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.
Tag: Fourth Street
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 inCountywide, News Briefs, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Council Approves Wellness Resolution
The resolution calls for the Fourth Street to be branded Calle Cuatro, the establishment of a mercadito, community microfarms and a committee to promote economic development.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Council Will Debate Downtown ‘Wellness District’
The district would affirm the downtown’s Latino character and promote well-being of its working-class residents in the face of gentrification. Critics say it smacks of reverse racism and would be unwelcoming to newcomers.
Posted inJulie Leopo, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Leopo: The Voices of Fourth Street
A local photographer visits the denizens of Santa Ana’s Fourth Street to get their opinions on the ongoing gentrification debate and their visions for the downtown’s future.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Youth Media: Spending a Day as a Fourth Street Fruit Vendor
A young woman tells of her work among those who make their living on downtown Santa Ana’s most vibrant street.
Posted inSanta Ana
What’s Happening With ‘Year for Retail’ in Santa Ana?
Downtown Inc. officials said 2012 would be a year focused on helping the downtown area’s struggling retail stores. For some, it is already too late.
Posted inSanta Ana
Contract Awarded for Renovation of Plaza Santa Ana
The City Council envisions the plaza on Fourth Street as a Latino cultural space.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Councilwoman Compares Downtown Property Owner to Hitler
Claudia Alvarez said Irving Chase, who is Jewish, is engaging in
“ethnic clensing” of Latino merchants on downtown Santa Ana’s
Fourth Street.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr., Santa Ana
Chases Respond to Alvarez
Santa Ana Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez asked some sharp
questions this week about Fourth Street and the Chases’ property
there.
