Lupe Moreno, Minuteman, running for Mayor of Santa Ana
Lupe Moreno, perhaps the most notorious of Orange County's Minutemen, has filed to run for Mayor of Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register. Moreno has a long history of…
2012 Elections
Brett Franklin
Carlos Bustamante
Charles Hart
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Shane Ramon Barrows
Will SAUSD Trustee John Palacio run for Santa Ana’s Ward 3?
[caption id="attachment_27981" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Editor's Note: This picture is not doctored. This is John Palacio.[/caption] I am hearing from multiple sources today that SAUSD Trustee John Palacio is inexplicably considering…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
Democratic Party
Education
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Rob Richardson
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Sergio Verino
Valerie Amezcua
Updated: Verino and Amezcua to run for the SAUSD School Board
[caption id="attachment_27869" align="aligncenter" width="369"] Valerie and Al Amezcua[/caption] UPDATE: Valerie Amezcua has pulled papers to run for the SAUSD Board of Education. She last ran for the SAUSD School Board…
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Santa Ana
Judge rules that Alvarez cannot run again for the Santa Ana City Council
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. …
2012 Elections
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Charles Hart
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Eric Alderete
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Santa Ana
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Steve Rocco
Steve Rocco becomes fifth candidate to announce for Ward 3
It looks like Steve Rocco is back. According to Santa Ana neighborhood leader Connie Hamilton, Rocco has pulled papers to run for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council.…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
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Claudia Alvarez
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Sal Tinajero
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Bustamante was the one who advised Onofre to switch to the GOP
[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…
Carlos Bustamante’s twin brother sued for alleged affair with client
[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…
The Voice of OC will sue to compel release of Drakodaidis letter
Norberto Santana, the Editor in Chief at the Voice of OC, said today on KPCC's Airtalk that the Voice of OC is going to sue the County of Orange to compel the…
P/T Colorado resident running for Rancho Board
OC GOP Central Committee Member Thomas Gordon has pulled papers to run for Area Three of the Rancho Santiago Community College District. He is thus far the only candidate for…
UPDATE: OCDA blocks release of Drakodaidis letter regarding county corruption
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…
2012 Elections
Brett Franklin
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Miguel Pulido
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Brett Franklin pulls papers for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council
Brett Franklin, a former Santa Ana Council Member, has apparently pulled nomination papers for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council, according to a city insider. Franklin previously represented…
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Charles Hart
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Santa Ana
Sports
Santa Ana boxing club’s leader allegedly arrested for sexual abuse
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…
2012 Elections
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
Democratic Party
Elections
Latinos
Loretta Sanchez
Orange County
Politics
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Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Women
Council candidate Onofre now embracing her Republican identity
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…
Floral Park residents helping Hart to gather Council nomination signatures
John and Ann Coil, Floral Park residents, are hosting a signature gathering and kick-off party for Charles Hart, a Republican who is running for Santa Ana City Council, on Monday,…
2012 Elections
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Charles Hart
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San Fernando councilman who had an affair resigns – what about Bustamante?
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…