The attempted eminent domain of Ace Muffler in the 1980s gave Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido a cause célèbre and launched his political career. Now, the government is again threatening to seize the business.
Tag: Jose Pulido
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
More Issues With Pulido’s Conflict of Interest Disclosures
Records show the Santa Ana mayor has for years misrepresented the nature of his ownership of downtown properties on public disclosure forms.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Downtown Tax Likely to Expire
The tax has been the center of a nearly two-year battle that squared property owners against each other and was criticized for being part of a downtown gentrification plan.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Taxes Delinquent for Santa Ana Mayor’s Family Business
Jose Pulido, brother to Mayor Miguel Pulido, says he refused to
pay the auto shop’s property taxes for three years as a
protest.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Downtown Inc. Wants to Reduce Service Area
Such a move would relieve some of the property owners who have
been fighting the assessment tax that supports the
organization.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
He Won’t Toe the Family Line
Jose Pulido says his family’s auto care shop gets no benefit
from a downtown assessment tax that funds Downtown Inc. His brother
— and mayor of Santa Ana — has been a champion of the booster
organization.
