With Community Demands Still Pending, Santa Ana Nears Final Budget Approval
Santa Ana
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Santa Ana officials are on track to give final approval to a new city budget that increases police spending by millions.
Santa Ana Pushes Police Oversight and Budget Discussion to Thursday, Pressure Mounts to Redirect Police Funds
Safety, Security & Justice
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Hundreds of public comments on spending pushed the Tuesday meeting into Wednesday.
Santa Ana Council Reels from Protests and Hears New Calls for Police Review, Different Spending
Santa Ana
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Public speakers were unanimous in their calls to move money away from police and reinvest in youth, park and community programs.
OC Sheriff Draws Heat Over Raised Thin Blue Line Flag, Protests Continue Over George Floyd’s Death
George Floyd Protests
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Sheriff officials say the flag was raised for an annual commemoration of law enforcement. Critics say the flag was tone-deaf amid nationwide protests.
Cortes: Police Union Monopoly on Electoral Spending Threatens Santa Ana’s Democracy
Community Opinion
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Hairo Cortes, executive director of Chispa, writes that the future of Santa Ana is in the hands of the voters and their ability to hold their elected officials accountable.
Cortes: Liberal Cities Must Respond to Attacks Against Sanctuary
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Santa Ana resident Hairo Cortes writes that liberal cities across California, like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Ana, should counter the actions of entities like the OC Sheriff’s Department and support the state in the Justice Department’s Sanctuary lawsuit with amicus briefs of their own.
Santa Ana ICE Contract Could Get Revived
Countywide
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City council to discuss whether to keep the city’s jail contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Immigration Agency Cancels Santa Ana Jail Contract
Countywide
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In a letter Thursday to city officials, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they were triggering a 90-day period to cancel the contract, in reaction to decisions by the council to reduce the number of detainees who could be housed there.
Cortes: OC Sheriff Hutchens Wrong on CA Immigration Detention Bill
Community Opinion
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Is it time in California to end an inhumane detention system and acknowledge that prisons aren’t the answer on immigration. Cortes counters Sheriff Sandra Hutchens arguing that a new approach to immigration (SB1289) before Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk is constitutional.