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Clara Turner argues it’s time to put a measure on the ballot in Santa Ana proposing district-based elections in place of the city’s current system, in which city council members are elected at-large (voted upon by the entire city) but must live in a specific district.
The city had launched an investigation into allegations of an improper romantic relationship between the department head and an employee.
Many of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s business partners — and even his personal attorney — were involved in a now decade-old deal to sell land to the Santa Ana Unified School District, netting a 60-percent profit.
When a large Sycamore fell on Mary Joe Geczy’s house in Santa Ana’s Washington Square neighborhood, a city official said it wasn’t an emergency. But it became one when she showed up at Mayor Miguel Pulido’s house.
A retired police officer’s special relationship with former Police Chief Paul Walters reveals a leader with a big heart but who couldn’t stand firm.
Arthur, an influential presence in Santa Ana and ally of Mayor Miguel Pulido, has apparently been ousted after an investigation into her actions regarding a traffic accident.
Ana Maldonado overcame a childhood oppressed by poverty, disability and alcoholism to achieve a dream that began at a perilous intersection in front of her elementary school.