The two cities have signed an agreement to begin discussions over the 102-acre golf course owned by Garden Grove but located in the city of Santa Ana.
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 inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Wants County to Shelter Homeless People on Vacant Irvine Land, Considers Suing
The Santa Ana City Council is considering filing a lawsuit against the county – and inviting other cities to join – alleging mismanagement of the millions of dollars in federal homelessness money the county gets each year.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Norberto Santana Jr., Santa Ana
Santana: Inaction Can Kill
Orange County Supervisors keep wasting precious time with an anemic response to the homelessness explosion along the Santa Ana riverbed and downtown civic center. With Hep A outbreaks prompting action in both LA and San Diego Counties, how much longer will it take county supervisors to step up and protect public safety in Orange County?
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Sex And The Supervisors
While sex scandals have rocked the Santa Ana and Orange County governments in recent years, both continue to allow managers to date people they supervise and whose promotions they oversee. But new policies are in the works, officials say.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana City Council Calls DACA Repeal “Appalling,” Will Urge Congress to Support DREAM Act
The council action came as demonstrators also gathered in a Santa Ana park to protest the scheduled elimination of the six-year-old program.
Posted inOutdoors, Santa Ana
Solar Eclipse Draws Viewers at Santa Ana Civic Center
The eclipse provided a crescent view of the sun in the late morning for people at the Santa Ana Civic Center.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Anaheim, Buena Park, Canyons, Cypress, Dana Point, Government, Irvine, La Palma, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Top Stories, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda
Fire Chief for Most of OC Suddenly Resigns After Managers Demand It
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Jeff Bowman stepped down after a group of managers called for his resignation. It’s unclear what their concerns were, and an effort is underway to bring Bowman back.
Posted inEconomy, Santa Ana
Santa Ana To Require Union Labor on City Construction Contracts
Santa Ana is the first city in Orange County to have such an agreement, which requires construction contractors to hire workers through a union referral system.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Education, Santa Ana
Rodríguez: Santa Ana Unified School District Approach on District Security Officers Jeopardizes Student Safety
Rigo Rodríguez, who is a Governing Board Member for the Santa Ana Unified School District, questions implementation of a district plan to shift 25 of 38 District Security Officers (DSOs) from their middle schools and high schools to other sites, urging cooperation, just as labor leaders meet today with school district officials on the shift.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
La Familia: Where Santa Ana’s Parents “Come Out” to Their Communities
La Familia, the monthly Spanish-language meetings in which parents of Santa Ana youths discuss how to support their children who come out as gay, lesbian or transgender.
