Claudia Alvarez

The Santa Ana 2012 Fiestas Patrias parade ran for about an hour and a half today, starting at 4 pm.  I got there a few minutes late and missed Mayor…

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Until last night I had never attended the "El Grito" event at Santa Ana's annual Fiestas Patrias.  Who knew I was missing out on an unbelievable spectacle? Thousands of Mexican…

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Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is hosting a fundraiser for her campaign for the Rancho Santiago Community College District's Board of Education on Thursday, September 20th, 2012, from…

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[caption id="attachment_29005" align="aligncenter" width="386"] Robert Hammond, promoting the GOP[/caption] Orange County's Democrats are generally clueless, but this past June they were particularly out of sorts.  They inexplicably gave Orange County…

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[caption id="attachment_28824" align="aligncenter" width="312"] Benavides tried to evade the PBID issue, but failed[/caption] A clearly chastened Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante returned to work tonight, showing up to the…

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[caption id="attachment_393" align="aligncenter" width="403"] Zeke Hernandez is pictured on the right[/caption] It looks like SAUSD Trustee Roman Reyna won't be winning easily after all, in his campaign for the Santa…

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In the end the Santa Ana PBID tax may finally die - but it won't be because our City Council had the guts to get rid of it.  Instead it…

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As I have been predicting for some time, Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is running for the Rancho Santiago Community College District's Area 5, which includes (as per…

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UPDATE: A four member city council voted tonight to unanimously put to the voters a four term limit of 2 years each for the office of Mayor. I can understand…

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UPDATE: Council Member Sal Tinajero has pulled papers to run against Mayor Pulido this November.  Chisme has it that Benavides will be pressured to get out of the race ASAP.…

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  An Orange County Superior Court judge has ruled that Santa Ana City Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez may not run for a fourth council term, according to the Voice of OC. …

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Courtroom video courtesy of George Collins, Santa Ana Insight TV Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez has joined Santa Ana Parks and Rec Commisioner Max Madrid's lawsuit to compel…

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California's Attorney General, Kamala Harris, wrote a legal brief regarding local municipal term limits that should have a considerable bearing on tomorrow's hearing regarding Santa Ana Park and Rec Commissioner…

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[caption id="attachment_27417" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Brainwashed by Carlos Bustamante?[/caption] When we revealed in an earlier post that Santa Ana City Council candidate Karina Onofre had switched parties and become a registered…

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[caption id="attachment_27597" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pictured: Roman Reyna and Carlos Bustamante[/caption] SAUSD Trustee Roman Reyna has confirmed on this Facebook page that he is running for the Santa Ana City Council,…

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