Carlos Bustamante

Do you recall that last year the Minutemen took over the Santa Ana 4th of July event?  We raised a stink after one of them got caught on video calling…

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Click here for an audio link to Larry Mantle's "Santa Ana Gentrification Wars" segment of Air Talk. KPCC's Larry Mantle is hosting a radio show about Santa Ana on March…

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Longtime Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream has at long last decided to retire, according to the O.C. Register.  He will remain as a consultant through May - and make…

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A few folks in Santa Ana have been mighty perplexed about the current City Council majority.  I would definitely include failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua in that number,…

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Longtime Santa Ana City Commissioners Julie Stroud and Vicky Betancourt are out - both are being replaced this Tuesday night, at the next Santa Ana City Council meeting, according to…

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Sean Mill was appointed last night, at the Santa Ana City Council, to the Planning Commission.  Mill was nominated by Councilman Sal Tinajero, who won re-election to a four year…

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We started a new decade this year - and a lot of political change came to Santa Ana in the previous ten years.  We now have an all-Latino City Council.…

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Last evenings city council installation ceremony was great success that had a very upbeat vibe about it...Despite a small gathering of protesters organized by the failed Amezcua campaign the evening…

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Read the local blogs or the pseudo-media and you will see an incredible fascination, some might say obsession, with our great city and our elected officials. Whether they live in…

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This year's Santa Ana City Council elections were a mixed bag.  On the one hand, mayoral challenger Alfredo Amezcua proved he could run a serious campaign - but he lost…

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When Jerry Brown came to Santa Ana, to speak at the O.C. Labor Day event, he first stopped to visit at Mayor Miguel Pulido's home.  Now that both Brown and…

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No bueno!  Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides appears on the home page of the so-called "Hispanic 100," which is really a front for the Republican Party.  Note that GOP Senate…

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Yesterday's Fiestas Patrias parade, in Santa Ana, was perhaps the best one yet.  A huge crowd lined Main St., many in folding chairs.  Kids blew on horns and waved Mexican…

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Click here to see our exclusive videos taken at the Santa Ana Fiestas Patrias Parade. The Fiestas Patrias Parade in Santa Ana today was a huge success.  Massive crowds lined…

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When I ran against Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, in 2008, I did so primarily because the Democrats failed to recruit a challenger against the only Republican on the Santa…

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