Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento pulls papers to run for Mayor too
Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento has reportedly pulled papers to run for Mayor of Santa Ana, hours after State Senator Lou Correa also pulled papers. There is still no word…
Ballot Measures
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Lou Correa
Marijuana
Michele Martinez
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The Santa Ana City Council runs for cover as they reject their own raise proposal
The Santa Ana City Council unanimously rejected their own ballot measure proposal, which was Agenda Item # 65A, to give themselves what amounted to a 700% pay raise. We have…
Annual Relay for Life of Santa Ana set for April 12 at Santa Ana College
City of Santa Ana Community Alert: JOIN HONORARY CHAIR COUNCILMAN VINCENT SARMIENTO & CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CA (April 10,…
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…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll – Who is the worst Santa Ana City Council Member?
[cardoza_wp_poll id=10] We recently took a look at the official City Calendars of each of our Santa Ana City Council Members. Now it is time to vote! Which one of…
Councilman Sarmiento’s calendar shows that he keeps a very full schedule
We have been looking this week at the publicly posted official calendars of our City Council Members, for the month of June, 2013. So far we have determined that Council…
2014 Elections
Alfredo Amezcua
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Term Limits
Tom Daly
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes – Sarmiento for Supervisor?
I had a long talk this afernoon with a Santa Ana insider who had some amazing chismes for me. I was expecting that perhaps Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido would…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Tom Daly
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes – is a new City Manager on the way?
So many chismes! The big one I am hearing is that the Santa Ana City Council is preparing to hire a new City Manager at a special meeting next week,…
Al Mijares
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Education
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Orange County
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Vince Sarmiento
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Will Michele Martinez take a job in Sacramento?
Adios Martinez? Inside sources tell me that Santa Ana Council Woman Michele Martinez, who lost badly last June in her bid for the 69th Assembly District, is considering a job…
Civic Affairs
Dave Ream
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The Council praised former City Manager Ream but back-stabbed Walters
The same Santa Ana City Council Members who just fired our City Manager, Paul Walters, heaped praise on his predecessor, Dave Ream, when he finally retired, as noted in the…
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…
2012 Elections
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Elections
Michele Martinez
Paul Walters
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Is the Council secretly coordinating their attack on Walters?
Have Benavides and Sarmiento been secretly coordinating their attack on Walters? Apparently Council Member David Benavides called the Santa Ana City Clerk, Maria Huizar, this Friday, in the morning at…
2013 Elections
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Elections
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll: Should any of our Council members be recalled over the Walters flap?
What to do? Our Santa Ana City Council majority has lost it. Now Council Member David Benavides is back from his travels - apparently he flew to India with his…
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…
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Paul Walters
Politics
Public Safety
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Stand up for our City Manager at the Council meeting set for this Monday
Supporters of Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters are expected to turn out in large numbers at this Monday's City Council meeting, on Jan. 7, 2013, at 5:45 pm, at…