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Santa Ana City Council establishes a term limits committee

Jul 17, 2012 Art Pedroza

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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Planning Commissioner Alderete to run for Bustamante’s City Council seat

Jul 6, 2012 Art Pedroza

Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Eric Alderete has announced that he will campaign for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council, which is currently held by Council Member Carlos Bustamante, who…

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City Council to decide the fate of the Downtown PBID tax tonight

Jul 2, 2012 Art Pedroza

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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Santa Ana to give preference to local businesses on qualified city contracts

Mar 7, 2012 Art Pedroza

CITY OF SANTA ANA HELPS LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH LOCAL PREFERENCE ORDINANCE SANTA ANA, CA (March 6, 2012) – The Santa Ana City Council voted unanimously at its March 5th…

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69th A.D. candidate Martinez gets bipartisan & Vietnamese support at event

Feb 23, 2012 Art Pedroza

I expected a good turnout at Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez' fundraising event tonight, which was hosted at the home of Council Member Vince Sarmiento and his wife Eva.…

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Martinez fundraising event tonight, at Sarmiento’s home

Feb 23, 2012 Art Pedroza

Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento, who is widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans, sent out a letter via email yesterday encouraging his supporters to back his colleague, Santa…

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Poll closes tonight: Who was Santa Ana’s Man of the Year in 2011?

Dec 31, 2011 Art Pedroza

Santa Ana Youth Commissioner Jonathan Espinoza is leading the vote for "Man of the Year" We started the tradition of asking our readers to vote for the "Santa Ana Man…

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City Council reacts to Forbes article that named Santa Ana 4th Safest City

Dec 22, 2011 Art Pedroza

Thursday December 22, 2011, 8:18 AM City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Advisory: Santa Ana City Council Reacts to Recent ‘America’s Safest Cities’ Article by Forbes SANTA ANA, CA…

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The Amezcua brigade demands seats on the Santa Ana Ethics Panel

Dec 8, 2011 Art Pedroza

Al Amezcua and his daughter Valerie Amezcua led a contingent of angry Usual Suspects at last night's Santa Ana Code of Ethics Committee meeting, which was held at City Hall.…

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Alvarez and Sarmiento lost money while serving on municipal boards

Sep 28, 2011 Art Pedroza

The Liberal OC blog's Chris Prevatt feels that it is an FPPC violation for Council Members to vote to appoint themselves to municipal commissions and boards that pay a stipend.…

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Team Pulido and Solorio publicly endorse Michele Martinez at her fundraiser

Sep 22, 2011 Art Pedroza

When OC Labor Political wannabe Julio (Wholio?) Perez held his fundraiser this month it turned into a reunion of the sad sacks who failed to elect Alfredo Amezcua last year,…

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Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council

Sep 6, 2011 Art Pedroza

The Santa Ana City Council just voted on the 85 A item that was put on the agenda tonight, by Council Members Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides. They said they…

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Perez should drop out now that Martinez is running for the 69th A.D.

Aug 8, 2011 Art Pedroza

Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez made an interesting announcement this morning on her Facebook page, "Good Morning! I wanted to share some great news with all of you. In the…

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Santa Ana continues to dominate redistricted 69th Assembly District

Jul 30, 2011 Art Pedroza

Santa Ana will continue to dominate the 69th Assembly District, in the latest redistricting proposal that is now headed for public comment. The new district map includes all of Santa…

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What if Vince Sarmiento doesn’t run for the 69th Assembly District?

Jul 10, 2011 Art Pedroza

I am hearing that there is a chance that Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento may not run for the 69th Assembly District after all. Apparently it is going to…

Santa Ana City Council establishes a term limits committee

Planning Commissioner Alderete to run for Bustamante’s City Council seat

City Council to decide the fate of the Downtown PBID tax tonight

Santa Ana to give preference to local businesses on qualified city contracts

69th A.D. candidate Martinez gets bipartisan & Vietnamese support at event

Martinez fundraising event tonight, at Sarmiento’s home

Poll closes tonight: Who was Santa Ana’s Man of the Year in 2011?

City Council reacts to Forbes article that named Santa Ana 4th Safest City

The Amezcua brigade demands seats on the Santa Ana Ethics Panel

Alvarez and Sarmiento lost money while serving on municipal boards

Team Pulido and Solorio publicly endorse Michele Martinez at her fundraiser

Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council

Perez should drop out now that Martinez is running for the 69th A.D.

Santa Ana continues to dominate redistricted 69th Assembly District

What if Vince Sarmiento doesn’t run for the 69th Assembly District?

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