In the past six years, taxpayers have spent over $5 million on police car wrecks – including $1.2 million in settlement payments involving off duty officers driving city owned vehicles.
Category: Santa Ana
Santa Ana, the county seat and Orange County’s only sanctuary city, is home to about 313,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, policing and immigration.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County’s Year on ICE
Federal deportation efforts kicked off in June this year, leading to a wave of protests, the creation of immigrant aid funds and concerns over who exactly immigration agents are targeting.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County’s Biggest Civic News Ahead of Christmas
Toy and food drives are gearing up for the county’s neediest, Irvine changes course on the future of the Great Park – these are just some of this week’s biggest local headlines.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Nonprofits Host Food & Toy Drives For Orange County’s Struggling Families
Ahead of Christmas, a couple of nonprofits are wrapping up the year with toy and food distributions this weekend helping families celebrate the holiday season.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Failed to Prevent Retaliation Against Former Police Manager, Jury Finds
A jury awarded a former Santa Ana police administrator nearly $3 million after alleging in a lawsuit she faced retaliation for refusing to pick sides amid two feuding police factions.
Posted inGovernment
OC’s Biggest Civic News as Angel Stadium is Back in Play
Anaheim officials could be gearing up to negotiate another Angel Stadium deal, a key player in the Anaheim corruption scandal wants to reverse his guilty plea – these are some of the biggest headlines in Orange County.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Turns on Christmas Lights
From civic centers to local homes, OC offers many places to visit.
Posted inSanta Ana
New Mural Program in Santa Ana Sparks Artists’ Rights Debate
Santa Ana officials are triggering a controversy after awarding a group of artists public contracts to restore murals on the condition that artists waive their right to prevent the murals from being destroyed in the future.
Posted inGovernment
More OC Immigrants Could Get Citizenship, Visas Under $1.5 Million State Grant
State legislators – spearheaded by Assemblyman Avelino Valencia – are giving the Catholic Charities of Orange County a $1.5 million grant to help the organization obtain citizenship status and other legal documents for immigrants.
Posted inSanta Ana
Fewer People Are Sleeping on Santa Ana Streets, City Officials Say
As city officials report fewer people sleeping on Santa Ana’s streets, council members enter into a regional agreement with Anaheim, the county and Irvine to keep bolstering homelessness services.
