In his opening statement, mayoral challenger and Councilman Roman Reyna said bluntly that the incumbent mayor is under a criminal investigation and will be indicted.
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DA to Santa Ana: Don’t Release Pulido Report
The Orange County District Attorney’s office is urging Santa Ana City Council members not to follow through on their vow to release the city’s investigative report on a real estate deal between Mayor Miguel Pulido and a city contractor, saying that doing so will jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Santa Ana Council to Consider Criminal Case Against Mayor
In closed session Tuesday, the city council will discuss possible legal action regarding Mayor Miguel Pulido’s property swap with a city contractor, including “civil/criminal” cases, according to meeting agenda.
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Santa Ana Voters to Consider Two Marijuana Initiatives
City Council members approved an alternative medical marijuana collectives initiative – which will compete with an advocates backed initiative – that regulates and taxes pot shops.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Grant Funding Shows a City Budget Still in Recovery Mode
Due to a fragile budget, Santa Ana officials have been using a federal grant to fund city services instead of the nonprofit sector.
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Santa Ana City Council Votes to End Red-Light Camera Contract
Council members cite excessive fines as the reason to kill the contract. But the cameras will stay up until June of 2015.
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Santa Ana City Council Adopts ‘Historic’ Five-Year Strategic Plan
The framework is intended to guide city spending and is considered by city leaders and activists an important step toward inclusive and better government.
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Activists, Santa Ana Officials Reconcile on Strategic Plan
After activists publicly denounced a draft plan that disregarded their key policy goals, city officials have shifted course and granted most of the activists’ demands.
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Santa Ana Council Meets Privately on Pulido Property Swap
Council members met Tuesday night in closed session to discuss an investigation by the city attorney into the potential illegalities of a real estate deal between a city contractor and the mayor’s family.
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Santa Ana Activists: City’s Strategic Plan Outreach Insufficient
A community survey, one of the pillars of the city’s new strategic plan, has failed to adequately reach the city’s Latino majority, activists say.
