Downtown Inc. is still trying to control the future of a proposed Farmer’s Market in Santa Ana. They are hosting another community meeting to ponder the idea.
Here is the message they emailed to their supporters today: Continue reading
Category Archives: Santa Ana
Benavides stews while Pulido extends an olive branch
It didn’t take long for losing Santa Ana mayoral candidate David Benavides to show his immaturity. Check out these excerpts from the Voice of OC:
Benavides was defiant in defeat, saying wins by Vincent Sarmiento and Roman Reyna in their City Council races gives the Santa Ana Spring coalition a super majority that overrides Pulido’s landslide victory. Continue reading
Santiago Canyon College awarded $1.25 million math and science grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2012
Contact: Judy Iannaccone , Director, Communications, Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
Santiago Canyon College Awarded $1.25 Million Upward Bound Math and Science Grant
O.C. College Benefits from a Trio of Grants to Boost STEM Programs
(Santa Ana)— Santiago Canyon College (SCC) recently got news that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to receive $250,000 annually in a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program. The funds will help prepare high school students for post-secondary education programs that lead to careers in the fields of math and science. The program will make it possible for 62 students in Orange Unified School District to participate in a cohort model in which a group of students moves through all classes and phases of the program together. Continue reading
The Santa Ana City Clerk announces the 2012 Nov. 6 election results
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community Alert: 2012 UNOFFICIAL LOCAL SANTA ANA ELECTION RESULTS
SANTA ANA, CA (November 7, 2012) – In an effort to keep Santa Ana residents informed about the local election, the following information is provided. As of 11/07/2012 at 8 am, the Orange County Registrar of Voters Office has released the following results. Please note that this information is UNOFFICIAL until certified on December 11, 2012. For complete election information, please go to http://www.ocvote.com/results.
Santa Ana Mayor, Vote Count Percentage: Continue reading
Team Benavides stumbles as Pulido and Alvarez win
The Team Benavides consultant, John Palacio, lost his tug of war with Mayor Pulido
What a night. To sum it up, Mayor Miguel Pulido won easily. Over in the RSCCD Area 5 race his longtime ally, Claudia Alvarez, also won.
What about Team Benavides? Well, David Benavides got beat, badly. So did Eric Alderete, in Ward 3, by an unknown candidate, Angelica Amezcua, who barely campaigned. And while Vince Sarmiento won in Ward 1, he did so barely over another unknown candidate, Estela Amezcua. The one guy in the Benavides cabal who won with a big margin was Roman Reyna, in Ward 5. Continue reading
How is it that Angelica Amezcua won in Ward 3?
Did anyone see this coming? Somehow Angelica Amezcua, an unknown schoolteacher who did not file a candidate’s statement, did not buy signs or mailers and did not campaign, won in Santa Ana’s Ward 3, over well-funded East L.A. lawyer Eric Alderete, a Santa Ana Planning Commissioner.
How did she do this? Well, for starters, she was the only female candidate and she has a great ballot I.D. People like schoolteachers! And Alderete made a terrible mistake in this race. He got in bed with John Palacio and David Benavides.
Santa Ana Election results – Pulido far ahead and Amezcua winning in Ward 3!
Two winners – Mayor Miguel Pulido and President Barack Obama
As expected, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is winning handily tonight. The O.C. Voter Registrar has posted the early returns, which are absentee ballots. Here are some of the evening’s highlights:
- Mayor Miguel Pulido has a whopping 7,454 votes – David Benavides only has 3,676 votes. George Collins is nipping at Benavides’ heels with 2,523 votes
- In a shocker, the unknown schoolteacher Angelica Amezcua is leading in Ward 3, with 6,637 votes, while Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Eric Alderete has 5,097 votes and former Council Member Brett Franklin has 4,172 votes. It is early yet but if this trend continues then Franklin has a good shot as the Latino vote in Ward 3 is clearly split. There are however three candidates splitting up the white vote – Charles Hart, Shane Barrows and Steve Rocco. Continue reading
Who will win in Santa Ana’s elections on Tuesday?
Santa Ana Mayoral challenger David Benavides wasn’t on the ballot two years ago, as he had no opponent for his City Council seat. The last time he appeared on the ballot was six years ago, back when he still mentioned his wife and family on his fliers and websites.
So it was a daunting task for Benavides to ramp up his name I.D. this year in a few short weeks, having announced his mayoral campaign rather late in the game.
As such I think he is going to be toast on Tuesday, Nov. 6. But what about the other races? Who will win? Comment here with your picks, including estimated vote percentages and whoever gets the closest will win a free banner ad on our blog for one month, for the business or non-profit of their choice.
Here are my predictions: Continue reading
Benavides got caught trying to raise his Council pay package
Santa Ana Mayoral challenger David Benavides got bad news today as a mailer hit the mailboxes touting his plan to raise his own City Council pay.
Benavides, who is supporting every single tax increase on the November ballot, formed a City Council committee, according to the mailer, which you can see here, in July of this year. The committee’s mission was to explore raising the City Council’s pay and benefits! Luckily Mayor Miguel Pulido put a stop to this. Continue reading
Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees support tax increase
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 5, 2012
Contact: Judy Iannaccone , Director, Communications , Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees Support Prop 30, Oppose Prop 38
(Santa Ana)—At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) Board of Trustees on October 8, the trustees voted in favor of a resolution in support of Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act. Continue reading
Famous Dave’s BBQ is now open in Santa Ana!
Famous Dave’s is now open in Santa Ana, at 3608 S. Bristol Street. You can order food to go by calling them at: 714-957-1857, or order catering at: 1-800-446-9999, and you can fax in your order to: 714-957-6508.
The General Manager is “Famous John” and the Catering Manager is “Famous Darbi.” The hours are: Sunday to Monday, from 11am to 10pm, & Friday and Saturday from 11am to 11pm. Continue reading
Lobbyist contributes to College Trustees whose colleges hire the same firm
Rancho Santiago Trustee, John Hanna, pictured on the right
Dr. Mike Moodian has conducted more public records research into our elected Community College Trustees her in Orange County, and sure enough he has uncovered more disturbing findings…
The Rancho Santiago and Coast community college districts employ an Irvine firm named Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. Townsend calls itself a “public affairs” or “advocacy” group. What they really are is a lobbying firm.
Each district pays Townsend approximately $6000 per month. Townsend then helps the district “achieve public sector funding objectives with the State of California and the federal government.” They’re doing a lousy job at this. Continue reading
Benavides hit in the mail for honoring the Minutemen
Well, you had to know this was coming. Santa Ana Mayoral challenger David Benavides got slammed in the mail today for honoring Lupe Moreno and her fellow Minutemen in 2010. Continue reading
The Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk is set for this Saturday, 11/3
The Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk is set for this Saturday night, Nov. 3rd, featuring “Noche de Altares.”
Event highlights:
- GCS Art Gallery: The Day of the Dead themed art show features new works by many artists familiar to the GCS gallery. the list of artists include: ASEPH, 3rdI, Benjie, Nick Lu, AWOL, Alex barcenas, tim shelton, jamie johnson, calvyrus, ray vargas, spr fkr, dino perez, zack bowen, freddie medina, AKIL, tristan cruz, tyoni aragon, rebornz, rask, ar, charlie inkbomber, kasey mahoney, pavel acevedo, jouvon michael, eli martinez, kitty brown, EGADS, BOISE, RABET, david flores, dice, kenos, zane, glory, jroz, meezy perez, michael ziobrowski and a few more surprises….!DJ’s playing music from dead artists all night long. Continue reading
Disgraced Councilman Bustamante promotes Benavides for Mayor!
Benavides signs at Bustamante’s house
I got a tip today that disgraced Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante has been seen putting up signs for his pal David Benavides’ mayoral campaign, and that Bustamante has Benavides’ signs in his yard.
So I drove over to Bustamante’s house and sure enough, he had two Benavides signs in his lawn! And a pile of Vince Sarmiento signs on his porch to boot. Continue reading