Debate between city staff and council members over specific provisions continued well into the night. Meanwhile, activists who pushed for the ordinance reacted with jubilation.
Tag: Miguel Pulido
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
Pulido Announces Endorsements
The longtime Santa Ana mayor’s list of supporters include several well-known local politicos and labor unions.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Council Makes Progress on Sunshine Ordinance
Council members spent hours Monday night editing line-by-line a proposed law that would increase transparency at City Hall.
Posted inCountywide, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Pulido Faces His Challengers in Santa Ana Mayoral Debate
In an election-year rarity, incumbent Mayor Miguel Pulido showed up Wednesday to debate challengers to his nearly 20-year reign.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
OC Democrats Endorse Benavides for Santa Ana Mayor
Monday’s vote marks the first time in recent memory that a challenger to longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido has received the party’s endorsement.
Posted inEducation, Santa Ana, Transportation
An Education in Openness: Questions for Sonia Carvalho
Santa Ana’s new city attorney talks about government ethics, the challenges facing her office and a legal requirement that council members pay attention.
Posted inSanta Ana
Downtown Promotion Tax Receives Stay of Execution
The county granted the city an extension to approve the levy for next year, but it still seems unlikely that the tax will continue.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Pulido Foes Say They’re Sowing Seeds of ‘Santa Ana Spring’
Members of Santa Ana’s new City Council majority are going public in a big way with their determination to oust longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido in the upcoming election.
Posted inSanta Ana
Tinajero Out of Mayor’s Race and Now Supports Benavides
The council majority has lined up behind Councilman Benavides and set up potentially the most competitive mayor’s race in years.
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.
