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December 24, 2007
Register, Times Slam Santa Ana Good--And a Challenge
If there's one thing that Orange County Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut hates more than Sheriff Mike Carona, it's city-controlled urban planning, and he ripped SanTana officials a new one and then some yesterday in a piece blasting the city's much-ballyhooed Renaissance Specific Plan. Prop ... More >>
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February 5, 2008
"We Do Gentrification Right!"
The Measure D gap has shrunk--a tiny amount, but shrunk. The No on Measure D crowd are getting more optimistic. They have no other choice. "We already saw the bulldozers driving up Flower Street," Orange Juice blogger Thomas Anthony Gordon cracks. I tell them to pray hard, or to at least move to Ana ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2008
Sad Restaurant News :-(
The souring economy has closed two Orange County hole-in-the-wall favorites, is threatening a third, and changing a fourth. Closed for unknown reasons is Irie Jamaican Restaurant in Cypress, long the only local Jamaican restaurant. Shut down as a casualty of downtown Fullerton's continuing gentrific ... More >>
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October 24, 2008
OC GOP Goes Back to Its Mexican-Bashing Roots in Fullerton City Council Race
In my latest book, I devote a chapter to the many sins of the Orange County Republican Party but also hinted that they were finally evolving from the slimeball campaigns of the past when it came to scoring easy points off of demonizing Mexicans. Specifically, I pointed to the 2006 Tan Nguyen affair ... More >>
Film
August 3, 2006
There Goes the Neighborhood
LA gentrifiers pay tribute to a community under siege
Blogs
January 30, 2009
Koo's Now Booking Shows at Santa Ana's Yost Theater
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
Columns
May 8, 2008
[Hey, You!] What a Wickhead
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
Columns
June 13, 2002
Letters
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
News
June 6, 2002
Yes, In My Back Yard
California Fair Political Practices Commission investigates Garden Grove mayor
Blogs
July 30, 2009
Downtown Santa Ana Loncheros Find an Ally Against Renaissance Plan
Taco Man appreciates those who help his preparers... My cover story on Orange County loncheros sparked an outraged letter from Sean Mill, longtime SanTana activist, sometimes-blogger for the wonderfully libelous Orange Juice!, and current SanTana planning commissioner. What got his attentio ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2010
The Freudian Slip in Santa Ana's Re-Renaissance Plan
Don Papi Pulido: Can't his peons keep their mouths shut?Just printed out the massive environmental impact report on SanTana's Transit Zoning Code, the euphemistic name for city staffer's supposed replacement for their controversial Renaissance Specific Plan, a replacement so laughable it'll forev ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
UPDATED: Artists in Santa Ana Artists Village in Revolt over Proposed Valet Service for Area, Cry Gentrification, Laugh at Laguna Beach
Updated, with new info on the bottom:For years, people have accused the artists in the SanTana Artist Village, that heavily subsidized attempt by Mayor Don Papi Pulido and others to bring "culture" into the city, of gentrifying the downtown. Now, some of those artists are accusing the city of fin ... More >>
News
July 14, 2011
El Centro Cultural de Someplace Else
The nonprofit community center got a last-minute extension, but its supporters are still crying 'gentrification'
Music
July 28, 2011
The Yost Theater Is Ready for Its Closeup
The renovated, revamped venue is ready for its grand reopening. So why aren't all of its downtown Santa Ana neighbors celebrating?
Blogs
September 4, 2011
[UPDATE: Notes from the Protest] Anti-Gentrification Protest to Hit Downtown Santa Ana TOMORROW, During Art Walk
Photo by Carlos CorderoThe Don Papi in his latest conquered territory...UPDATE: For a group that's about to get booted from its space due to gentrifiers, members and friends of the Centro Cultural de México had a gay old time yesterday at their anti-gentrification protest during the SanTana Arti ... More >>
Columns
January 26, 2012
How Can Mexicans Fight Gentrification?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And do Mexicans grovel to gabachos?

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