Police catch a suspected car thief after a brief chase in Ward 4
A suspected car thief in a burgundy car was chased briefly by the SAPD on the south side of the city, near South Bristol Street and West Segerstrom Ave., at…
Bruce T. Bauer
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Latinos
Lynette Verino
Michele Martinez
Phil Bacerra
Planning
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Sean Mill
Vince Sarmiento
Why are there only two Latino Planning Commissioners in Santa Ana?
It is hard to believe given that the Santa Ana City Council is entirely comprised of Latinos, but there are only two Latinos serving currently on the Santa Ana Planning…
Councilman Benavides returns to KidWorks to serve as a Director
Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides has been named Executive Director of KidWorks, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit that now serves over 800 children, teens and parents through weekly programs and over…
Affordable Housing
African Americans
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Development
Phil Bacerra
Planning
Santa Ana
Why is Benavides ignoring a racist comment by one of his Commissioners?
[caption id="attachment_47718" align="aligncenter" width="300"] David Benavides and Phil Bacerra[/caption] Agenda Item 13C is on tomorrow night's Santa Ana City Council agenda, regarding the recommended reappointment of Phil Bacerra to the Ward 4…
Santa Ana releases a pedestrian safety survey after a man is struck by two vehicles
A 78-year-old Santa Ana man, Lamberto Mejia, was hit and killed by two vehicles this early this morning at 5:30 a.m. after he tried to cross outside of a crosswalk at the 1700…
Angelica Amezcua
Cecilia Aguinaga
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Water
The Santa Ana City Council members make new commission appointments
The Santa Ana City Council members appointed themselves to various commissions at their meeting tonight. There was a struggle behind the scenes in recent weeks as Councilman Roman Reyna, who…
Mayor Pulido to honor Santa Ana’s African American leaders on 2/3
City of Santa Ana Community Alert: MAYOR TO HONOR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE CITY AT TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING SANTA ANA, CA (February 2, 2015) -…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
David Cavazos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The new City Council majority won’t include Reyna and Benavides
While none of the Santa Ana City Council incumbents lost in the November General Election there is still major change coming to our City Council. You might recall that former…
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll – Who should be Santa Ana’s next Mayor Pro Tem?
Is Councilman Benavides capable of running a Santa Ana City Council meeting? Apparently our current Mayor Pro Tem, Sal Tinajero, is going to vacate the position and allow one of the other…
Santa Ana’s Interim Planning Agency Director is leaving for a new job in Fullerton
Karen Haluza, the Interim Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency at City of Santa Ana, is leaving Santa Ana on December 15, for a new job in the City…
Santa Ana Council Member and Mayor installation and reception set for Dec. 9
The City of Santa Ana is hosting an Installation and Reception for the City Council Members who were reelected in the November General Election as well as Mayor Miguel Pulido,…
Benavides has received more gifts than the entire City Council
Black Friday is just around the corner and I'm sure Councilman David Benavides is eagerly awaiting to see what gifts will be coming his way this year. According to Benavides'…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Phil Bacerra
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
It’s time for a new City Council majority
Transparency really matters to Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero. It is why he split from Councilman David Benavides' "Team Santa Ana" in the recent City Council election. Benavides…
2014 Elections
Alex Padilla
David Benavides
David Cavazos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
A look at the final Santa Ana voting results in the 2014 General Election
Mayor Pulido's daughter kept tabs on the election results on Election Night I met with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido last night at his Election Night Party. He was relieved that…
2014 Elections
Adam Nick
Alex Padilla
David Benavides
Gilad Salmon
Janet Nguyen
John Palacio
Jose Solorio
Loretta Sanchez
Lou Correa
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Mike Gonzalez
Mirna Velasquez
Politics
Rene Gomez
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Shuntele Andrews
Santa Ana’s incumbents leading in the 2014 General Election early returns
The early returns are in with regard to today's General Election. So far the incumbents are leading in all of the Santa Ana City Council races. It is early yet…