Press calls City’s media rules unlawful
A comprehensive protest against Santa Ana's new media policy at public meetings has been launched by the First Amendment Coalition, with support from various journalistic entities, including The Santanero. In a detailed letter to Thomas R. Hatch, the interim city manager, the Coalition strongly criticized the city'
OCTA will add trip to 150 route during the morning rush
📰This is an update to an opinion piece written by Daniel Diaz, a 150 bus route daily commuter (and El Santanero’s community reporter), published late last year. After numerous attempts by residents calling on OCTA to add a route to the morning rush of the 150, I reached out
Statement on the City of Santa Ana's media policies
Our emailed statement to Interim City Manager Thomas R. Hatch can be found here. Our social media statement is as follows: “El Santanero acknowledges the city’s regulations regarding media access to public meetings. We believe that these rules might conflict with state and federal laws that safeguard press freedom.
Gerry Serrano promoted to unemployment by City
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Gerry Serrano has “been separated” from working with the City’s police union officials said Monday. “Mr. Serrano has been separated from City service pending retirement pursuant to a confidential personnel matter,” said Paul Eakins, the city’s public information officer. For years, Serrano led a controversial
The Santanero makes its debut
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Santanero has made it debute online at santanero.org. The long time work-in-progress has finally made it to the web. A first print edition is awaiting April 20th. For the better part of 2022, co-founders Daniel Estrada and Lucy Gonzalez partnered to create an online news