Santa Ana residents — responding to social media posts calling on the community to help clean up — appeared at the sites of the protest the night before.
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.
Posted inNEWS
Police Fire Tear Gas While Weathering Fireworks, Projectiles As OC Protests Heighten in Santa Ana
The crowds gathered in response to nationwide outcry over the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Coronavirus Infections Hit Hard at Orange County’s Latino Community
The novel coronavirus is impacting Latinos at disproportionate rates statewide and in OC, because of a lack of access to health care, preexisting health conditions and crowded housing.
Posted inNEWS
Early Santa Ana Recall Election Results Signal Ouster for City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias
Nearly 11,000 voters were in favor of ousting Iglesias, while more than 8,600 were opposed as of Tuesday night.
Posted inCountywide
Santa Ana Assesses Coronavirus Financial Losses, Proposes Increases on Public Safety Spending Next Year
Santa Ana’s looking at millions of dollars in financial losses from Coronavirus, as officials are preparing a new budget that proposes to increase public safety spending by $13.5 million.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana Voters Decide Today Whether To Recall City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias
What happens today could set the stage for the November general election, and impact the future of Santa Ana politics. If voters want Iglesias out, they’ll have three different replacement candidates, all backed by different people, to choose from.
Posted inREGIONS
Santa Ana City Council Resists Efforts to Reverse Rent Freeze
The potential repeal of the rent freeze — which lasts through May 31 — prompted uproar across Santa Ana as soon as it was scheduled for a discussion.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
At The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, The Show Is Going On… Virtually
Since late March, The Frida Cinema has been open virtually, posting links to about 15 diverse movies a week, thanks to films’ distributors making them available to art houses.
Posted inREGIONS
Landlord Groups Want Santa Ana to Repeal Its Emergency Rent Increase Freeze
Santa Ana City Council members could vote to rescind or affirm the rent hike restriction — enacted last month by City Manager Kristine Ridge through an executive order that’s currently in effect until May 31 — at their Tuesday meeting.
Posted inJulie Leopo
Leopo: Grocery Truck Markets Connect Santa Ana Neighborhoods During Coronavirus
He sells fresh produce that he buys from Los Angeles— an hour away. His clientele is multi-generational: youth skipping to buy candy and hot chips, husbands running out to buy a pack of tortillas during dinner time, or señoras carefully picking tomatillos for their fresh salsa of the day.
