Last night the Santa Ana City Council did it again by giving the middle finger to historic preservation. First, they removed Jeff Dickman from the Historic Resources Commission. What it amounted to was political retribution for Jeff and other historic preservationists suing the city in order to save some historic structures from destruction.
Tag Archive for David Benavides
Will You Be Able to Attend the Public Safety Meeting?
by Claudio Gallegos • • 4 Comments
Tonight is the the Public Safety Committee meeting for the Santa Ana City Council. The members are Claudia Alvarez, Sal Tinajero and David Benavides. You can read the agenda HERE. The meeting starts tonight at 5:30 P.m. and takes place…
Gavin Newsom Sits Down With TheLiberalOC
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
I had the opportunity to sit down with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tuesday afternoon in the offices of the Orange County Labor Federation prior to his town hall meeting at Santa Ana College. Newsom is running for Governor and has…
Irvine Republicans Get Campaign Cash from “Protect Marriage” Amendment’s Largest Backer
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
…I’m a mom with three kids and I don’t want gay pride festivals or public sex in bathrooms in my city,” said Christina Shea, leader of the coalition… – May 1990, American Spectator, “The Evil Emperor of Irvine, California” *…
We Have Nobody To Blame But Ourselves
by Sean H. Mill • • 11 Comments
For the next four years the residents of Orange County’s First Supervisorial District will have to suffer through being represented by either Janet Nguyen or Dina Niguyen, both of whom are Republicans. The lone Democrat in the race, Hoa Van…
Lucas Pulls Papers for First District? Please David, RUN UPDATED
by Chris Prevatt • • 34 Comments
UPDATE: 3/7/08 11:45 AM Got word this morning; Benavides will NOT be running for Supervisor in the First District. It would have been much more interesting if he were to have jumped in. Update#2: Word on the street is that…
Dems making progress with Vietnamese voters
by Chris Prevatt • • 8 Comments
The LATimes had an interesting article yesterday regarding the advances that the Democratic Party of Orange County has been achieving in the OC Vietnamese community. This isn’t really a new phenomenon. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has built a strong relationship with…
