Santa Ana City Council members are the latest elected officials in Orange County to adopt an ordinance banning the sale of nitrous oxide for recreational drug use.
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 Alert Residents of ICE Activity Amid Federal Immigration Crackdown?
Police Chief Robert Rodriguez responds to questions on whether top city executives were forthright about ICE activity in Santa Ana as some call for public disclosures of federal immigration agents courtesy calls to his department.
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Have Santa Ana’s Police Chief & City Manager Been Up Front With Residents About ICE Activity?
Questions are surfacing on whether Santa Ana’s Police Chief and City Managers told the truth about how active federal immigration agents were in OC’s only sanctuary city.
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Santa Ana Looks to Ban Whippets
Santa Ana City Council members are looking to join Orange County Supervisors and Stanton officials in banning the sale of nitrous oxide for recreational use.
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Santa Ana’s First Community Land Trust Opens Its Doors
Three cooperatives open at Walnut Street and Daisy Avenue in Santa Ana under a new community land trust model.
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Santa Ana Cracks Down on First Street ‘Drug Dens’ After Years of Police Calls
City officials may take legal action against property owners of two motels and a restaurant after nearly 1,500 police calls to their properties in the past three years, mainly due to drug activity.
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Santa Ana Looks to Crack Down on Problematic Sober Living Homes
City council members in Santa Ana are expected to join a growing list of Orange County cities regulating drug and alcohol treatment homes – cracking down on problematic facilities.
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Orange County Rallies Over Trump
Opposition voices hit the streets across Orange County Saturday, the latest in a wave of local protests against the Trump Administration increasingly playing out across OC intersections and public spaces.
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How Much Should Santa Ana Residents Pay to Park Downtown?
Santa Ana officials are struggling to decide how much they should charge residents to park downtown amid an expected budget deficit while some entrepreneurs say a raise in rates will impact their business.
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Santa Ana Scrambles to Narrow an Expected $35 Million Deficit in Four Years
Officials are mulling over ways to reduce the projected $4.2 million budget deficit next year, which is expected to widen significantly in 2029 when a sales tax measure decreases.
