Claudia Alvarez says the Santa Ana city budget is balanced

Santa Ana Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez is so unpopular that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento left her off their “Leadership Team.”  Of course the official word is that she did not think she needed them.  Okay Claudia, sure.  However, if anyone reads her ballot statement they sure won’t be voting for her!  Check it out:

Unbelievable!  Alvarez is crowing about the City Budget being balanced and on time – that is a complete lie!  We are $28 million in debt.  Does she think we are all stupid and will believe anything she states?  But that isn’t her only whopper…

Crime is down by32%?  What is Republican D.A. Tony Rackauckas smoking?  Santa Ana leads Orange County in violent crime!  We are the only city with multiple carjackings this year.  Gang violence and graffiti are out of control.  Ask any Santa Ana residents if they feel safe.  This statement alone ought to lead folks to vote against Alvarez.

And Alvarez states that she was raised in Santa Ana, but wasn’t she born in Mexico?  Didn’t she live there until she was 7?  Why doesn’t she mention that information?  A week ago she zoomed through the Santa Ana Fiestas Patrias parade in her BMW convertible.  She was very proud of her heritage that day – why not the rest of the time?

And she claims to want government to be more efficient.  But she led the charge to raise our water rates twice in one year – even though I proved that we pay ten percent more for administration of our City’s water budget than other similar sized water agencies in Orange County.  That is not efficiency!  And she doled out big raises to our City Manager and City Clerk even though the City is drowning in debt. And did I mention the pension spike she voted for this year, for our public employees?  Is that a good idea when we are broke?

No surprise then that she touts her endorsement by the City’s public employee unions on her flier below:

Alvarez lists the endorsement of Republican D.A. Tony Rackauckas first – and then later cites her support by women in leadership – but T-Rack’s number one mission right now is undermining our new Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens, who IS a woman in leadership!  Oh the hypocrisy.

Please folks – don’t waste your vote on this mentirosa.  Vote for Lisann Martinez.  You may email Lisann at this link.  Lisann is a progressive Democrat.  She has been active in local community affairs for years and she really cares about the people of Santa Ana.  She is a far better choice for our City Council than the preening Alvarez.  You can find out more about the issues Lisann cares about at her YouTube channel.


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