Why isn’t Mayor Pro Tem Tinajero running much of a reelection campaign?
Santa Ana's Mayor Pro Tem, Sal Tinajero, is up for reelection in Ward 6, in this November's General Election, but you would hardly know that as he still doesn't have…
Carlos Rojas
Civic Affairs
Education
Politics
Public Safety
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Santa Ana parents should demand the return of the fired school crossing guards
Santa Ana parents are demanding that city officials reverse their decision to remove school crossing guards without warning, saying the move is putting children's lives in danger, according to the…
Disease
Health and Medical
Janet Nguyen
Orange County
Orange County Vector Control District
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
How we stopped the mosquito spraying operation in Santa Ana
Officially the Orange County Vector Control District is saying that they canceled this week's proposed mosquito insecticide spraying due to the weather and while it is true that the weather…
2014 Elections
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
OCDA
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
City Council’s ongoing attack on Mayor Pulido comes up empty again
Santa Ana City Council members voted Tuesday in closed session to release to the public the city attorney's report on Mayor Miguel Pulido's property swap case on Sept. 30 if…
2014 Elections
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Labor
Michele Martinez
Mirna Velasquez
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Ward 2 candidate Mirna Velasquez earns OC Labor Fed’s co-endorsement
The Orange County Labor Federation's granted their COPE (Committee on Political Education) General Election endorsements to the three incumbents running for the Santa Ana City Council - Michele Martinez (Ward…
2014 Elections
Alex Padilla
David Benavides
Elections
Gilad Salmon
Mark I. Lopez
Miguel Pulido
Mike Gonzalez
Mirna Velasquez
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
All the Santa Ana City Council incumbents will be opposed this November
Well the dust has finally cleared and we now know who is running for the Santa Ana City Council in this November's General election. The Mayor's race lost many of the…
Mike Gonzalez announces his campaign for Ward 6 on the Santa Ana City Council
Miguel "Mike" Gonzalez has announced his campaign for Ward 6 on the Santa Ana City Council. That seat is currently held by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero, who…
Ballot Measures
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Lou Correa
Marijuana
Michele Martinez
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The Santa Ana City Council runs for cover as they reject their own raise proposal
The Santa Ana City Council unanimously rejected their own ballot measure proposal, which was Agenda Item # 65A, to give themselves what amounted to a 700% pay raise. We have…
How much does the Santa Ana City Council really earn?
The Santa Ana City Clerk has re-posted the Council Members' total compensation and benefits today however a key piece of the puzzle is missing. The Santa Ana Open Government website…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Crime
David Benavides
Drugs
Marijuana
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Three Council Members seek to ban medical marijuana collectives
Three Santa Ana City Council Members, including Michele Martinez, David Benavides and Angie Amezcua have placed an 85A item on the agenda for this Tuesday's City Council meeting, regarding medical…
Civic Affairs
Crime
David Benavides
Jose Solorio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Pulido lawyers up – should the Council Members do so as well?
[caption id="attachment_44731" align="aligncenter" width="391"] Mayor Miguel Pulido[/caption] Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has received at least $25,000 in contributions toward a legal defense fund that he established in January as he…
Crime is increasing but our City Council Members say it’s an anomaly
Santa Ana's City Council Members are finally reacting to the increasing violence and crime in our city - but their reaction is not what anyone might have expected. In a…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Exclusive – Mayor Pulido responds to latest unfair VOC slam on him
[caption id="attachment_25907" align="aligncenter" width="300"] OCEA boss Nick Berardino has a grudge with Mayor Pulido[/caption] The Voice of OC is reporting that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido voted for a $1.35-million…
2014 Elections
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
David Cavazos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Vince Sarmiento
Why is the Santa Ana City Council messing around with the Mayoral elections?
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…
SAUSD Trustee Iglesias reportedly considering running against Tinajero
[caption id="attachment_40032" align="aligncenter" width="391"] Cecilia Iglesias and Janet Nguyen[/caption] I have heard from several inside sources that SAUSD School Board member Cecilia Iglesias is considering running against Santa Ana Councilman…