Claudia Alvarez issues list of demands to city staffers that
would shed light on controversial changes on heavily Latino Fourth
Street.
The son of downtown land owner Irving Chase says the Latino
nonprofit El Centro Cultural de Mexico was forced from a building
owned by Chase’s father-in-law because of neglect. El Centro
leaders say their ouster is part of a gentrification plan.
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Restaurant owners, parking enforcers and 20-somethings from
Irvine all say Artists Village is becoming a destination.
The historic theater’s operators want to turn it into a concert
venue and serve alcohol. Some longtime downtown residents and
business owners are fighting the plan.
Could the foreclosure crisis have caused Santa Ana to drop from
ninth to 11th on the list of California cities? Also, merchants on
Fourth Street say residents have been pushed out.
Property owners on both sides of a battle over the downtown
assessment tax spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting.
Downtown business owners — mainly those who run mom-and-pop
shops — will be at the Santa Ana City Council meeting Tuesday
night to protest what they say is an unfair tax.
Group feels it is being unfairly targeted by special
assessment.
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