David Benavides

[caption id="attachment_27981" align="aligncenter" width="300"] SAUSD Trustee John Palacio[/caption] To understand why SAUSD Trustee John Palacio hates Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido so much you have to understand that Palacio is…

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When word got out that Irvine's Newsong Church was in escrow to buy the landmark Santora building in Downtown Santa Ana, the artists community in our Downtown Artists Village area…

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Apparently the Orange County Democratic Party Central Committee endorsed the following Santa Ana candidates yesterday: Loretta Sanchez for United States Congress (Re-Elect) Councilman David Benavides for Mayor Eric Alderete for…

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Santa Ana Ward 3 candidate Eric Alderete's campaign held a fundraiser tonight at Chapter One: the Modern Local, in Downtown Santa Ana.  There were at least 80 attendees including quite…

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Lupe Moreno, perhaps the most notorious of Orange County's Minutemen, has filed to run for Mayor of Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.  Moreno has a long history of…

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Public OpinionPoll Results The Santa Ana Mayor's race is quickly growing crowded.  Mayor Miguel A. Pulido will be facing off against two Council Members, David Benavides and Sal Tinajero, but…

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UPDATE: A four member city council voted tonight to unanimously put to the voters a four term limit of 2 years each for the office of Mayor. I can understand…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2012 Contact: Benavides for Santa Ana Mayor,  714.475.1630, david@davidbenavides.com Santa Ana Councilmember David Benavides announces candidacy for Mayor; thanks incumbent Mayor for over 25 years at…

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Is it any surprise to anyone that Santa Ana Council Member David Benavides chose to break the news that he is running against Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido on the…

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UPDATE: Council Member Sal Tinajero has pulled papers to run against Mayor Pulido this November.  Chisme has it that Benavides will be pressured to get out of the race ASAP.…

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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…

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[caption id="attachment_27597" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pictured: Roman Reyna and Carlos Bustamante[/caption] SAUSD Trustee Roman Reyna has confirmed on this Facebook page that he is running for the Santa Ana City Council,…

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Tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting, which was held at the SAPD's Community Room, was, as predicted, a real zoo.  Media vans and news crews were everywhere and residents and…

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Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, who was arrested earlier this month on a plethora of felony sex crime and public theft charges, is out on bail now and according to…

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July 4 falls on a Wednesday this year but there will be fireworks early this week, at Monday night's Santa Ana City Council meeting, on July 2, at 5 pm,…

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