all its residents with respect and dignity,” said Mayor Miguel A. Pulido. Continue reading→

Councilman Tinajero is willing to blow Santa Ana’s $40M rainy day fund in order to remain a Sanctuary City

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that will cut some federal money to so-called “sanctuary cities” without defining which funding will be cut or what communities the administration will define as sanctuaries, according to the O.C. Register.

Santa Ana gets about $123 million in federal funds every year – although I heard a report on a radio news station today that the funding is closer to $30 million a year. Santa Ana Councilman Sal Tinajero told that news station that the City of Santa Ana can afford to lose that $30 million a year as we have a rainy day fund with $40 million in it. His comments were also reported by Fox News. Continue reading→

Will anti-Trump protesters wreck Sanctuary City Santa Ana on Friday night?

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The same folks who have rioted on Bristol in the past are planning to do so again tomorrow, January 20, in protest against the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. While the promotions for this protest don’t mention a cross street we expect the rioting to take place around W. McFadden and S. Bristol.

An anonymous source tells us that Mater Dei may be closing their campus tomorrow in anticipation of the riot. What will the area SAUSD schools do? Continue reading→

The Nov. Election results prove once more that Santa Ana is not a liberal city

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The early election results are proving that Santa Ana is not a liberal city. Although Democrats make up about 55% of our electorate they don’t get behind overly liberal candidates. Consider what just happened in the November General Election: Continue reading→

Santa Ana Council Members Martinez and Sarmiento excused Santa Ana’s anti-Trump rioters

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An angry crowd of more than 650 anti-Donald Trump protesters took over several Santa Ana intersections Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning, pelting police with rocks, bottles and illegal fireworks, according to the O.C. Register.

So how did our City Council react to this mayhem? Continue reading→

Anti Donald Trump protesters run amok in Santa Ana and in Los Angeles

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Anti-Donald Trump protesters lost their minds tonight in Los Angeles, in Santa Ana and at several UC campuses, including UCI.

I am not sure what exactly they are trying to accomplish. The time to protest was when the DNC conspired to steal the primary election from Bernie Sanders so they could hand it to the corrupt Hillary Clinton. Trump won because she was an awful candidate! Continue reading→

Several lame Santa Ana political candidates are blowing off almost half the voters…

Posted on by Posted in 2016 Elections, Alfonso Alvarez, Angie Rosario Cano, Benjamin Vazquez, Cecilia Iglesias, Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, Education, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Republican Party, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Vietnamese, Vince Sarmiento 2 Comments

You are probably as sick of this year’s general election as I am. The last few weeks have given us all plenty to dislike about the top two presidential nominees – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And here in Santa Ana several candidates aligned with the Democratic Party have tried to use Trump against Republicans running for non-partisan offices, in one of the most underhanded schemes I have ever seen in my over 20 years of covering Orange County politics.

These candidates, including Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Claudia Alvarez and the slate of SAUSD School Board candidates sponsored by the Santa Ana Educators’ Association (the teachers’ union) – including Rigo Rodriguez, Mark McLoughlin and Alfonso Alvarez, have forgotten that Santa Ana is not quite as Democratic as they think it is. Continue reading→

RSCCD Trustee Yanez will face off against Gordon and Tapia again in November

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Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Nelida Yanez will have her hands full this November fending off two challengers in the Primary Election, in Area Three.

OC GOP Central Committee Member Thomas Gordon, who works as an asbestos inspector for the L.A. Unified School District and Anthony “Tony” Tapia, a local resident and member of a construction labor union, both filed to run against Yanez. Continue reading→