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Angie Cano will launch her SAUSD School Board campaign on Sep. 9

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Angie Cano for the SAUSD School Board (400x319)

SAUSD and UCI grad Angie Cano is running for the SAUSD School Board again this year and will be hosting a campaign kickoff on Friday, Sep. 9, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at 2024 Victoria Drive, in Santa Ana.

Cano is allied with current SAUSD Trustee Ceci Iglesias, who is also up for re-election this November.

Both Cano and Iglesias are supporters of charter schools and are allied with former OC School Board Trustee Robert Hammond, who lost his seat in this year’s June Primary Election, to Becky Gomez, a Tustin City Council Member. Continue reading→

The early election returns show Correa in the lead for the 46th Congressional District

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The early returns show that Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez and incumbent First District Supervisor Andrew Do are headed for a November runoff election as they are currently in the top two in the race for the First District, according to the O.C. Voter Registrar.

Do is leading with 13,790 votes while Martinez so far has 9,732 votes. Garden Grove Councilman Phat Bui is behind them both with 7,003 votes. Continue reading→

The SAUSD to host annual “Principal for a Day” event on March 22

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2013

Contacts: Josie Amador, 714-558-5555

Media Advisory – Friday, March 22 Event

Business and Community Leaders Experience a Day in the life of a Principal in celebration of ‘Principal for a Day’

Event: Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) will host its annual “Principal for a Day” event. During the half-day event, more than 50 community leaders, business partners, supporters and elected officials will visit SAUSD campuses to experience the daily operation of a school. Following their morning assignments, the guest principals and their counterparts will gather at a luncheon, at Santa Ana High School, to share their experiences with each other and District administration. Continue reading→

Pulido is beating Benavides by a larger margin than he beat Amezcua in 2010

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Alfredo Amezcua, Angelica Amezcua, Cecilia Iglesias, Charles Hart, Civic Affairs, Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, Education, Elections, Eric Alderete, Estela Amezcua, George Collins, Lupe Moreno, Mark McLoughlin, Miguel Angel Briseno, Miguel Pulido, Myriam Tinajero, Politics, Rob Richardson, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Valerie Amezcua, Vince Sarmiento 7 Comments

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is currently leading his closes challenger, Santa Ana Council Member David Benavides, by over 12,000 votes. Pulido has 27,068 votes, or 48.2% of the ballots versus 14,982 votes, or 26.7% of the ballots for Benavides.  There were four other mayoral candidates this year, including George Collins, Roy Alvarado, Lupe Moreno and Miguel Angel Briseno. 

Pulido beat Alfredo “Al” Amezcua two years ago, in 2010, by just under ten thousand votes. Pulido got 21,588 votes, or 49.5% of the ballots, in 2010, versus 11,689 votes, or 26.8% of the ballots, for Amezcua, according to Smart Voter. There were three other mayoral candidates in 2010 – Alvarado, Collins and Charles Hart. Continue reading→

Our SAUSD School Board and RSCCD Board endorsements

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After hearing SAUSD Board of Education candidate Ceci Iglesias affirm her support for the Dream Act at last night’s Santa Ana School Board forum, I have decided to endorse her after all.  I am also endorsing Myriam Tinajero and  Jose Alfredo Hernandez.

Iglesias is a single mom and a social worker.  She ran for Congress as an independent a few years ago.  She is against tax increases and a firm believer in our kids.  Tinajero is also a social worker and she is the sister of former SAUSD Trustee Sal Tinajero.  Sal is also currently a Council Member here in Santa Ana.  Lastly, I am backing Hernandez, who is an immigration lawyer, because of his support for our current SAUSD Superintendent, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Why aren’t there more women elected in Santa Ana?

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It is hard to believe that the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Board of Education, which consists of five Trustees,  includes only one woman – longtime Trustee Audrey Noji.  Or that the Santa Ana City Council only has two women – Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and Council Member Michele Martinez.  After November that number will be down to one, as Alvarez is termed out.  There are five men on the Santa Ana City Council.

What is up with that?  Figure that over half of our electorate must be made up of women.  Are they voting?  Are they voting for men?  Are there not enough women running for office in Santa Ana? Continue reading→

Congressional candidate Ceci Iglesias to host a fundraiser on Oct. 15, at El Tapatio

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The Cecilia Iglesias congressional campaign is hosting a fundraiser this Friday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. at El Tapatio Restaurant, located at 3700 W. Warner St, Santa Ana, 92704.

Iglesias collected over 11,000 signatures in order to qualify for the ballot as an independent.  She is running against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and Assemblyman Van Tran.

Tran and Sanchez debated each other this week at KOCE, but Iglesias was shut out.  Instead she appeared on this week’s Orange Juice Blog Radio show.

Sanchez is bringing President Bill Clinton to Santa Ana to promote her campaign, tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm.  Maybe he can stop by El Tapatio for dinner and find out why Iglesias supports the Dream Act and immigration reform!