Council to consider the marijuana dispensary measure, which is a hot mess
One of our readers asked me to have a look at the information that the Santa Ana City Council will be reviewing and voting upon at tomorrow night's Council meeting,…
Isn’t it time to diversify our City Council via ward-specific elections?
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…
Council leaning towards returning $54 million to the State of California
It looks like our Santa Ana City Council is beginning to wave the white flag as the State of California continues to demand the return of millions of dollars of redevelopment funds. …
Civic Affairs
Kevin O'Rourke
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Public Safety
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
The Council is paying Walters over $700K and O’Rourke is getting $22K a month
" The City of Santa Ana will pay out more than $700,000 under the severance agreement struck with former city manager Paul M. Walters," according to the O.C. Register. The Voice…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Kevin O'Rourke
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
The Council’s war on Pulido could end up costing us over $1 million dollars
"The cost of the severance agreement with former Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters will be "above $400,000," according to Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero, as reported by the O.C. Register. The L.A.…
City Council hires interim city manager who temped in Bell and Stockton
Kevin O'Rourke, a retired government executive with two decades of experience in Orange County was appointed Monday by the City Council as Santa Ana's interim city manager," according to the O.C.…
An open letter to the Santa Ana City Council, by Tim Hirota
An open letter to the Santa Ana City Council... “I was not very excited or happy that Miguel didn’t want to do a nationwide search when we had the opportunity.…
Martinez blows up as Mouet allegedly dumps the Park Rangers
Did you notice how out of control Santa Ana Council Woman Michele Martinez appeared at the last Council meeting? I have been hearing for some time that she has become…
Updated: Walters will accept a negotiated exit
UPDATED: Reportedly Paul Walters is going to negotiate an exit from Santa Ana's City Hall and won't be returning to the SAPD. I am told that he cares too much…
Council to meet behind closed doors again tonight regarding dismissal of Walters
The Santa Ana City Council has agendized a clsoed door session to take place tonight at 5 pm. The topic? Dismissing City Manager Paul Walters. Details below. This is a chance…
Exclusive: Santa Ana City Council votes to fire City Manager
Update: Confirmed. The Santa Ana City Council voted 6-1 to fire City Manager Paul Walters. The Santa Ana City Council is still in closed session but one of our readers,…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Dave Ream
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Why is the Council blaming Walters for problems they created?
[caption id="attachment_32559" align="aligncenter" width="394"] Where were Sarmiento's complaints before the majority took power?[/caption] I continue to be amazed by the lame excuses our Santa Ana Council Members are making with regard to…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Council majority adds item to dismiss Walters to next week’s meeting agenda
The Santa Ana Council Majority has placed an item, 1C, on the agenda for the next Council Meeting, on Jan. 22, that reads: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR POTENTIAL…
It is time to Save our City Manager, Paul Walters!
You can now express your support for our great City Manager, Paul Walters, on a new blog and on a new Facebook page. And be sure to show up to…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Has the Council forgotten that they voted unanimously to hire Walters?
The lame Santa Ana City Council Majority want us to believe that Mayor Miguel Pulido forced them to hire current City Manager Paul Walters, but they were all there at…