Yes, we paid to send three Councilmen to Portland to look at streetcars
Can you believe it? Our city is broke but on August 28, 2013, "officials from Santa Ana conducted a one-day site visit to learn more about the highly successful transit…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll – Who is the worst Santa Ana City Council Member?
[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…
Councilman Sarmiento’s calendar shows that he keeps a very full schedule
We have been looking this week at the publicly posted official calendars of our City Council Members, for the month of June, 2013. So far we have determined that Council…
2014 Elections
Alfredo Amezcua
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Term Limits
Tom Daly
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes – Sarmiento for Supervisor?
I had a long talk this afernoon with a Santa Ana insider who had some amazing chismes for me. I was expecting that perhaps Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido would…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Tom Daly
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes – is a new City Manager on the way?
So many chismes! The big one I am hearing is that the Santa Ana City Council is preparing to hire a new City Manager at a special meeting next week,…
David Benavides
immigration
Labor
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Big turnout for Santa Ana’s May Day March
Santa Ana's May Day march was a huge success. The theme of the May Day March was immigration reform. There are only two immigrants left on our City Council today…
Deputy City Manager Jill Arthur being investigated for misconduct
Santa Ana Deputy City Manager Jill Arthur was placed on administrative leave this week pending a city-commissioned investigation into allegations that she engaged in misconduct following a traffic accident, according…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
OCTA
Orange County
Politics
Santa Ana
Transportation
Vince Sarmiento
Another damn Streetcar
From the OC Politics Blog Lurking in the back of the OCTA's Measure M Wasteful Boondoggles Projects File is another streetcar project in Santa Ana. It's not as expensive (for…
Al Mijares
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Education
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Orange County
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Will Michele Martinez take a job in Sacramento?
Adios Martinez? Inside sources tell me that Santa Ana Council Woman Michele Martinez, who lost badly last June in her bid for the 69th Assembly District, is considering a job…
Isn’t it time to diversify our City Council via ward-specific elections?
Diverse? No! The last time someone tried to change our City Council elections from at large to ward specific the effort failed, primarily because white voters were told that the…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Elections
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Who will the Santa Ana City Council blame now?
Well, the Santa Ana City Council got their way - and not even their own supporters can figure out why they fired City Manager Paul Walters. But here's the kicker…
Civic Affairs
Dave Ream
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The Council praised former City Manager Ream but back-stabbed Walters
The same Santa Ana City Council Members who just fired our City Manager, Paul Walters, heaped praise on his predecessor, Dave Ream, when he finally retired, as noted in the…
Alfredo Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Is the Council preparing more attacks on Walters, Pulido – and Alvarez?
Should Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and local community leaders demand an appeal of the Santa Ana City Council's decision to fire City Manager Paul Walters - seven months after…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Online petition launched to save City Manager Paul Walters
An online petition has been created, to save Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters. You may click here to sign it - the petition will be delivered to each of the…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Crime
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Property values reflect that Walters delivered on crime reduction
By: A Concerned Investor To the members of the Santa Ana City Council and the citizens who voted for them. It is shocking and disappointing that our elected officials are attempting…