Orange County D.A. delaying release of some police shooting reviews
From the Orange County Register: Long after Santa Ana police shot two fleeing suspects near homes and bustling shoppers one Friday afternoon, much about the disturbance remains out of the public’s...
View ArticlePurging Corinthian Colleges student debt may cost taxpayers more than $200...
As reported by the Orange County Register: The abrupt closure of Corinthian Colleges may cost U.S. taxpayers more than $200 million in canceled student loans. Corinthian, the for-profit chain based in...
View ArticleCan Unionized Police Be Held Accountable for Misconduct?
“We thought [the employees we fired] were inappropriate to be employees of the city.” – Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks (ret.), in reference to the termination of corrupt police officers,...
View ArticleDemocrats Want to Exempt California Teachers from State Income Tax
In a surreal political moment, California State Senators Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) and Cathleen Galgiani (D-Stockton) have introduced the “Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017” which offers...
View ArticleCould Undocumented Residents Soon Vote in Santa Ana?
While undocumented immigrants remain barred from voting in federal elections, Santa Ana could join other parts of the U.S. that have in recent years allowed noncitizen voting at the local level. As...
View ArticleSanta Ana Objects to Syringe Exchange Program Approved by California
The Harm Reduction Institute is one step closer to providing needle exchange services in Santa Ana following the approval of its application by the California Department of Public Health despite...
View ArticleCouncilmembers Restart Conversation About Allowing Noncitizens to Vote in...
At least two Santa Ana councilmembers said they think local voters should decide if noncitizen residents in the city should be allowed to vote in local elections. Noncitizen residents make up about 24%...
View Article‘Emotional Distress’: Santa Ana Pays $625k to City Manager Who Abruptly Resigned
Santa Ana City Council Members have agreed to pay out nearly $652,000 to former City Manager Kristine Ridge, who abruptly resigned this month in the wake of the police union’s high profile legal battle...
View ArticleHow Many Legal Wrenches Can Santa Ana’s Recall Election Take?
Santa Ana’s police union-backed City Council members won’t unstrap themselves from an imminent, police union-driven recall election that the county has officially decertified. Not only did County of...
View ArticleDeep-Blue Santa Ana, California, May Give Voting Rights to Illegal Aliens
Voters in Santa Ana, California, a deep-blue city in Orange County, will soon decide whether or not to give local voting rights to potentially tens of thousands of foreign nationals, including illegal...
View ArticleWords can mean life or death for ballot measures, including a November one in...
Column: Attorney threatens the city with legal action over noncitizen voting measure, but not for the reasons you might think Officials are notorious for sticking their thumbs on the scales as Election...
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