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Santa Ana’s City Manager wrongfully accused Council Member Martinez of sexual harassment

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, David Benavides, David Cavazos, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 1 Comment

The depravity of Santa Ana’s overpaid City Manager, David Cavazos, seemingly knows no end. A private investigation, by the law firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, which was initiated after Mayor Miguel Pulido and Council Member Michele Martinez complained about Cavazos in an email to City Attorney Sonia Carvalho, on Sep. 27, found that Cavazos failed to disclose a romantic relationship with a Santa Ana employee until a year after the fact, and that his complaint of sexual harassment by Martinez was without merit, according to the O.C. Register.

While the investigative report did not indicate that Cavazos violated the city’s personnel policies, Pulido rightfully said that Cavazos’ behavior exposed the city to millions of dollars of potential liability. Pulido intends to continue to go after Cavazos, which we applaud. Continue reading→

More Santa Ana city executives suspected of having sex with their subordinates

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Alvaro Nunez, Civic Affairs, David Cavazos, Doug McGeachy, Santa Ana 9 Comments

Santa Ana Police Department Deputy Chief Douglas McGeachy

Investigations of Santa Ana Deputy Police Chief Doug McGeachy and code enforcement head Alvaro Nunez recently began after other employees alleged that they were dating subordinates in the police and code enforcement departments, according to the Voice of OC.

This alleged behavior should not come as a surprise given that Santa Ana’s overpaid City Manager, David Cavazos, has been dating an employee in his Planning Department (we know who she is but won’t publish her name as that might invite litigation). Continue reading→

Poll – Should City Manager David Cavazos be allowed to date his employees?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Angelica Amezcua, Civic Affairs, David Benavides, David Cavazos, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana 7 Comments

Santa Ana City Manager David Cavazos in a letter released Tuesday night acknowledged having a romantic relationship with a city employee, according to the Voice of OC.

The whole mess came to the surface when Mayor Miguel Pulido “harshly criticized Cavazos for carrying on the relationship during a meeting with union leaders. The mayor went so far as to as to name the city employee in the meeting.” Continue reading→

69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly accused of sexual harassment

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Crime, Democratic Party, Orange County, Tom Daly 9 Comments

On July 10 of this year I posted an article on this blog entitled “Shouldn’t Daly be investigated for Bustamante-like behavior.” Today it hit the fan for Daly, as “County officials are moving to hire a law firm to check into a host of sexual harassment and corruption allegations against County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly, who is currently the frontrunner to become Orange County’s next State Assemblyman for the 69th District,” according to the Voice of OC.

The letter alleges that Daly has handed out promotions and engaged in inappropriate behavior with at least four female workers at the Clerk Recorders’ Office, which it refers to as “ Tommy’s Girls or Tommy’s Angels.” Continue reading→

Bustamante almost ended up on the state civil rights commission…

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Editor Posted in Carlos Bustamante, Civic Affairs, Courts, Crime, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Santa Ana 5 Comments

Twin devils of deception

Everyone in Santa Ana is talking about the arrest of Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, on multiple felony counts of various sex crimes, but most folks have forgotten that former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once appointed Bustamante to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, back in January of 2008.

When I found out about the appointment I could not believe it. Even then we knew Bustamante had some issues with women, but when I first wrote about the appointment, over at my old Orange Juice blog, I tackled the issue from a different standpoint – pointing out the fact that Santa Ana was a leader in home foreclosures – and Bustamante had done nothing at all about that. Continue reading→

Carlos Bustamante’s former boss at the County of Orange placed on leave

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in Carlos Bustamante, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana 1 Comment

The placing of OC Public Works Director Jess Carbajal on administrative leave last week is just one of several personnel moves being made as county officials scramble to gain control over a department rocked by revelations that sexual harassment allegations against former executive Carlos Bustamante were not properly handled, according to the Voice of OC.

The Voice of OC also reported that Ignacio Ochoa, who now heads the department’s engineering division, will take over as interim head of the OC Public Works Agency. Continue reading→

Who will replace beleaguered Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Carlos Bustamante, David Benavides, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 25 Comments

UPDATE: Bustamante has resigned from his job at the County of Orange. It is only a matter of time now before he is pressured off the Santa Ana City Council. It is time to speculate as to who might replace him on the City Council when that happens…

I am hearing that beleaguered Republican Carlos Bustamante, who has been “put on paid administrative leave (from his job at the County of Orange) following anonymous allegations of a sexual nature,” according to ABC News, may dig in his heels and refuse to quit the Santa Ana City Council, which is meeting this Monday night.

Bustamante would be well-advised to leave the City Council. He needs to focus on trying to save his job at the County, which pays him over $170,000 a year – and on saving his family. He ought to just quit tomorrow before the City Council meeting, to save him what will surely be an embarrassing night. Continue reading→

Thank you Carlos Bustamante!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Carlos Bustamante, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 6 Comments

None of us knows for sure what is going to happen to Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, who is under investigation by his employer, the County of Orange, for allegations of sexual harassment and an alleged attempt to tamper with the witnesses. However, what I do know is that this scandal has been gold for our blog, to wit we have gone from averaging just over 22,000 visits a month to over 30,000 visits in the month of September, 2011. Thank you Carlos!

Here is a breakdown of our site visits over the past year – note the immense spike in readership in September: Continue reading→

What if Bustamante were still on the state’s anti-harassment commission?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in california, Carlos Bustamante, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana 2 Comments

When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced, back on Jan. 2, 2008, that he was appointing Santa Ana Carlos Bustamante to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, I could not believe it. It was perhaps the most ridiculous appointment ever.

Looking back at the failed appointment it is even more ridiculous given that the Fair Employment and Housing Commission is in charge of overseeing sexual harassment cases! How dumb does the appointment look now – after Schwarzenegger’s career imploded when we all found out that he impregnated a Latina housekeeper, behind his wife Maria’s back, and of course Bustamante has now been accused of some of the most embarrassing sexual harassment behavior in the history of Orange County.

Below are a few excerpts from the Orange Juice blog post that I about the appointment – this post blew up and eventually I heard from State Senator Lou Correa, who personally rallied the legislators to stop the Bustamante appointment, forcing Bustamante to resign from the commission. Continue reading→

City of Santa Ana may investigate Bustamante as more women surface

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Carlos Bustamante, Civic Affairs, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 24 Comments

According to a new anonymous letter that was sent to the County of Orange and to the Orange County Register, Bustamante and one of the four women named in the new letter “met more than a dozen times a month for more than a year either in his office or her palatial quarters he built for her.” The letter writer also promises “steamy, erotic pictures” of the sexual encounters will be soon posted on social media.

The new letter also “accuses another high-ranking male county employee of having sex in his office.”

I am also hearing that the City of Santa Ana may have to start their own investigation of Bustamante – which could turn up even more cases of alleged harassment. Continue reading→