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Hundreds of protesters vented their anger at Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump outside his rally at the Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday, taking to the streets, throwing rocks at police and assaulting cars on the road.
Council members battled over whether they should release the city attorney’s legal opinion on Councilwoman Christina Shea’s controversial, and perhaps illegal, consulting work for KIA Motors America. The council ultimately chose not to release the opinion.
The renowned Latino activist who for decades fought for the rights of underrepresented communities in Orange County, died Saturday night after a bout with lymphoma.
Activists trying to stop detention of undocumented immigrants at the Santa Ana Jail had started a hunger strike on Monday. By Thursday, they ended it.
Despite public pressure, including a hunger strike, the Santa Ana City Council did not vote this week to close the city’s jail, which houses immigration detainees through a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A city accounting shows it makes financial sense to keep the controversial jail open and housing federal immigration detainees in exchange for a fee. Another accounting says otherwise.
Candidates for Loretta Sanchez’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. House seat aired their views during a forum Thursday night before a sometimes combative and impatient audience.
Recent financial disclosures show no evidence of Mayor Miguel Pulido repaying significant loans he received years ago from wealthy patrons. If he can’t show an effort to pay back the loans, he could be in violation of the state’s gift limit.
Christina Shea is rumored to have lost her consulting gig with KIA Motors after the state’s political watchdog opened an investigation. But she refuses to answer questions about it.
The City Council also wants to impose a regulatory fee on the sales of “safe and sane” legal fireworks. But there probably isn’t enough time to make that happen before the 4th of July Holiday.