Joe Fletcher is leaving the city’s employ with $142,000 in
severance pay along with a pension, unused sick and vacation pay
and, if he chooses, unemployment benefits. But city officials still
won’t say whether he retired or was fired.
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.
Recession-Stalled Construction Sites Become Urban Parks
Cities nationwide are using urban space for temporary parks.
Santa Ana’s Fourth Street Merchants Fight Fee
Group feels it is being unfairly targeted by special
assessment.
No More Valet Parking in Artists Village
The service, which angered local artists, lasted just two
weeks.
A Portrait of Anger
The artists in Santa Ana’s Artists Village are fed up with the
what they call the creeping gentrification of their neighborhood
and a general lack of respect from the powers that be.
Pulido: Santa Ana City Attorney to Retire
The mayor confirms the retirement, which ends Joe Fletcher’s
14-year stint as the city’s top legal counsel.
Appeals Court Blocks Pulido-Involved State Property Sale
The sale — in which Pulido had said he would earn a $500,000
finders fee — is now in jeopardy.
Judge OKs Pulido-Involved Property Sale
The Santa Ana mayor said at one point that he stood to earn
$500,000 finder’s fee in the deal.
Santa Ana City Attorney Is Rumored to Be Leaving
It’s all but certain that Joe Fletcher is on his way out, but
city officials are keeping mum on the subject.
Pulido Finder’s Fee Is an Ethical Issue, But Not Necessarily a Legal One
Good government experts say it would be wrong for the Santa Ana
mayor to use his position to benefit financially from the sale of
state properties.









