Councilmember Benavides handled situation with dignity
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Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council
The Santa Ana City Council just voted on the 85 A item that was put on the agenda tonight, by Council Members Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides. They said they…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Live blogging – Alvarez vs. Bustamante and Benavides at the Council meeting
I am covering tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting - which figures to be an epic confrontation between Republican Council Member Carlos Bustamante and his sidekick, David Benavides vs. Mayor…
Amezcua’s PAC to protest Alvarez and the PBID at the Council meeting on 9/6
Failed Santa Ana mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua's Political Action Committee, which he calls the "Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government," (SACBG) has sent out a bizarre email asking its members…
Benavides and Bustamante to attack Alvarez at the 9/6 City Council meeting
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez has faced a withering attack this week, even though she has already apologized for her ill-chosen analogy, comparing developer and landlord Irv Chase,…
Flash mob and protest to start at El Centro Cultural de Mexico at 4 pm
May Day Coalition is organizing a Flash Mob today at 4 pm, to march through Downtown Santa Ana in protest of "being uprooted." They are meeting at El Centro Cultural…
The Register labeled Santa Ana gentrification “ethnic cleansing” in 2004
Did you know that the O.C. Register started using the term "Ethnic Cleansing" with regard to the gentrification of Downtown Santa Ana way back in 2004? Santa Ana Planning Commissioner…
DPOC Chairman Barbaro rips Alvarez, but he once compared Bush to the Nazis
Frank Barbaro, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) attacked Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez today, in a statement released to the media. Barbaro wrote…
Could toxic attacks on Alvarez lead to terrorism?
If you've ever visited the the Santa Ana Public Library in the Civic Center you probably have noticed a statue of a man holding a dove in front of the main entrance…
Santa Ana artist Theo Hirsch explains why Alvarez was right about Chase
Santa Ana artist and musician Theo Hirsch unloaded on the Republicans and fake liberals who have been attacking Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez this week, in a hard…
How can Alvarez be anti-Semitic when her ancestors faced a Holocaust too?
I got a phone call tonight, on my cell phone, from a young lady who said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez should "learn English" and "go back…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Development
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Santa Ana
Claudia Alvarez apologizes for comparing Irv Chase to Hitler
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized today, in a phone call to the L.A. Times, for making statements that could be construed to be anti-Semitic. “What I said was inappropriate,…
Business
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Entertainment
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
The Santa Ana City Council will host a PBID Public Hearing on 8/24
The Santa Ana City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 5 pm. The biggest item on the agenda is a public hearing regarding the controversial…
The Santa Ana City Council could stop the SAPD’s DUI checkpoints, but won’t
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez says that "the City Council has no authority to tell the Police Department what the policy should be," according to the O.C. Register.…
automobiles
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
immigration
Politics
Public Safety
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Impounding of cars on Santa Ana Public Safety Committee meeting agenda
The impounding of cars driven by immigrants, by the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), is on the agenda for the Santa Ana City Council's Public Safety Committee meeting scheduled for…