Santa Ana partially occupied – the SAPD won’t allow camping overnight

“​Just under 200 feisty protesters with Occupy Orange County marched Santa Ana streets this afternoon, chanted anti-corporate slogans and won supportive horn honks from hundreds of passing motorists,” according to the O.C. Weekly.

The OC Weekly also reported that the SAPD is not going to allow camping, making this a partial occupation.  Here is the SAPD’s press release:

SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, (714) 245-8029, 714-709-2043

Occupy OC Event – Santa Ana

The Santa Ana Police Department has been meeting with Occupy OC organizers and hasassured them that the Police Department will allow and facilitate the group’s FirstAmendment right to demonstrate and exercise its right to free speech in a lawful manner.However, public camping is prohibited in the City and will not be permitted.

The Police Department regularly enforces and prosecutes violations of the Santa AnaMunicipal Code public camping ordinances. It cannot permit camping during thisdemonstration because to do so would undercut its authority to enforce the law againstother persons who violate the Code.

Occupy OC organizers have been issued a City Permit that will allow the group to utilizeinformation tables and other specified facilities in the Civic Center, on a temporary basis, aswould be permitted for other types of special events. The Police Department has workeddiligently to facilitate the issuance of this permit.The permitted event is scheduled to start Saturday 10-22-2011 at 10:00 am and willconclude at 8:00pm.A similar event is scheduled for Sunday 10-23-2011.

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And now for some pictures:

For more pictures, check out Alan Woo’s Facebook album, here.

 

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • From the pictures, these people (cattle) look like silver spoon’ers.

    They are part of the 1 percent they are protesting against.

    What a bunch of rube’s

    And the civic center authority spent a bunch of money to grass seed that area next to the firefighters memorial just to have these bozo’s destroy it with their selfish self centered demands for a free ride.

    I say get a job freeloaders or join the service and see for yourselves what the world is all about on uncle Sam’s dime.

  • cook you stupid lame ass. The police horses created damage to your precious greenbelt next to memorial. Not the protesters. The protesters treated everything with great care. just look at the pic D-bag.

  • GREAT RESPECT??? They are sitting, standing and putting their crap on MEMORIALS that are there for people who have died!!! How is that respect? If you don't like the cops, firemen or military, thats your problem and your issue. Get the hell off of and away from the memorials and go piss on, sit on or camp on your own memorial.

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