Politics

Are you ready for yet another candidate for Santa Ana's Ward 3?  Park Santiago resident Shane Ramon Barrows has pulled papers for the City Council, but he says he won't be…

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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_27915" align="aligncenter" width="317"] Carlos and Alfonso Bustamante[/caption] A lawsuit filed this week in Orange County Superior Court accuses Alfonso Bustamante, the twin brother of Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante, "of…

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[caption id="attachment_27584" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pictured: Rob Richardson, Mark McLoughlin, Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides[/caption] Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees Mark McLoughlin and Dave Chapel both live in Santa Ana's…

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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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State Treasurer Bill Lockyer filed for divorce Friday, months after his wife's affair with a methamphetamine addict and her own substance abuse problems became public, according to the Sacramento Bee.…

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UPDATE:  District Attorney Tony Rackauckas Monday quashed the release of a politically explosive letter sent to the Orange County Board of Supervisors by an attorney representing Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis, who…

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Tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting, which was held at the SAPD's Community Room, was, as predicted, a real zoo.  Media vans and news crews were everywhere and residents and…

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Assemblyman Jose Solorio chose not to run against Supervisor Janet Nguyen in November, but he announced this afternoon, via email, that he is running for Area One of the Rancho…

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Local sports legend Anthony Serrano, the head of the Santa Ana Boxing Club, has been arrested, according to the OC Weekly.  The official press release about this arrest has not…

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Carlos Bustamante is the last Republican left on the Santa Ana City Council.  And his political career appears to be done, as he is facing numerous felony charges of sex crimes…

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Play time is over - the Santa Ana City Council appears to be rebelling against Mayor Pulido "The Santa Ana City Council is scheduled July 16 to consider a ballot…

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A married San Fernando councilman who publicly revealed that he was having an affair with a colleague last year has resigned, according to he L.A. Times, which also stated that "Councilman…

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Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, who was arrested earlier this month on a plethora of felony sex crime and public theft charges, is out on bail now and according to…

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Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante’s arrest is a tragic situation that should have been resolved many years earlier. I am deeply disappointed by our County government's inability to quickly…

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