Announcement: Santa Ana Youth & Government presents:
Announcement: Santa Ana Youth & Government presents: FORUM FOR SANTA ANA SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES for Rancho Santiago College Community District & Santa Ana Unified School District Board Candidates. Thurs., Oct.18, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm at 1532 E Chestnut St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 (Across the street from the SAUSD office). Continue reading
“A community forum Oct. 7, from 2 to 4 pm, in Santa Ana’s eclectic Artists Village could be an important litmus test for whether the controversial booster organization Downtown Inc. can mend fences with a group of artists and nonprofit organizations that have grown increasingly bitter about the agency,” according to the Voice of OC.
Once again Downtown, Inc. has stepped in it. They proposed a Farmer’s Market to be held at night, during the monthly Art Walk, for Chefs, and disregarded advice from Lara Montagne, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Santa Ana Certified Farmers’ Market. Here is what she had to say about this latest DTI marketing disaster: Continue reading
Santa Ana mayoral candidate George Collins is best known in town for one thing – he always brings a video camera along, wherever he goes. He brought his camera early in September to the Connect to Council Santa Ana Council Candidates Forum.
The footage of the Council candidates was marred by poor sound, which was the fault of the event organizers and the facility, not Collins, but his mayoral candidate footage came out pretty sharp. You can see it atop this post. Continue reading
The Downtown Neighborhood Association and other groups will hold a forum on ballot propositions facing California voters in the November election,” according to the O.C. Register.
It takes place on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Santa Ana Senior Center, 424 W. Third St. Translation will be provided. A pot luck will follow. Continue reading
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 7 pm, the Connect-to-Council organization will host a candidate debate for the Santa Ana Mayoral and City Council candidates (Council Wards 1, 3 & 5) at the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board Room. Click here if you have any questions.
On Thursday, September 27, 2012, at 7 pm, Communication Linkage Forum (Com-Link) will host a candidate forum for the Santa Ana Mayoral and City Council candidates (Council Wards 1, 3 & 5) at the Santa Ana City Council Chambers. The forum will be televised live on City TV Channel 3. Continue reading
Irv and Ryan Chase
A few out of town bloggers appear to be having a fit because they weren’t invited to Thursday’s Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum. It is sad that some folks have to attack everything – even something positive, like this community event.
I was able to get a hold of a partial list of those who were invited to this event, which is also being broadcast live online for those who could not attend. Irv and Ryan Chase were invited. I hope they attend. Others who were invited include a Who’s Who of Santa Ana’s community leaders, including: Continue reading
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and the City of Santa Ana are hosting a “Community Forum on Cultural Diversity and Conflict Resolution.” The forum will “focus on the Jewish – Latino experience as it relates to their shared history and common desire to promote social justice and economic prosperity.”
Here is the invitation that Alvarez emailed to her constituents this week:
Please Join Us As An “Agent of Change” For Our Community
I would personally like to invite you to attend a Community Forum on Cultural Diversity and Conflict Resolution, hosted by the City of Santa Ana, on Thursday, October 27, 2011. The Community Forum will be held at the Santa Ana Police Community Room located at 60 Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Continue reading
The so-called Santa Ana Coalition for Good Government, which is actually a Political Action Committee, is hosting a “Community Forum” on Oct. 20, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm, at the Delhi Center, according to their website. The Delhi Center is located at 515 E. Central Ave., in Santa Ana.
This organization is run by failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua and a motley crew of a board that includes: Continue reading
I attended the education forum hosted by Assemblyman Jose Solorio last night. Not much was accomplished. SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo and Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji tried to spin that all is well, even though the point of the meeting was explaining how we are going to fix the mess that developed after a number of our public schools ended up on the State of California’s persistently low performing list.
I am posting the video I shot of their comments. I had to shoot two videos as they went on for so long. Sorry about the sound quality. The acoustics last night were awful and the microphones kept having feedback issues.
Click here to watch the second video and to read the rest of this post.