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Development

Santa Ana’s New, Younger Council Will Get To Decide What The City Looks Like When It Grows Up

Government
By Brandon Pho | November 30, 2020

The city’s general plan outlines the city’s official stance on what kinds of land uses are allowed throughout the city for decades into the future.

Santa Ana Poised to Relax Affordable Housing Obligations on Developers

Housing & Homelessness
By Brandon Pho | August 18, 2020

Santa Ana officials could make it easier for developers to build for-profit apartments in the city, while lowering affordable housing requirements.

Santa Ana to Revisit Two Controversial Development Projects on Same Night

Government
By Brandon Pho | April 21, 2020

On the same night, Santa Ana council members will revisit a much-contested apartments project at 2525 N. Main St. and a tower that’s been in development for more than a decade at One Broadway Plaza.

Two Santa Ana Council Members Flip on Controversial 2525 Development, Possibly Ending It

Economy
By Brandon Pho | April 14, 2020

Council members Vicente Sarmiento and David Penaloza have flipped on the project, forming a clear majority against the controversial apartments as a decision makes its way to council members’ desks on whether or not to turn the project over to voters – or rescind their original vote entirely.

Santa Ana Freezes Rent Increases for Residents

Housing & Homelessness
By Brandon Pho | April 14, 2020

The new protections add to existing emergency measures the city enacted back in March, banning utility shutoffs and the eviction of tenants over an inability to pay rent due to the financial constraints of the health crisis.

Santa Ana Residents’ Referendum Against Controversial Apartments Project Qualifies for Election

2525 N. Main St.
By Brandon Pho | April 8, 2020

County elections officials have certified a referendum petition by residents who oppose and live next to the 2525 apartments project, a 256-unit development by developer Ryan Ogulnick that got the City Council’s final approval on January 23. At the time, residents opposed to the project had warned they would challenge it with a referendum petition, which they filed with the city in late February.

Irvine’s Great Park Fails Transparency Test

Countywide
By Noah Biesiada | March 10, 2020

While city officials have touted the Park as the most transparent project of its type, questions still remain about how public money is being spent to develop Orange County’s largest public works project.

Irvine Council Prepares To Authorize More Debt For Future Great Park Homeowners

Orange County Great Park
By Noah Biesiada | March 10, 2020

Irvine’s city council members tonight will vote to consider whether to establish a new tax district in the Orange County Great Park, pushing the total amount of potential bonds to over one billion dollars if approved by the council.

Newport Beach Opposes State Affordable Housing Quotas

Development
By Hosam Elattar | January 30, 2020

Newport Beach officials this week joined cities across Orange County who have passed resolutions opposing mandated regional quotas that significantly expand the city’s affordable housing goals for the next ten years.

Lawsuits, Referendums on Horizon for Santa Ana’s Controversial 2525 Apartments

2525 N. Main St.
By Brandon Pho and Hosam Elattar | January 23, 2020

Council members initially approved the project last year, despite a push by some against the much-disputed 2525 N. Main St. apartments in the city’s north-end Park Santiago neighborhood.

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