But the perks are a good thing, the Santa Ana Mayor says,
because they are helping him save the environment.
Labor leaders didn’t mince words to political aspirants — both
local and statewide — who attended their annual picnic in Orange
County on Saturday: Anyone applying for office this election season
had better be focused on jobs.
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Santa Ana city manager says Mayor Miguel Pulido had no knowledge that city was providing him with health benefits. But Pulido told the Register that he did know.
Letter from City Manager David Ream says the city mistakenly paid Mayor Miguel Pulido’s $15,000 annual health insurance for more than three years.
Councilman Tyler Diep has been taking medical benefits from the city, the Midway Sanitary District and the state Board of Equalization.
Campbell drove a Mini Cooper courtesy of the Southern California Air Quality Management District for five months, then paid $600 to the district.
City manager’s office says mayor doesn’t take health benefits, but then mayor himself says he does.
Santa Ana Mayor Gets Car Allowance from City and a Toyota Prius courtesy of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
A posting on Santa Ana’s website details Mayor Miguel Pulido’s health benefits and refutes a statement from the city manager’s office.
Records and interviews reveal that ta xpayers could be paying a
total of about $33,000 in coverage for Miguel Pulido through plans
offered by the city and the Orange County Transportation
Authority.
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