On the same night, Santa Ana inspired an Anaheim official’s push to negotiate police officer salaries in public.
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 Law Enforcement Political Spending Pay Off in Orange County?
Santa Ana’s police union is spending close to $1 million on local elections, and not just on Santa Ana’s.
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Should Anaheim Be Santa Ana’s Police Oversight Role Model?
A police oversight panel in some form is up for City Council approval next month. On paper, here’s what it can and can’t do.
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Voters in Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange and Tustin Are Picking a New County Rep. What Do the Candidates Say?
We asked the candidates key questions about transparency, climate change, airplane noise and bike lanes.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Impacted Families of Police Killings in OC Call on State Attorney General to Investigate DA
Families and friends of OC residents killed by police officers who have been cleared by Todd Spitzer’s office demand a state investigation.
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Panoringan: CulinaryLab Classrooms Expand to Santa Ana
CulinaryLab’s modern education format grows into its second campus at 4th Street Market.
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OC Homelessness Policy Lands Back In Court, Santa Ana Stops Opening of County’s Walk-in Shelter
Santa Ana’s years-long public campaign against becoming OC’s homeless “dumping ground” has advocates for homeless people worrying about what that means for people in the streets.
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Here Are Santa Ana Candidates’ Views on Policing, Homelessness, Open Space
Eight candidates on residents’ ballots this year lay out their approaches to some of the city’s crucial quality of life issues.
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Santana: Orange County Residents Could Really Tilt November’s Election
OC’s voters this week get their ballots to decide key races – like who controls Congress – as a flurry of political mailers and internet advertising starts landing.
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Santa Ana City Council Doesn’t Trust its Police Negotiation Process
Councilmember Jessie Lopez is pushing to publicly negotiate a police union contract after she claimed one or more of her colleagues have leaked information to the controversial union president.
