Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero justifies the payout to Paul Walters as necessary to curb the influence of longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido.
Tag: Paul Walters
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Walters Getting Big Money and His Name on Police Building
Former Santa Ana city manager’s severance deal includes $264,999 and renaming the building the Paul M. Walters Police Administrative Building.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Interim City Manager Chosen but Name Is Withheld
Consensus was apparently reached Monday on the temporary replacement for Paul Waters, who was fired. The name may be announced next week.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Council Will Again Discuss Firing City Manager
Council members will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss the dismissal and who might be the interim replacement.
Posted inSanta Ana
Confrontation May Be Looming Over Paul Walters Firing
The City Council has decided to fire the city manager. Whether Walters will resist is unclear, but the city charter allows him a public hearing.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana City Council Fires City Manager Paul Walters
The dismissal culminates a two-year power struggle between longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido and a new council majority bent on reducing the mayor’s dominance at City Hall.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Council Will Discuss Whether to Fire City Manager
This week’s closed session agenda is the first public acknowledgment by the council majority that the city manager faces dismissal.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana City Manager Says He’ll Stay on the Job
Paul Walters makes the declaration amid swirling rumors that the council majority has asked him to resign by Friday.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
The Struggle for Accountability in Police Shootings
A meeting of minds Wednesday night that included the district attorney, Anaheim’s mayor and Santa Ana’s former police chief revealed no clear path to accountability in shootings by police.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Fate of Santa Ana’s Downtown Tax Likely to Hinge On Election
The controversial tax is on life support, but the November election could empower a new City Council to revive it next year.
