Will Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez run for the SAUSD School Board in 2012?
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez most likely won't be able to run for a fourth term on the Santa Ana City Council, according to an article posted in…
City Council reacts to Forbes article that named Santa Ana 4th Safest City
Thursday December 22, 2011, 8:18 AM City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Advisory: Santa Ana City Council Reacts to Recent ‘America’s Safest Cities’ Article by Forbes SANTA ANA, CA…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
UPDATE: Santa Ana Code of Ethics meeting tonight at 6 pm
Unethical behavior is abundant in Santa Ana politics... The Santa Ana City Council is holding a meeting on Dec. 6, at 5:30 pm, to review the "Code of Ethics," which…
PBID to be reconsidered by the Santa Ana City Council in May
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez tried her best to stop the PBID (a property tax in Downtown Santa Ana that is used largely to promote bars and restaurants…
City of Santa Ana to consider an ordinance to ban sex offenders from parks?
The City of Santa Ana may act to keep sex offenders out of our parks! I got a press release today from the O.C. District Attorney's office, announcing that the…
Affordable Housing
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Development
Michele Martinez
Orange County
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Why did Santa Ana Occupy fail to support affordable housing last night?
Why should Santa Ana Occupy care about affordable housing? Their leader is a wealthy lawyer who lives in Brea! About 40 members of Santa Ana Occupy showed up at…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Orange County
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Updated: Santa Ana Council rejects Occupy camping bid
This guy says he is almost homeless... UPDATE: The Santa Ana City Council rejected Santa Ana Occupy's request to camp out in Downtown Santa Ana, according to O.C. Register reporter…
Exclusive: Chases among those invited to Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum
Irv and Ryan Chase A few out of town bloggers appear to be having a fit because they weren't invited to Thursday's Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum. It is sad…
Churches and Religion
Civic Affairs
Civil Rights
Claudia Alvarez
Entertainment
Free Speech
Latinos
Politics
Santa Ana
Alvarez Latino-Jewish forum to be broadcast live online
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2011 Contact: Jose Gonzalez, City Manager’s Office, 714-647-5200 - Office, 714-822-4415 - Cell City of Santa Ana Hosts “Agent of Change” Community Forum on Cultural…
Civic Affairs
Civil Rights
Claudia Alvarez
Entertainment
Latino Leaders
Latinos
Orange County
Politics
Santa Ana
Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez to host a forum about the Jewish-Latino experience
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and the City of Santa Ana are hosting a "Community Forum on Cultural Diversity and Conflict Resolution." The forum will "focus on the…
2012 Elections
Anaheim
Claudia Alvarez
Democratic Party
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Jose Solorio
Julio Perez
Latinos
Lou Correa
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Santa Ana
Could Tom Daly end up becoming the new Tom Umberg?
Will Tom Daly become the new Tom Umberg? (And who knew these two had so much in common!) Brea blogger Greg Diamond offered a breakdown of the electorate in the…
Alvarez and Sarmiento lost money while serving on municipal boards
The Liberal OC blog's Chris Prevatt feels that it is an FPPC violation for Council Members to vote to appoint themselves to municipal commissions and boards that pay a stipend.…
Blogs
Carlos Bustamante
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Latinos
Orange County
Politics
Racism
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Is FPPC complaint selectively targeting Latino officials?
[caption id="attachment_20686" align="aligncenter" width="180" caption="Glenn Stroud - Complainer in Chief"][/caption] When Santa Ana resident Glenn Stroud, at the urging of Liberal OC blogger Chris Prevatt, filed a complaint with the Fair…
Alvarez would have avoided censure if she had not voted
How silly. The O.C. Register, the Voice of OC and that annoying fake liberal blog all lost their minds wondering if it was legal for Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Janet Nguyen
Orange County
Santa Ana
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Did Nguyen prod Bustamante to attack Alvarez?
When Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante ran for reelection, in 2008, he was fully supported by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. In fact he even sat next to…