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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 inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Council Approves Sunshine Law
Debate between city staff and council members over specific provisions continued well into the night. Meanwhile, activists who pushed for the ordinance reacted with jubilation.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
Pulido Announces Endorsements
The longtime Santa Ana mayor’s list of supporters include several well-known local politicos and labor unions.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Council Makes Progress on Sunshine Ordinance
Council members spent hours Monday night editing line-by-line a proposed law that would increase transparency at City Hall.
Posted inCountywide, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Pulido Faces His Challengers in Santa Ana Mayoral Debate
In an election-year rarity, incumbent Mayor Miguel Pulido showed up Wednesday to debate challengers to his nearly 20-year reign.
Posted inSanta Ana
Funding Agreement Advances Plans for Community Center
The 10,000 square-foot, two-story facility is to be built at Garfield Elementary School in Santa Ana.
Posted inAnaheim, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Transportation
Weekend Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Focuses on Rallying Latinos
Activists hold their event at Santa Ana’s Jerome Park, but awakening this reluctant political bloc remains challenging.
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana
Endorsements Roll in for Santa Ana and Anaheim Council Candidates
David Benavides receives police officers’ endorsement in Santa Ana. Assemblyman Jose Solorio endorses rival candidates in Anaheim.
Posted inCorrections, Norberto Santana Jr., Santa Ana
Bustamante Returns to City Council
For the first time since his arrest on multiple sex crime charges in July, the councilman attends a full Santa Ana City Council meeting.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Youth Push to Re-Claim Downtown Cultural Landmark
When a coalition of Latino youth groups decided to hold a concert at the downtown Yost Theater, they unwittingly stumbled into a decades-old controversy. Now they have a plan.
