David Benavides

Is it desperation?  Santa Ana Council Members Sal Tinajero and Vince Sarmiento placed an odd 85 A item on tonight's City Council agenda: DIRECT CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS…

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[caption id="attachment_40668" align="aligncenter" width="396"] Teachers Daniel Ramirez, Emily Benavides, and Mark Bush were honored.[/caption] SAUSD Teachers Daniel Ramirez, Emily Benavides, and Mark Bush were honored earlier this year as "Teachers…

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[caption id="attachment_27597" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Roman Reyna and Carlos Bustamante[/caption] [cardoza_wp_poll id=14] Multiple sources have confirmed tonight that Santa Ana Councilman Roman Reyna will be running against Santa Ana Mayor in…

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Santa Ana City Councilman Roman Reyna, who was elected to his first term, in Ward 5, last year, is apparently going to run against popular Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido…

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[caption id="attachment_39531" align="aligncenter" width="383"] David Benavides at the 2013 Fiestas Patrias Parade[/caption] We recently reported on a story that has been rippling through Downtown Santa Ana.  The City of Santa…

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Several Santa Ana Council Members are going to have to run for re-election in 2014, including David Benavides, Michele Martinez and Sal Tinajero. It may well be that by then…

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More than 100 people from about 25 churches and community organizations marched on Saturday morning in a quest for peace in Santa Ana’s neighborhoods, according to the O.C. Register. What…

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[cardoza_wp_poll id=10] We recently took a look at the official City Calendars of each of our Santa Ana City Council Members.  Now it is time to vote!  Which one of…

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The Santa Ana City Council's incredibly ridiculous decision to make their new City Manager, David Cavazos, a multi-millionaire (when you add in his six figure pension from the City of…

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We have been scrutinizing the public calendars of the Santa Ana City Council Members this week.  We already looked at Councilman David Benavides' calendar, and that of Councilwoman Angie Amezcua. …

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It would appear that Santa Ana Councilman P. David Benavides has forgotten which Ward he was elected to serve.  He is supposed to be representing Ward 4 - but let's…

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The City Council has approved a new ordinance aimed at simplifying the permit process for restaurants and other night-time businesses that want to offer entertainment, according to the O.C. Register.…

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Wow! There were 28 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, July 13, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping.  The crimes included four DUIs and numerous acts of Domestic…

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Residents at the Bali Hi Mobile Home Park in Santa Ana say they are in the path of the Harbor Corridor Transit project that could force them from their homes,…

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Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides is apparently pushing for a modification to the City of Santa Ana's Proposed Alcohol and Entertainment Ordinance that I can at best call irresponsible and ridiculous. Click…

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