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.
Santa Ana City Council this week decided that money earmarked
for improvements to a tennis center will instead go toward a
downtown cultural plaza and the city’s police helicopter
program.
The Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government will also use the
meeting to discuss other problems facing the city and possible
solutions.
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The settlement means the city can begin to move forward with the
mixed residential development of rental and for sale homes.
City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on settling suit filed
by Friends of the Lacy Historic Neighborhood that aims to save old
homes in the city’s downtown core from demolition.
Merchants at Fiesta Marketplace on Santa Ana’s downtown Fourth
Street are protesting new requirements that condition store lease
renewals to gentrification of stores and stocking higher-end
merchandise.
The Board of Directors at Downtown Inc. is mulling over the idea
of shrinking the assessment district’s boundaries.
The city brought in the consulting firm to come up with a
so-called “budget stabilization plan” that is supposed to solve the
city’s structural deficit over several years.
Following the retirement of City Manager Dave Ream, city
staffers and residents say they are confused as to who is running
City Hall.
The retired Santa Ana city manager’s consulting contract calls
for him perform the usual city manager duties, but confusion
remains as to what exactly he will be doing over the next few
months.
Dave Ream accrued 1,827 vacation hours in more than 30 years of
service to the city.
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