There were 17 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 12
There were 17 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping. Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Type Description…
City Council blew over a million dollars getting rid of Paul Walters
[caption id="attachment_31887" align="aligncenter" width="396"] This Council spends money like drunken sailors...[/caption] At its last meeting with him, an appreciative City Council honored O’Rourke with a proclamation and declared the day…
Yes, we paid to send three Councilmen to Portland to look at streetcars
Can you believe it? Our city is broke but on August 28, 2013, "officials from Santa Ana conducted a one-day site visit to learn more about the highly successful transit…
Former City Manager Walters should get the credit for the new City budget
[caption id="attachment_32606" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Santa Ana's police union is negotiating a new contract[/caption] The Santa Ana City Council Monday passed what could be called its first post-crisis budget, adopting a…
Deputy City Manager Jill Arthur being investigated for misconduct
Santa Ana Deputy City Manager Jill Arthur was placed on administrative leave this week pending a city-commissioned investigation into allegations that she engaged in misconduct following a traffic accident, according…
Will you go to a meeting about “the City Manager recruitment process?”
[caption id="attachment_35194" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Santa Ana Temp City Manager Kevin O'Rourke[/caption] City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community: Santa Ana City Council Seeks Public Input at Community Meetings for City…
Voice of OC editor confuses our temp city manager with a GOP Congressman
Voice of OC Editor in Chief Norberto Santana got caught on video this week confusing Santa Ana temp City Manager Kevin O'Rourke with California Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy! Check out the…
Santa Ana’s temp City Manager wants your input about his replacement
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Alert: Santa Ana City Council Seeks Public Input In Nationwide City Manager Recruitment SANTA ANA, CA - (April 2, 2013) - The Santa…
Angelica Amezcua
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Rojas
Civic Affairs
Crime
David Benavides
Food
Kevin O'Rourke
Michele Martinez
Planning
Politics
Public Safety
Safety
Santa Ana
Santa Ana Political Chismes – Special Bustamante edition
There is so much going on today in Santa Ana that I chose to report it all in our infamous Political Chismes format, rather than post several articles. Here we…
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.…
Civic Affairs
Dave Ream
Gerardo Mouet
Kevin O'Rourke
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Santa Ana
Will the Council hire former Stockton interim city manager Kevin O’Rourke?
[caption id="attachment_33047" align="aligncenter" width="370"] Picture of Kevin O'Rourke Courtesy of Recordnet[/caption] "Santa Ana city leaders apparently reached consensus Monday on appointing an interim city manager to fill the slot left…