Gerry Serrano Gerry Serrano, President of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA), has filed recall campaign committees against two of the women on the Santa Ana City Council -…

When the Santa Ana City Council decided to impose a new contract on the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) a few weeks ago it seemed like a win but…

Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento is moving on to the OC Board of Supervisors. He will be replaced by Valerie Amezcua. While she too is a Democrat, Amezcua supports law…

Santa Ana City Council Member Thai Viet Phan, who represents Ward 1, is hosting a Town Hall meeting on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Newhope…

https://youtu.be/ZT5NE6x6vPA SANTA ANA, Calif. – The City of Santa Ana’s first new Mayor in 26 years and three new City Councilmembers took office on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Mayor Vicente…

Phil-Bacerra-and-Thai-Viet-Phan Santa Ana voters have elected Councilman Vicente Sarmiento to replace termed out Miguel Pulido as Mayor and three relatively young council members: Thai Viet Phan, in Ward One, Jessie…

We already posted about the Santa Ana Police Officers Association money that is funding mailers for the Thai Viet Phan campaign for Ward 1 of the Santa Ana City Council.…

Mailer hits Thai Viet Phan for being anti-police The Santa Ana Police Officer's Association (POA) has made some bizarre picks in this year's Santa Ana City Council race. You would…

The Santa Ana City Council elections in November will be the first time we get to vote for our Council candidates by Ward. In Ward 1 that means the voters…

The New Santa Ana blog had 19,000 views back in 2009, when we first started covering Santa Ana. The last four years we have had over one million views per…

I am encouraged by how many candidates have pulled papers to run for the Santa Ana City Council this November. This will be a very different election as the current…

The O.C. Voter Registrar has posted the early results in today's Santa Ana City Council Recall Election and it is not looking good for Santa Ana City Councilwoman Cecilia Iglesias.…

The Santa Ana Recall Election is coming up soon, on May 19. Not long after that we will find out if Santa Ana City Councilwoman Cecilia Iglesias will be able…

The ongoing Santa Ana Recall Election against Santa Ana City Council woman Ceci Iglesias has become a fairly partisan campaign, with the full endorsement of the Democratic Party of Orange…

The City of Santa Ana is 76.8% Latino, according to the U.S. Census. Only 11.8% of Santa Ana's residents are Asians. But if the May 19 Santa Ana Recall Special…