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The City of Santa Ana is taking steps to implement the tax increase and election measures the voters approved

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City of Santa Ana

Advisory: The City of Santa Ana Begins to Take Next Steps for Implementing Measures X, Y, Z and AA

SANTA ANA, CA – The City of Santa Ana would like to thank the Santa Ana community for the passage of four very important local ballot measures: X, Y, Z and AA this past election. With the continued leadership from our City Council, staff will work to deliver on the commitments made to the community, and enhance the delivery of effective public programs and services. Continue reading→

Mayor Pulido finally has a City Council majority he can work with

Posted on by Posted in 2018 elections, Cecilia Iglesias, Civic Affairs, David Penaloza, Juan Villegas, Santa Ana 2 Comments

While voter turnout in yesterday’s General Election, here in Santa Ana, was very low the results worked out in favor of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, who was easily reelected to what will be his last two-year term after he trounced his opponent, termed out City Councilman Sal Tinajero.

The successful City Council candidates, including Ceci Iglesias in Ward 6 and David Penaloza in Ward 2, are likely to ally with Pulido. Current City Council member Juan Villegas can be counted on as well. With Pulido that makes a four member City Council majority. Continue reading→

Would you hire the Santa Ana political candidates you are voting for?

Posted on by Posted in 2018 elections, Angie Rosario Cano, Art Pedroza, Cecilia Aguinaga, Cecilia Iglesias, Civic Affairs, David Penaloza, Education, John Palacio, Jose Solorio, Juan Villegas, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Nelida Mendoza-Yanez, Paul Gonzales, Phil Bacerra, Roman Reyna, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana, SAUSD Leave a comment

As voters we sometimes fail to recognize that electing someone to represent us on any elective body, such as the Santa Ana City Council or the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Board of Education, is similar to hiring someone to work for us. We are entrusting these candidates to do right by the community.

But if you were hiring someone to work for you, would you consider the folks who are running for local office in Santa Ana this year? In that case what factors would you weigh in trying to determine who to support for local offices? Continue reading→

The City of Santa Ana has fined a local business for a mess made by a homeless vagrant!

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Kim Riker moved her company, Rice Drywall Inc., a 45-year-old family business, to Santa Ana from its longtime home in South El Monte back in 2010. She must surely regret that now! The City of Santa Ana has actually fined her business $800 for the mess left outside their walls by a homeless vagrant, according to the O.C. Register.

This is outrageous! It is obvious that the city workers who issued a fine to Rice Drywall, Inc. are completely worthless and should be fired. This ridiculous action also means that we need to ensure that we get new leadership on the City Council. Fortunately several of the incumbents are termed out. One of them, Mayor Pro Tem Michele Martinez, was contacted by Riker – and did not bother to respond to her constituent. Continue reading→

Sal Tinajero’s entire team of City Council candidates is opposing his Measure X sales tax increase

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Santa Ana City Councilman Sal Tinajero

I attended two Santa Ana City Council candidate forums recently and was astonished to hear every single candidate for the Santa Ana City Council come out publicly against Measure X. Sal Tinajero, who is termed out and is running for Mayor of Santa Ana, is the only candidate still publicly backing Measure X (although he doesn’t mention it on his campaign website).

It is generally a very bad idea for a political candidate to run on a platform based in raising our taxes. Perhaps this is why Tinajero’s City Council candidates – Roman Reyna in Ward 4; Sandra Pocha Pena Sarmiento in Ward 2; and Nelida Mendoza in Ward 6 have all publicly turned their backs on Tinajero’s Measure X.

Measure X, if it passes, will result in Santa Ana having the highest sales tax in Orange County. That will result in several awful consequences: Continue reading→

Vote no on Measure X – which will make Santa Ana’s sales tax the highest in the County

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The City Council of Santa Ana has placed a tax increase measure on the November ballot, Measure X, that would increase sales tax in Santa Ana by 1.5 percent. If it passes, Santa Ana taxpayers and anyone who shops in Santa Ana would be paying the highest sales tax in Orange County, according to the OC Taxpayers Association.

The city is upside-down financially, with shortfalls estimated to grow from $10 million this fiscal yearto a nearly $40 million per-year shortfall in the 2021 fiscal year, in a series of deepening gaps, according to the Voice of OC. Continue reading→

The City of Santa Ana is conducting six public meetings regarding the Nov. ballot measures

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: City of Santa Ana Information Sessions:Election Ballot Measures/Sesiones Informativas de la Ciudad de Santa Ana:Medidas Electorales

These sessions will be strictly informational in nature and will provide information on all four ballot measures:

  • Measure X: Santa Ana Neighborhood Safety, Homeless Prevention and Essential City Services Enhancement Measure
  • Measure Y: Approve Ordinance Regarding a Marijuana / Commercial Cannabis Business License Tax
  • Measure Z: City Charter Modernization & Update of Administrative Provisions
  • Measure AA: Require By-Ward Nomination & Election of Councilmembers, and Redrawing of Ward Boundaries to Comply with State & Federal Law

Continue reading→

Meet Santa Ana’s team of anti-tax 2018 General Election candidates

Posted on by Posted in 2018 elections, Angie Rosario Cano, Cecilia Iglesias, Education, John Palacio, Mike Gonzalez, Politics, Santa Ana, SAUSD Leave a comment

Santa Ana’s local politicians on the Santa Ana City Council and the SAUSD School Board are trying to raise our taxes again with ballot measures in the upcoming November General Election. But their desire to raise our taxes will only hurt our residents and businesses at a time when the public is increasingly opposed to heavy taxation at all levels.

The largest age group in Santa Ana is the 25 to 44 group, making up over 31% of the population while those over 65 make up about 7% of the population.  Over 30% are under the age of 18. The median household income in our city is $54,521, according to the City of Santa Ana. The median household income in Orange County is $78,145 according to the U.S. Census.  Continue reading→

Man arrested for running an unlawful marijuana dispensary in Costa Mesa

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Omid Delkash

Orange County District Attorney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Case # 18WM12128

MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT LEADS TO ARREST AND CHARGES OF MAN FOR UNLAWFULLY OPERATING MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IN COSTA MESA

COSTA MESA, Calif. – On Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) and Code Enforcement,  along with the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Division of Investigation-Cannabis Enforcement Unit (DOI-CEU), California Department of Taxes and Fee Administration, and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) arrested a man, who was unlawfully operating a marijuana dispensary in Costa Mesa.

Omid Delkash, 47, Newport Beach, was charged today with four misdemeanor counts of unlawful transportation, sale, and furnishing marijuana. He is currently in custody and is being held on $150,000 bail. He was arraigned today and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Aug.31,2018, at 8:30 a.m., Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→