Brett Franklin

https://youtu.be/z-Ld4FJTra0 Loretta Sanchez must surely regret walking away from a safe House seat a few years ago, when he ran instead for the U.S. Senate and got trounced by Kamala…

Read More

I am hearing from several sources that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is quite serious about defending himself as he is investigated for various issues stemming from campaign finances and…

Read More

Diverse? No! The last time someone tried to change our City Council elections from at large to ward specific the effort failed, primarily because white voters were told that the…

Read More

Now OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh is singing a different tune - in the wake of the overwhelming defeat of the Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, by President Barack Obama.…

Read More

City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Alert: 2012 UNOFFICIAL LOCAL SANTA ANA ELECTION RESULTS SANTA ANA, CA (November 7, 2012) – In an effort to keep Santa Ana…

Read More

[caption id="attachment_30761" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Two winners - Mayor Miguel Pulido and President Barack Obama[/caption] As expected, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is winning handily tonight.  The O.C. Voter Registrar has…

Read More

Santa Ana Mayoral challenger David Benavides wasn't on the ballot two years ago, as he had no opponent for his City Council seat.  The last time he appeared on the…

Read More

The Santa Ana City Clerk, Mary Huizar, sent me the Santa Ana Council and Mayoral candidates' new campaign finance reports today.  You can read them all by clicking here.  …

Read More

The inside baseball set has assumed that Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Eric Alderete is going to win in Ward 3, in November's election.  However an unpublished poll shows former Santa…

Read More

[caption id="attachment_25750" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Council Candidate Karina Onofre and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez[/caption] The Republican Party of Orange County's Endorsement Committee met tonight to consider a number of endorsements of local…

Read More

Santa Ana Ward 3 candidate Eric Alderete is hosting another fundraiser - but this time it is going to be held in Los Angeles, not in Santa Ana, at the…

Read More

[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…

Read More

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.…

Read More

Sources at City Hall are telling me that Mayor Miguel Pulido is working overtime to stop an attempt by the Santa Ana City Council to draft a term limit measure…

Read More

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…

Read More