Santa Ana officials are expected to consider overhauling the city’s sign ordinance this month to allow local entrepreneurs to promote their business with A-frame signs on public sidewalks.
Tag: Downtown Santa Ana
Posted inCountywide
Celebrating Workers Across OC
This Labor Day Voice of OC recognizes those who work with their hands across Orange County.
Posted inSanta Ana
How the OC Streetcar Put Downtown Santa Ana on A New Path
Downtown Santa Ana’s Latino merchants politically mobilized against a rail project that impacted their sales and a downtown economic group they say doesn’t represent them.
Posted inTop Stories
Latino Small Business Owners Push for a New Downtown Santa Ana
A community effort might spell the end for a downtown tax system run by business groups that Latino merchants say ignored them.
Posted inTop Stories
Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Demand OC Transit Agency Cushion OC Streetcar Impacts
Since their first protest earlier this year, Calle Cuatro business owners have received help from city and county grants, but they say it’s not enough. Merchants are now demanding OCTA step in with monetary resources.
Posted inEquality & Equity
OC Supervisors Consider Whether to Financially Help Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Hurt By OC Streetcar Construction
Santa Ana city officials said yes. County transportation officials said no to small merchants trying to survive a $509 Million Dollar public works job tearing up downtown Santa Ana’s Fourth Street. What will county supervisors do today?
Posted inTransportation
Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Step Back into the Trench to Protest OC Streetcar Impacts
Seven weeks after the first protest, merchants have returned with signs inside the $500 million project’s open trench construction zone that’s choking off business to the area.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana Commits $1.5 Million to Bail Out Downtown Merchants Impacted by OC Streetcar
City council members also said the local assistance money could be doubled to $3 million down the road.
Posted inVisual Arts
Leaving Streaming Behind, the Santa Ana Artwalk Returns to Fourth Street This Saturday
Art, local vendors and performance return to the streets of downtown Santa Ana as the artwalk becomes an in-person affair again after spending more than a year as a virtual event.
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.
