Officials are also proposing a $7 million increase to police spending
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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Santa Ana Officials Move Forward with New Law Targeting Street Racing Spectators
The Santa Ana City Council moved forward with a new law that could fine and even jail spectators at illegal street racing events. The policy still needs a second and final vote.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Will Santa Ana Crack Down on Families Renting in Boarding Houses?
A proposal in Santa Ana to crack down on apartments or homes shared by more than four families will go before the Planning Commission for a vote on May 24, and then the City Council on June 15.
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Exploring Adolescent, Reproductive Rights with a Local Playwright
“Have To Believe We Are Magic” is a Latina coming-of-age story by Sara Guerrero, touching on themes of rollerblading, family, sexuality and abortion.
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Santa Ana Clears Homeless Encampment at Cultural Center While Offering Shelter, Bringing Months-Long Saga Near End
Santa Ana city officials moved Thursday to clear a high-profile homeless encampment at a local cultural center while offering everyone shelter.
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Santa Ana Homeless Encampment at Community Center Shrinks Amid Efforts to Find People A Place to Stay
Around 20 people were estimated to remain on the community center’s property as of Monday.
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Alianza Translatinx Lives in the Abundance of Sharing Food and the Vision of Creating Community
Miércoles de Comida (food on Wednesdays) is a weekly tradition where celebrations are all-occasion ways of being
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City Effort to Sell Off Historic Santa Ana Fire Station Stokes Community Backlash
Some Santa Ana residents want to see a historic piece of public property go back to the community. Instead, they say, city officials have moved quietly to sell the property.
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Santa Ana Could Now Go Its Own Route to Remove El Centro Homeless Encampment Amid Finger-Pointing
The saga has raised many questions about who’s responsible for the ongoing crisis and what to do with homeless people who don’t want shelter or help at all.
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Should Santa Ana Officials Go After Street Racing Spectators? Questions Remain as New Policy Sits in Limbo
Council members were set to approve the new law, which would have made gathering around these events in public a misdemeanor punishable with fines and event jail time, at their Tuesday meeting until staff requested it be continued to a later date.
