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The Return of the dreaded Santa Ana Renaissance Plan
Posted on February 18, 2009 | 7 CommentsIt’s back. Just when you thought that the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan was gone – the City Council is bringing it back. But now they are doing so under a […] -
Yes I support development and the arts in Santa Ana!
Posted on September 15, 2008 | 11 CommentsI have been fielding a lot of questions lately about the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan. I support positive change for our city – but make no mistake about it, the […] -
Do property rights still matter in California?
Posted on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments“With few people paying attention, both houses of the Legislature earlier this month passed a far-reaching and terribly disturbing bill that will reshape land-use patterns in this state. If signed […] -
Why Pulido’s business is not in the Renaissance Plan
Posted on February 29, 2008 | 9 CommentsThere was quite an uproar when folks found out that Santa Ana city planners had removed Mayor Miguel Pulido’s business, Ace Muffler, from the proposed Renaissance Plan area. I drove […] -
Public outrage stops the Renaissance Plan…for now
Posted on February 24, 2008 | 10 CommentsThere is at last some reason to celebrate in Santa Ana. Our writers have hinted recently that the ill-conceived Renaissance Plan has been suspended while city planners try to do […] -
Santa Ana RSP workshop set for Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 12, 2008 | 10 CommentsIf you are not doing anything on St. Valentine’s Day, the City of Santa Ana has set up an Industrial Use Workshop to discuss the “Santa Ana Renaissance Specific Plan.” […] -
Santa Ana City Manager says Renaissance Plan will likely change to "overlay concept"
Posted on February 7, 2008 | No CommentsThe City of Santa Ana sponsored a Workshop to “Study the Industrial Uses within the Santa Ana Renaissance Plan” last Monday. Mike Tardiff, one of the business owners affected by […] -
Could the Renaissance Plan be a Bisno plot?
Posted on February 4, 2008 | 9 CommentsIt turns out that the controversial Santa Ana Renaissance Plan, which proposes to change the zoning in a huge swath of Santa Ana’s poorest neighborhoods, is not all that original […] -
New blog in Santa Ana focuses on a mom’s perspective of the Renaissance Plan
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 12 CommentsThere is a new blog in Santa Ana, started by a mother who has concerns about the proposed Renaissance Plan. Here is her description of her blog, which is called […] -
L.A. Times nails Pulido and Sarmiento for RSP omissions
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 12 CommentsThe cat is out of the bag again in Santa Ana, as Jennifer Delson, of the L.A. Times, has once again focused on Mayor Miguel Pulido’s corruption, relative to the […] -
Is Bustamante’s hand in the cookie jar again?
Posted on January 10, 2008 | 6 CommentsGustavo Arellano struck again today over at his OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog, with yet another story on Santa Ana Councilman Carlos “Space Commander” Bustamante. Here are a few excerpts: […] -
Renaissance Plan questioned at S.A. Council Meeting
Posted on January 8, 2008 | 4 CommentsThe other big issue at last night’s Santa Ana Council Meeting was the outcry from members of the public regarding the ill-conceived Renaissance Plan. Here are the comments made by […] -
Benavides can’t vote on the Renaissance Plan
Posted on January 5, 2008 | 14 CommentsBusted! Gustavo Arellano, of the OC Weekly, has discovered that Santa Ana Councilman David “Benapuppet” Benavides has a conflict that may preclude him from voting on the Renaissance Plan. Here […]