The City of Santa Ana wins an award for their downpayment assistance loan program
The City of Santa Ana has won a Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet Award from the Orange County Business Council (OCBC) for its My First Home down payment assistance…
Apply now for housing vouchers for two apartment complexes in Santa Ana
The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana (SAHA) will be accepting pre-applications for the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program for two specific project locations beginning Friday, December 1, 2023…
O.C. man pleads guilty to a $17M house flipping scam
LOS ANGELES – A Costa Mesa man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for running fraudulent investment schemes that raised more than $17 million by promising investors – several…
Lowe and Centennial open the new Paloma Apartments at MainPlace
SANTA ANA, Calif. – October 25, 2023 – Lowe, a leading national real estate investment, development and management firm, together with Centennial, a retail real estate owner and operator with…
The new apartments at the MainPlace Mall are having a grand opening on Oct. 24
On Tuesday, October 24, Centennial and Lowe will host community, civic and business leaders to celebrate the grand opening of Paloma, a collection of 309 contemporary apartments in a contemporary…
So. Cal. woman gets less than four years in prison for a $6M real estate fraud scheme
Bianca Gonzalez, 41, a resident of Walnut, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 16, to three years and 10 months in federal prison for an estimated $6 million real estate fraud in…
Orange County property taxes are due by November 1
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich announced that over 885,000 secured property tax bills totaling more than $8.7 billion have been mailed to the property owners at the address…
Santa Ana Rental Registry update
https://youtu.be/k0nCTX2zU0k Owners of all residential rental units and mobile home parks in Santa Ana must register their rental units with the City’s new Rental Registry. This includes multifamily and single-family…
Apply now for the Santa Ana Rental Housing Board
The seven-member Rental Housing Board will institute policies and procedures for the administration and enforcement of the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, which limits rent increases and creates…
The Irvine Police arrested a rental scam suspect for defrauding victims out of $200K
Today, Irvine Police Department Economic Crimes Investigators arrested Surong Li, 29, of Irvine, for grand theft, possession of a fake identification, and theft by false pretense. Li represented herself as…
O.C. businessman Michael Hennessey reappointed as public OCTA board member
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors has reappointed Orange County businessman and longtime transportation advocate Michael Hennessey to serve as one of two public members on…
Is Santa Ana’s Planning and Building Department hindering local development?
Santa Ana has a housing crisis but one property owner/developer has found that the problem just might be Santa Ana's Planning and Building Department. The developer and his colleagues embarked…
Unsecured O.C. property tax bills for FY 2023-2024 are due by August 31
(Santa Ana, Calif.) – Orange County Treasurer Shari L. Freidenrich announced that the payment deadline for the 68,596 unsecured property tax bills totaling over $290 million is August 31. These…
Former O.C. auditor pleads guilty to embezzling over $2.7M from his employer
SANTA ANA, California – A former executive at KBS Realty Advisors, an Orange County commercial real estate agency, pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $2.7 million from his employer…
Santa Ana landlords must submit their information on the city’s Rental Registry
Landlords in Santa Ana are required to register rental units pursuant to the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. Effective November 18, 2022, the City of Santa Ana enacted…