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Recap of tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting – mosquitoes, homeless and Lou Correa

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, homeless, Lou Correa, Orange County Vector Control District, Santa Ana 35 Comments

The OC Vector Control District tries to explain themselves

Jared Dever, the Director of Communications for the OC Vector Control District, showed up at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting to explain why his agency tried to spray an insecticide on homes in Santa Ana’s inner city neighborhoods a few weeks ago.

Santa Ana Council Members Michele Martinez and David Benavides spoke up and asked that Dever and the OCVCD learn from this episode. That is because this mosquito spraying decision blew up in everyone’s face.

When we posted about the mosquito spraying, which was announced on a Friday and was supposed to happen the following Monday, the post went viral on Facebook and because I posted the email addresses of the City Council members they each received hundreds of emails from angry residents.

What to do about the proposed Santa Ana Homeless Shelter Continue reading→

Senator Correa and Little League team to be honored at City Council meeting on 10/21

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 2 Comments

City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: MAYOR & COUNCIL TO HONOR SEN. LOU CORREA, SOUTHWEST LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM & WATER IS LIFE CONTEST AWARD WINNER TUES.

SANTA ANA, CA (October 20, 2014) – The City of Santa Ana is expecting higher attendance to the Tuesday, October 21, 2014 City Council Meeting. As a result the public is encouraged to arrive early. Doors to the Council Chambers will open at 4:30pm and the meeting is expected to begin at approximately 5:45pm.

The public is invited to attend the City Council Meeting as members of the City Council will recognize community members for their outstanding service to the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading→

State Senator Lou Correa to be honored by the City Council on Tuesday night

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Lou Correa, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Miguel Pulido and Lou Correa

City of Santa Ana

Advisory: MAYOR & COUNCIL TO HONOR SEN. LOU CORREA, SOUTHWEST LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM & WATER IS LIFE CONTEST AWARD WINNER TUES.

SANTA ANA, CA (October 7, 2014) – The public is invited to attend the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 as members of the City Council will recognize community members for their outstanding service to the City of Santa Ana.

Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero will honor the Southwest Little League Team, the Baseball Pirates, for winning the City Tournament for the City of Santa Ana. Councilmember Michele Martinez will honor Senator Lou Correa for his service to the community and for his years of service in the California State Legislature. Councilmember Vincent Sarmiento will honor Zayra Garcia for winning the “Water is Life” art contest held by the Metropolitan Water District and her teacher, Arica Dowd, for submitting the student drawings. Continue reading→

Gov. Brown rejects State Senator Correa’s Mexico Trade Office bill

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in california, Democratic Party, Governor Jerry Brown, Lou Correa, mexico, Politics Leave a comment

Governor Jerry Brown announced yesterday that he had declined to sign State Senator Lou Correa’s SB 928 – a bill that would have required the Governor’s Office of Economic and Business Development to open an international trade and investment office in Mexico.

In Brown’s veto message he wrote that he agreed that trade with Mexico is of significant importance. Brown mentioned that he traveled to Mexico in August of this year and he hosted the President of Mexico in Sacramento shortly thereafter. Continue reading→

Bi-partisan legislation to reopen trade office in Mexico passes final legislative test

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Bob Huff, Business, california, Lou Correa, mexico, Politics, Republican Party Leave a comment

Governor Jerry Brown meets Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2014

CONTACT: Damon Conklin (Senator Lou Correa), 916-651-4034, Bill Bird (Senator Bob Huff), 916-651-4029

Bi-Partisan Legislation to Reopen Trade Office in Mexico Passes Final Legislative Test

SACRAMENTO, CA: Legislation to help boost California’s exports to Mexico cleared its final legislative hurdle today, passing off the Senate Floor with unanimous support.

SB 928, authored by Senators Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) and Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) would direct the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (“GO-Biz”) to establish a California trade office in Mexico City by January 1, 2016. Continue reading→

Willard Fitness Day and Health Fair set for August 16

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Entertainment, Health and Medical, Lou Correa, Santa Ana, Youth Activities Leave a comment

SANTA ANA WILLARD FITNESS DAY -July 23, 2014

Santa Ana, CA) – Senator Lou Correa and The Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers are hosting the 2014 Coalition Health Center Fair on August 16, 2014.

This health fair, titled “Keep Your Health on Track”, in conjunction with the celebrations for National Health Center Week, will highlight the vital role that community health centers play in providing quality health services to the medially vulnerable and undeserved communities. Our goal is to provide a fun, safe, healthy event for the entire community during the summer season. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento pulls papers to run for Mayor too

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 16 Comments

Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento has reportedly pulled papers to run for Mayor of Santa Ana, hours after State Senator Lou Correa also pulled papers.

There is still no word as to whether or not longtime incumbent Mayor Miguel Pulido will in fact run again this November. Continue reading→

Correa pulls papers to run for Mayor of Santa Ana

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana Leave a comment

An inside source has tipped us off that State Senator Lou Correa has pulled papers today to run for Mayor of Santa Ana. Correa is terming out of his State Senate seat this year.

This likely means that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido will not be seeking re-election himself.

Other candidates for Mayor include first term Santa Ana Councilman Roman Reyna and Mark I. Lopez. Other candidates may jump in but will have a very hard time contending with Correa who has served the area in both the State Assembly and in the State Senate for many years. Continue reading→

Correa and the Sanchez sisters get back half the money stolen from them

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Crime, Democratic Party, Loretta Sanchez, Lou Correa, Politics 2 Comments

Kinde Durkee

Prominent California politicians swindled of $8 million by Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee will get back about half that money under a settlement reached this week with Durkee’s bank, according to the O.C. Register.

Politicians who will get some of the $4 million dollar settlement from First California Bank include United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, Reps. Loretta Sanchez, Linda Sanchez and Susan Davis, as well as state Sen. Lou Correa. Continue reading→

Mayor Pulido pulls papers to run for office again this November

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Civic Affairs, Lou Correa, Mark I. Lopez, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana 7 Comments

Miguel Pulido, mayor of Santa Ana for the past 20 years, this week moved a step closer to ending speculation about his political future when he picked up the paperwork to run for another term, according to city records, according to the Voice of OC.

I verified this by requesting a list of candidates who have pulled papers, from City Clerk Maria Huizar.

State Senator Lou Correa has been hotly rumored to be running but he has not yet filed any papers with Huizar. Continue reading→

The Santa Ana City Council runs for cover as they reject their own raise proposal

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Ballot Measures, Civic Affairs, David Benavides, Lou Correa, Marijuana, Michele Martinez, Politics, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 8 Comments

The Santa Ana City Council unanimously rejected their own ballot measure proposal, which was Agenda Item # 65A, to give themselves what amounted to a 700% pay raise. We have been hammering them on this issue for weeks – even posting an article about how much this Council really makes. I surmise that they finally realized this was going to kill their re-election campaigns. Council Members Michele Martinez and David Benavides as well as Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero are all up for re-election this November.

The ballot measure proposal they killed included revisions to the Code of Ethics and to their own campaign finance rules. Remarkably the Council was proposing to accept campaign contributions from residents and business owners who were asking for licenses or permits.

I think the gorilla in the room tonight was the possibility that State Senator Lou Correa will be running for Mayor of Santa Ana. This rumor has now been confirmed by multiple sources and I believe he will be running regardless of what Mayor Miguel Pulido decides to do. You can bet that Correa will win and I am certain that he will find candidates to oppose the Council Members who are up for re-election if they don’t start getting in line. Continue reading→

Correa to host an Autism awareness Town Hall meeting on 7/17

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Autism, Entertainment, Health and Medical, Lou Correa, Westminster Leave a comment

Senator Lou Correa to Discuss Services on Autism

(Santa Ana, CA) –Senator Lou Correa in collaboration with The Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders and the Regional Center of Orange County invite you to attend an Autism Town Hall on July 17th at the Westminster Civic Center. This Town Hall will include topics around identifying autism and where to get support as a parent, including a public forum in an effort to provides services to parents of/and people with Autism and related disorders.

Further detail about this event below:

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Mayor Correa?

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 20 Comments

Could State Senator Lou Correa, who is terming out this year, be thinking of running for Mayor of Santa Ana? That is what I heard today from Vern Nelson, the editor of the Orange Juice Blog. Nelson cited an anonymous source in Sacramento when I spoke with him this afternoon.

It makes a lot of sense. Correa has huge name I.D. and he lives here in Santa Ana, in the Floral Park Neighborhood. Why not run for Mayor?

I suppose it depends on what our current Mayor, Miguel Pulido, will do in November but it sure looks like me might retire from local politics. And even if he didn’t, a Correa campaign would squash him and anyone else. Continue reading→

Will Solorio’s efforts to register Latino voters cost Daly his Assembly seat?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Anaheim, Cecilia Iglesias, Francisco Barragan, Janet Nguyen, Jose Solorio, Lou Correa, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 4 Comments

Say what you will about Jose Solorio, but he knows the score. As the Democratic Party’s sole candidate in the race to replace Lou Correa in the 34th State Senate District, Solorio is quite aware that he must pull out all the stops in order to beat the leading Republican candidate, and Queen of corruption, Janet Nguyen, in what is a very purple district. Continue reading→

Senator Correa endorses Solorio to replace him in the 34th Senate District

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Jose Solorio, Lou Correa, Politics, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Correa is backing Solorio, not Nguyen, to replace him in the State Senate

For Immediate Release: March 10, 2014

For More Information Contact: Maricela Taylor – mobile: (714) 794-8431

SENATOR CORREA BACKS SOLORIO TO REPLACE HIM IN THE 34th SENATE DISTRICT

Santa Ana, CA – State Senator Lou Correa has formally endorsed Jose Solorio as the candidate to replace him in the 34th Senate District. Correa’s endorsement comes as the race for the seat is becoming among the most watched and hotly-contested in California. Continue reading→