In a united and urgent call to action, the Santa Ana City Council unanimously approved three separate actions on July 1, 2025. Resolution Documenting Immigration Enforcement Impacts and a Call for ...

Santa Ana is joining a lawsuit looking to end the current iteration of widespread immigration enforcement raids in Southern ...

Santa Ana is the only Orange County city to participate in the lawsuit so far, joining Los Angeles County and eight other ...

The voter-approved Measure X sales tax is set for a reduction in 2029, from 1.5% to 1%. City staff warn that expenses already are increasing faster than money is coming in, and Santa Ana could ...

Santa Ana City Council members on Tuesday voted to move forward with a program that would create an alert system to notify residents before federal immigration sweeps. After an hours-long meeting ...

Santa Ana city council members are considering a host of revisions to their police oversight commission on Tuesday.

The Santa Ana City Council this week reaffirmed its dedication to protecting all of the city’s residents regardless of immigration status, however, it is unclear whether it will consider again a ...

Santa Ana would have been the first city in California to allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in city council and mayoral races. Support for LAist comes from Become a sponsor ...

When Donald Trump first won election as president, Santa Ana responded in 2016 by declaring itself a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants. With Trump back in office and vowing to carry ...

Santa Ana City Hall in Santa Ana, CA, on Thursday, Feb. 29, ... we keep seeing RLUIPA thrown at us as an excuse to circumvent our local laws,” Councilmember Phil Bacerra said at the Nov. 21 City ...

The extreme Santa Ana windstorm that has spread wildfires through Los Angeles abated slightly on Thursday morning, but the calmer winds are likely to be only a brief respite.