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Should the Santa Ana City Council hire Paul Walters as the new City Manager?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Carlos Bustamante, Civic Affairs, Claudia Alvarez, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Santa Ana 13 Comments

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We broke the story that the Santa Ana City Council suspended the search for a new City Manager, and today the O.C. Register followed up with a new article indicating that SAPD Police Chief Paul Walters, who has been serving as the Interim Santa Ana City Manager, now wants to be considered as an applicant for the job on a permanent basis.

Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez told the Register that more than fifty candidates have applied for the City Manager job. That is not surprising. Santa Ana is the Orange County seat and the city has a lot going for it. Continue reading→

Council members Martinez and Benavides to host a city manager forum on 7/28

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Dave Ream, David Benavides, Michele Martinez, Politics, Santa Ana 9 Comments

Santa Ana Council Members Michele Martinez and David Benavides are going to host a community forum on Thursday, July 28, from 6 pm to 8 pm, at the Southwest Senior Citizen Center, located at 2201 W. McFadden Ave., in Santa Ana.

Santa Ana city officials are looking to residents to help identify the most significant issues the city is facing and the type of person who would make the best city manager. Continue reading→

Has the City of Santa Ana suspended its city manager search?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Claudia Alvarez, Dave Ream, David Benavides, Latinos, Lawyers, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 12 Comments

Several sources in and around Santa Ana’s City Hall are reporting that the City of Santa Ana has suspended their search for a new city manager. I am told that this was also conveyed to a reporter from the Voice of OC today. However, another source reported that there is no suspension. The truth is likely somewhere in between…

My sources said that an argument will be made that conducting a national search for a new city manager is too expensive and that we ought to just roll with interim City Manager Paul Walters, who also serves as our Chief of Police, to save money.

The downside of this however is that the defacto city manager is now none other than longtime assistant to the last city manager, Jill Arthur. Apparently Walters is leaning on her a lot – and she is now effectively running the 8th floor. Continue reading→