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The Santa Ana City Clerk announces the 2012 Nov. 6 election results

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Angelica Amezcua, Brett Franklin, Charles Hart, David Benavides, Elections, Eric Alderete, Estela Amezcua, George Collins, Karina Onofre, Lupe Moreno, Measure GG, Miguel Angel Briseno, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows, Vince Sarmiento 10 Comments

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→

Santa Ana Election results – Pulido far ahead and Amezcua winning in Ward 3!

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Alfredo Amezcua, Bond Measures, Brett Franklin, Cecilia Iglesias, Charles Hart, Civic Affairs, Claudia Alvarez, Dave Chapel, David Benavides, Democratic Party, Elections, Eric Alderete, Estela Amezcua, George Collins, Jose Hernandez, Mark McLoughlin, Measure GG, Miguel Pulido, Myriam Tinajero, Nelida Mendoza-Yanez, Politics, Rob Richardson, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows, Steve Rocco, Thomas Gordon, Tony Tapia, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

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→

Ward 3 candidate Brett Franklin’s secret weapon

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Brett Franklin, Elections, Eric Alderete, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows 2 Comments

Former Santa Ana Council Member Brett Franklin continues to lead in polling for Ward 3, despite the fact that there are quite a few candidates running for that seat, including Planning Commissioner Eric Alderete, who has amassed a vast warchest – largely from contributors who don’t live in Santa Ana.

How is Franklin doing it? I asked him that the other day and he offered an anecdote. He ran into a lady at the supermarket the other day. She was a Latina and she seemed somehow familiar to him. She approached Franklin and said that she and her family voted for him via absentee ballot. Apparently she remembered going to the same school as Franklin, in the fifth grade! Continue reading→

Should Santa Ana turn the Riverview Golf Course into a park?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows 13 Comments

Does Santa Ana need a major park space or a Golf Course?

By: Shane Barrows

The City of Santa Ana is in dire need of open park space. Our city does not have nearly enough park space for our residents to enjoy the outdoors. Not too many residents know about a quietly kept secret. The City of Santa Ana owns some of the land that the Riverview Golf Course is currently occupying! The golf course is a large piece land that stretches from 17th Street all the way to the 22 freeway along the riverbed. It is full of plush green grass, a man-made lake, and has pre-existing trails. It sits on a total of 114 acres, with 21 of those acres in the city of Orange. The remaining 93 acres are in Santa Ana, with 32 acres belonging to Santa Ana and 61 acres belonging to the Orange County Flood Control District. Continue reading→

Our Santa Ana Voter Guide for the Nov. 6 election

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Civic Affairs, Claudia Alvarez, Elections, Estela Amezcua, Jose Hernandez, Jose Moreno, Karina Onofre, Loretta Sanchez, Measure GG, Miguel Pulido, Myriam Tinajero, Politics, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows 32 Comments

There are quite a few key races coming up in the November 6, 2012 General Election, here in Santa Ana.

I have written dozens of posts in recent weeks about many of the candidates for the City Council, the SAUSD School Board, and the Rancho Santiago Community College District. After much deliberation, here are my endorsements:

Santa Ana City Council: Continue reading→

Will Santa Ana lose its police department or file for bankruptcy?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows 7 Comments

Will Santa Ana lose its police department or file for bankruptcy?

By: Shane Ramon Barrows, City of Santa Ana, Ward 3 Candidate

The City of Santa Ana is in financial crisis. Even though the city leadership states that we have a balanced budget, the fact of the matter is that the current “balanced budget” is nothing more than basic accounting gimmicks. The truth will come out after the November elections. A review of the budget details shows the overly inflated fluff revenues that the city is expecting this year. These revenues include a 74% increase in building permits ($680K), a 40% increase in traffic fines ($120K), an 11% increase in Hotel Visitor taxes ($747K), a 223% increase of city property rentals ($230K) and a 63% increase on earnings from investments ($200K). Those assumptions account for nearly $2 million of the city’s projected revenue. Continue reading→

Eric Alderete to hold another fundraiser, but this time in Los Angeles

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Brett Franklin, Charles Hart, Democratic Party, Elections, Eric Alderete, Lawyers, Politics, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows 12 Comments

Santa Ana Ward 3 candidate Eric Alderete is hosting another fundraiser – but this time it is going to be held in Los Angeles, not in Santa Ana, at the offices of mega-corporate law firm DLA Piper.

Here are the event details, courtesy of Facebook: Continue reading→

Steve Rocco becomes fifth candidate to announce for Ward 3

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Carlos Bustamante, Charles Hart, Civic Affairs, Democratic Party, Eric Alderete, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Shane Ramon Barrows, Steve Rocco 10 Comments

It looks like Steve Rocco is back. According to Santa Ana neighborhood leader Connie Hamilton, Rocco has pulled papers to run for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council. He previously ran for Ward 3 back in 2008.

Here is a rundown of the many races Rocco has been involved in over the years:

Nov 7, 2000 – Ran against Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. Got 5,733 votes according to Smart Voter.
Nov. 5, 2002 – Ran against Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee John Hanna. Got 19,247 votes according to Smart Voter.
Nov. 2, 2004 – Ran against Phil Martinez for the Orange Unified School District’s Board of Education. Rocco won this race with 33,503 votes according to Smart Voter. Red County blogger Matt Cunningham admitted afterwards that he voted for Rocco rather than vote for his Latino Democrat opponent. Continue reading→

Pulido scrambling to stop a mayoral term limit ballot measure

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Charles Hart, Civic Affairs, David Benavides, Eric Alderete, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana, Shane Barrows, Term Limits, Vince Sarmiento 8 Comments

Sources at City Hall are telling me that Mayor Miguel Pulido is working overtime to stop an attempt by the Santa Ana City Council to draft a term limit measure that will eventually end his career as Mayor of Santa Ana.

The City Council appointed an Ad Hoc committee to consider term limits. The term limit committee includes Council Members Michele Martinez, David Benavides and Vince Sarmiento. That committee will present their findings to their colleagues at the next Santa Ana City Council meeting. It is thought that the committee will show up with a prepared ballot measure that the voters will be able to consider in the November general election. Continue reading→