Santa Ana City Council members are moving forward with a new development project near the luxury shopping mall that promises to bring millions of dollars to Santa Ana and over 1,000 new homes.
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.
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Will Santa Ana Require Automatic Dash Cam Recording For Police Chases?
Santa Ana City Council members are expected to discuss creating a policy requiring police dash cams to automatically record car chases amid increasing accountability questions from some council members and residents.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Immigration Legal Aid Funds Grow in Orange County
Taxpayer dollars are increasingly being allocated towards protecting immigrants from the federal immigration enforcement crackdown through the legal system.
Posted inNEWS
Orange County’s Headlines in the Dog Days of Summer
A questionable airshow deal in Huntington Beach, a controversial move to sell alcohol in a park, and Santa Ana police allege harassment against an elected official and a reporter – this is just some of this week’s biggest civic news.
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Does Santa Ana’s Police Union View Criticism and Questions as Harassment?
Santa Ana’s police union is threatening to sue a reporter for contacting its members for comment, calling it harassment while police officers have also filed harassment complaints against Councilman Johnathan Hernandez – a vocal police union critic.
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Santa Ana Joins Regional Crackdown on Problematic Group Homes
Santa Ana is the latest city in Orange County to establish regulations for alcohol and drug rehabilitation homes in residential areas amid neighbor complaints of drug use, noise and other disturbances.
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Santa Ana Renews Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants; Will Costa Mesa Follow?
Santa Ana officials are re-uping their immigration defense legal fund months into widespread deportation sweeps. Will Costa Mesa launch their own fund to protect immigrants in court?
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Do Orange County Police Departments Need to Tear Gas Protestors?
Santa Ana leaders got into an extensive debate over the proper use of force on protestors as they acknowledged a failure to disclose their military equipment for the past two years.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Deportation Sweeps Pick Up Steam Again in Orange County
The efforts come as a federal court injunction pauses roving deportation sweeps throughout most of Southern California in a lawsuit that Anaheim and Santa Ana have voted to join.
Posted inEducation
Orange County Schools Prep for ICE
Here’s how five different school districts in Orange County are preparing in case federal immigration agents show up to one of their campuses.
