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.
Santa Ana Voters Decide Today Whether To Recall City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias
Politics & Elections
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What happens today could set the stage for the November general election, and impact the future of Santa Ana politics. If voters want Iglesias out, they’ll have three different replacement candidates, all backed by different people, to choose from.
Santa Ana City Council Resists Efforts to Reverse Rent Freeze
Housing & Homelessness
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The potential repeal of the rent freeze — which lasts through May 31 — prompted uproar across Santa Ana as soon as it was scheduled for a discussion.
Santa Ana Council Moves to Repeal 2525 Vote, Approves One Broadway Plaza
2525 N. Main St.
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City Council members on Tuesday night voted to repeal their initial approval of 2525, a much-contested apartments project in north Santa Ana, and authorized a request by developer Mike Harrah to add up to 415 apartments to his tower at One Broadway Plaza, which has been in development for at least 15 years.
Two Santa Ana Council Members Flip on Controversial 2525 Development, Possibly Ending It
Economy
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Council members Vicente Sarmiento and David Penaloza have flipped on the project, forming a clear majority against the controversial apartments as a decision makes its way to council members’ desks on whether or not to turn the project over to voters – or rescind their original vote entirely.
Santa Ana Council Member Iglesias’ Push for Tax Relief Roils Colleagues
Orange County Coronavirus
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After city staff said the council didn’t have the legal authority to rescind or suspend the sales tax increase, which voters approved in 2018, council members David Penaloza and Phil Bacerra criticized Iglesias for bringing up the issue.
Santa Ana Disbands Public Safety Board Amid Police Union Demand for Council Critics’ Removal
Santa Ana
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The union in a memo to the council last month criticized Villegas and Iglesias and requested their removal from the public safety board, questioning their commitment to the city’s police officers and their ability to make key public safety policy decisions.
Lawsuits, Referendums on Horizon for Santa Ana’s Controversial 2525 Apartments
2525 N. Main St.
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Council members initially approved the project last year, despite a push by some against the much-disputed 2525 N. Main St. apartments in the city’s north-end Park Santiago neighborhood.
Development Impacted Two Neighborhoods Differently in Santa Ana
Santa Ana
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Residents of both the Santa Anita neighborhood and Park Santiago neighborhood agree the Council has ignored their opposition to development near their homes — but residents of Santa Anita, a lower-income and predominantly Latino area, say they weren’t listened to as much as residents of Park Santiago, which has more white and higher-income residents.