Santa Ana city officials stand up as the nation’s first to declare an official“Chicano Heritage Month” with an inaugural festival.
Tag: Santa Ana City Council
Posted inGovernment
How Are OC Cities Planning To Spend Their Federal Neighborhood Grant Money?
Multiple city councils throughout the county are discussing how to allocate hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants aimed at improving community life.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana Commits $1.5 Million to Bail Out Downtown Merchants Impacted by OC Streetcar
City council members also said the local assistance money could be doubled to $3 million down the road.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
LeBron: Planning for a Lead-Free Santa Ana Requires an Anti-Racist Environmental Justice Approach
This piece focuses on the Feb. 15 Santa Ana City Council meeting, where the City’s General Plan Update will be discussed and possibly approved. Despite residents sharing their concerns about lead in the soil with the City, the General Plan Update did not sufficiently address prevention and mitigation of lead exposures. The Op-Ed calls for the City to lead a process convening multiple stakeholders in an anti-racist approach to understanding and addressing lead in Santa Ana.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Wu: Investing in Santa Ana’s Future Requires A Comprehensive Plan to Improve Air Quality
This piece focuses on the Feb. 1 City Council meeting, where the City’s General Plan will be discussed and possibly approved. The City did not address the environmental justice issues raised by the residents, and recommends that the council members delay adopting the environmental justice component of the General Plan.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Rhee: Santa Ana’s Mobile Home Communities Deserve Rent Control
Santa Ana’s rent stabilization and just cause eviction ordinances, the first of their kind to extend protections specifically to manufactured home owners, are crucial to safeguarding the city’s affordable housing. The fight for rent control must continue.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Why Did Santa Ana Police Hand Over Scene to Anaheim PD the Night of Brandon Lopez Shooting?
Some are questioning why the Santa Ana police relinquished command of the scene to Anaheim police before officers mistook a water bottle for a gun and shot Lopez repeatedly in September.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Is This Mary’s Kitchen’s Last Thanksgiving?
Mary’s Kitchen became a focal point in the years-long debate over how to help the homeless and revived debate around OC’s progress in solving homelessness across the region.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santa Ana Officials Charge Community Center $40K for Letting Homeless Camp on Its Property
City officials say the money is merely reimbursement for them moving in on the community center’s property to remove a homeless encampment and its trash while attempting to provide services.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Santa Ana Becomes First Orange County City With Rent Control
A split city council vote on Tuesday finalized an ordinance that’s drawn praise from residents and neighborhood groups, and criticism from landlords and real estate interest groups.
