People hugged their children and grandchildren Tuesday in Santa Ana when 23 people who hadn’t seen their families in at least 10 years flew from Mexico after securing travel visas that they can use for 10 years.
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 inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
At Least 150 OC Jail Inmates on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions and Treatment
Roughly 150 to 200 Orange County jail inmates are on a hunger strike to protest jailhouse conditions, according to two different estimates — one from the OC Sheriff’s Department and another from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Posted inEconomy, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Puts Sales Tax Increase on November Ballot; Would Be Highest in OC
City officials say they need the extra $63 million to maintain existing service levels and fix aging infrastructure. Most of the increase apparently would go toward maintaining existing services and the pension cost increases for the existing workforce and retirees.
Posted inFountain Valley, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Westminster
State Will Not Pursue Enforcement Over Do’s 1.2 Million Taxpayer-Funded Mailers
Do’s mailers to voters in his district later prompted the state Legislature to ban local governments from sending out government-funded mailers featuring elected officials within 60 days of an election.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Fullerton, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Armory Homeless Shelters Close, Many Unsure What’s Next
Homeless people in north Orange County no longer will have nightly shelters at the National Guard armories after the Santa Ana armory closed its doors Sunday morning and Fullerton shut down last week.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Council Again Delays Vote on District Elections
The Santa Ana City Council again delayed deciding if city voters in November will get to vote on whether they want to switch from at-large city council elections to district-based elections.
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Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades
The election saw OC voters eliminating the Democrats’ supermajority in the state Senate; setting up competitive runoff elections for four Republican-held congressional districts and 4th District county supervisor; and delivering the first runoff elections for district attorney and sheriff in more than a quarter century.
Posted inEconomy, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Upside-Down By $10 Million in New Fiscal Year; Council Seeks Sales Tax Increase
Most of the council moved toward placing a sales tax increase on the November ballot, but didn’t explain what the tens of millions of extra dollars would be used for.
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North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter two months ago called on south county cities to identify and develop additional shelter beds, and gave them until Wednesday to identify locations.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Orange, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster
Central OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary
A rundown of news stories for central Orange County residents about races for the 45th and 48th Congressional Districts, district attorney, sheriff, and the county Board of Supervisors.
