Council spends more than two hours on feel-good measures at its regular meeting. Then it spends just minutes on city business.
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.
Foreclosure Relief that Doesn’t Add Up
Cities in Orange County and elsewhere have little to show for the millions in federal money they have received to alleviate blight caused by mass foreclosures.
What About the Neighborhood Stabilization Program We Already Had?
A 1977 law allows non-profit developers to do the same job as governments are through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program — and the nonprofits seem to be doing it better.









