How can Alvarez be anti-Semitic when her ancestors faced a Holocaust too?
I got a phone call tonight, on my cell phone, from a young lady who said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez should "learn English" and "go back…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Development
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Santa Ana
Claudia Alvarez apologizes for comparing Irv Chase to Hitler
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized today, in a phone call to the L.A. Times, for making statements that could be construed to be anti-Semitic. “What I said was inappropriate,…
Business
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Entertainment
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The Santa Ana City Council will host a PBID Public Hearing on 8/24
The Santa Ana City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 5 pm. The biggest item on the agenda is a public hearing regarding the controversial…
automobiles
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
immigration
Politics
Public Safety
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Impounding of cars on Santa Ana Public Safety Committee meeting agenda
The impounding of cars driven by immigrants, by the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), is on the agenda for the Santa Ana City Council's Public Safety Committee meeting scheduled for…
The Santa Ana City Council rejects male go-go dancers at new gay club
The City of Santa Ana spent hundreds of thousands starting up the Artists Village. Then they made tattoo shops, hookah bars and massage parlors illegal in the Downtown area. Now…
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Pulido regains control
Can't let a rainy day go by without a new edition of Santa Ana Political Chismes, can we? Church doesn't start for another hour, so here goes... The Voice of…
Santa Ana Political Chismes, 7/29 edition
I was going to wait a week for the next Santa Ana Political Chismes column, but I have some more Chismes and they need to get posted now, so here…
Arts and Culture
Bars
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
LGBTQ
Public Safety
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Public Safety Committee to consider Velvet Lounge C.U.P. and bail bonds
The Santa Ana City Council's Public Safety Committee is meeting on Tuesday, July 26, and the meeting promises to be an interesting one. The topics on the agenda, which is…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Jose Solorio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Vincent Sarmiento to run for the 69th Assembly District
State Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-69) has reportedly convinced Santa Ana City Councilman Vincent Sarmiento to run for the 69th Assembly District in 2012, when Solorio will term out. Sarmiento was…
Anaheim
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Elections
Jose Solorio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Orange County
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
It could be a free-for-all for Solorio’s Assembly seat in 2012
It is beginning to look like a free-for-all for Assemblyman Jose Solorio's 69th Assembly District seat, which includes most of Santa Ana and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Tustin and…
Can Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez run for two more terms?
Our reader, Cook, has often said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is eligible to run for two more terms. The thinking is that Measure D, which extended…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Elections
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana’s progressive City Council majority may not be in charge for long
A few folks in Santa Ana have been mighty perplexed about the current City Council majority. I would definitely include failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua in that number,…
Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez to speak at Com Link meeting about graffiti on Jan. 27
The Santa Ana Communication Linkage Forum (Com Link) is hosting a meeting on Thursday, January 27th at 7 p.m. with an agenda focusing on: Graffiti Abatement and Code Enforcement Issues…
Santa Ana City Council pushing for transparency, whether Ream likes it or not
The Santa Ana City Council majority has about had it with City Manager Dave Ream and his staff. One Council Member I spoke to this week said that it was…
Los Amigos press conference turns out to be a giant waste of time
I attended the Los Amigos press conference today, which was held in their usual meeting place - a German restaurant in Anaheim. As I expected, it was a giant waste…