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In 2012, the so-called “Santa Ana Spring” council members touted the revival of committees on key city issues as an example of a more transparent city government. Now the meetings are mostly cancelled.
The International City/County Management Association, the leading group for managers of public agencies, censured Santa Ana City Manager David Cavazos for conduct related to his romantic relationship with a city employee, he informed council members in an email last week.
The new city manager takes over a city where civic engagement has awakened. But challenges – like a bare bones budget and strife over downtown gentrification – remain.
Council members will pay top dollar to David Cavazos, the city manager of Phoenix, and say his stewardship will be a “game changer.”
A dispute among rival adult baseball leagues has resulted in another battle between Miguel Pulido and the City Council majority.
Former Santa Ana city manager’s severance deal includes $264,999 and renaming the building the Paul M. Walters Police Administrative Building.
Members of the council vote to strip Mayor Miguel Pulido of his power to make appointments to council subcommittees.
The incumbent has 48.5 percent of the early vote and Councilman David Benavides 23.9 percent.
Monday’s vote marks the first time in recent memory that a challenger to longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido has received the party’s endorsement.
Members of Santa Ana’s new City Council majority are going public in a big way with their determination to oust longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido in the upcoming election.