Downtown businesses should not be paying any more fees to replace the PBID
The Santa Ana City Council Monday night set a public hearing for July 1 to hear protests from business owners regarding a newly proposed tax to replace the property taxes…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Taxes
Tom Daly
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes: is the Benavides Council cabal out of control?
SARMIENTO WANTS TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS DISSOLVING OTHER COMMITTEES "The City Council has taken another step toward reducing the mayor's authority by voting to give the council, rather…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Estela Amezcua
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Taxes
Vince Sarmiento
Pulido opposes the Downtown Santa Ana PBID tax!
"Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido said Monday he opposed allowing a controversial downtown property tax to continue, the mayor’s first declaration on the issue since he was given the OK…
What issues should our new Santa Ana City Council focus on?
The new Santa Ana City Council Members - Angelica Amezcua and Roman Reyna, won't be sworn in yet for a few weeks. Once they are sworn in they are facing…
How did a dog catcher end up running the Downtown S.A. restaurant assn.?
[caption id="attachment_30095" align="aligncenter" width="376"] Cleaning up caribou roadkill?[/caption] The loudest, crudest supporter of the Little Sparrow, at the Santa Ana Planning Commission meeting earlier this week, was a guy named…
2012 Elections
Arts and Culture
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Taxes
Bustamante returns to join Benavides in supporting the PBID tax
[caption id="attachment_28824" align="aligncenter" width="312"] Benavides tried to evade the PBID issue, but failed[/caption] A clearly chastened Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante returned to work tonight, showing up to the…
The Santa Ana PBID tax may finally go away after next year
In the end the Santa Ana PBID tax may finally die - but it won't be because our City Council had the guts to get rid of it. Instead it…
Business
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
Courts
Dave Ream
David Benavides
Development
Fraud
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
City Council to decide the fate of the Downtown PBID tax tonight
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,…
The O.C. Grand Jury agrees with Claudia Alvarez – the PBID must go!
The city of Santa Ana “appears to be in violation of state law” in the way it formed its downtown business improvement district, says a report released Thursday by the Orange County Grand…
Downtown Inc. sets annual meeting on 7/26 and seeks new board members
Downtown Inc Annual Meeting July 26th Thursday at 6:00 PM Downtown Inc., 305 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Santa Ana The Community Management District, Downtown Inc, has vacancies on the board.…
Arts and Culture
Bars
Business
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Restaurants
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Taxes
Vince Sarmiento
Isn’t it time to end the Downtown Santa Ana Pbid?
Santa Ana Council Member Sal Tinajero may put an item on an upcoming City Council meeting agenda to get rid of the Downtown Santa Ana Pbid, a property assessment that…
PBID to be reconsidered by the Santa Ana City Council in May
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez tried her best to stop the PBID (a property tax in Downtown Santa Ana that is used largely to promote bars and restaurants…
How will the PBID affect two new Downtown Santa Ana businesses?
Not the Quinciniera store... Tim O'Connor, one of the owners of Downtown Santa Ana's Chapter One: the Modern Local restaurant, recently opined at a Santa Ana City Council meeting that…
Carlos Bustamante anti-tax crusader???
[caption id="attachment_20384" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Twin devils of deception"][/caption] Embattled Ward 3 City Councilman Carlos Bustamante likes to portray himself as an anti-tax crusading small government Republican, but is he? At…
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Santa Ana PBID
Have you been wondering what all the fuss is about the Santa Ana PBID? Well, wonder no more. I got a hold of all the city documents related to the…