Talk:Santa Ana, California

Initial assessment
This article is way beyond a stub, but needs more substance to advance. Anlace 23:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

to Calwatch: please provide a more precise statement than "many residents are believed to be illegal immigrants." A percentage, hard number, etc. I have attempted to put a more objective statement in the Demographics section. Truthiness 22:49, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * See Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2003, "In Housing Density, It's Too Close for Comfort; The poor are crammed and rules are tested in Santa Ana, the nation's most crowded big city". Edited to reflect claim. Calwatch 04:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Having been to Santa Ana my impression is that a large portion of the citizenry are unable to speak English. I've had some trouble with a public servent, such a thing would probably not be possible unless a large population using spanish primarily was present. Jarwulf 16:51, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Why was the link for the Csd, a great underground hip hop crew deleted? Is it because they are a hiphop crew? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.34.27.100 (talk • contribs)


 * The were deleted because they were not notable. Blank Verse 05:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I appreciate all the information here, but would find the the map more useful if it included major traffic arteries to act as a frame of reference. Thank you for all your hard work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.60.160.213 (talk • contribs) 09:19, 7 April 2006

City Seal
I'm not sure a transparent .gif image is the best choice of an image to use for the city seal. It is unreadable on the white background of the infobox. I recommend someone find an image that is not transparent. --Lyght 22:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed the logo (and map). Transparency images don't resize well. --MarsRover 05:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hummm, that logo doesn't match the seal on the official city web site. --MarsRover 05:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

OMB Link
The OMB link is to a disambiguation page. I didn't know which OMB was meant.

The Angels and Ducks
If you bring up the Angels and Ducks in Anaheim, then you open the article to possibly having to include a whole slew of other topics:
 * the closest concert amphitheater is in Irvine
 * the largest local university is Cal State Fullerton
 * etc.

Plus, for many decades the Dodgers were the more popular team among Santa Ana residents. Why not mention that they are located up the freeway too? What about Chivas USA, which is also very popular in the area? The teams in Anaheim should be left out, or at least reserved for the Orange County, California article. - signed by anon IP

I remember a defunct Women's American football team, the Santa Ana Winds in the 2000s, play their regional rivals, the Los Angeles Enforcers (Los Angeles Amazons) and San Diego ShockWave (replaced by the San Diego Surge). The Winds played in Santa Ana's Rancho Santiago Community College football field. There was also a defunct Soccer team, the Orange County/Santa Ana Bandits whom relocated from Murrieta in Riverside County's Lake Elsinore-Temecula area. 2605:E000:FDCA:4200:D962:2182:F3EB:EEB3 (talk) 14:42, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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White flight?
It is today best known for its enormous Hispanic population,[citation needed] now comprising about 80% of what was once a virtually all-white city. Holy cow... is this a textbook example of white flight? I don't know if that phenomenon is quantifiable but I wonder if it bears mentioning in the article. -Rolypolyman (talk) 18:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Historically, Santa Ana was a place for right-wing politics and white racist dreams of an utopia for their race. Confederate veterams retired there in the late 19th century, the rise of the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s to nearly dominate city hall and the mid (20th) century suburban boom produced a 90% white majority in the 1970 census. Racial segregated sections of downtown Santa Ana existed for its small population of African-Americans, the more numberous Mexican-American community, and Chinese or Japanese-Americans. But Hispanics were the city's majority since 1980 (when it was over 50 percent). 71.102.21.238 (talk) 20:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It should be mentioned. And it should be mentioned that Large swaths of the city have 300% occupancy and that it's a sanctuary city. Also it's well known high crime rate, and probably the hordes of crooked politicians who have turned the majority of santa ana into a complete cesspool. I feel bad for anyone who has to live there (except the rich neighborhoods) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.168.42 (talk) 01:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Santa Ana is not a sanctuary city. Also, I don't think "cesspool" is a particularly neutral word. Santa Ana's crime rate is around the national average; it's only "high" compared to some other cities in Orange County. And you better have some links to back up any claims of crooked politicians if you try to add that in here. dthx1138 (talk) 11:04, May 27 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.4.189.162 (talk)


 * In recent years though Santa Ana is becoming more popular with white affluent young couples and professionals sought a more affordable place for an apartment/condominum, in comparison to Los Angeles, San Diego and except for Long Beach, the price in downtown Santa Ana is a bargain. Other examples of white flight and magnets for Latino immigrants to move in Southern Cal. to be addressed is Oxnard, San Bernardino and Indio. The phenomena is not uncommon in Southern Cal. since Santa Ana is smack in the middle of Orange County and is an older, more densely populated city. + 71.102.3.86 (talk) 13:31, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Freeway expansion proposal
The California State Route 57 proposal to extend the Orange Freeway along the Santa Ana River (the east side) facing Downtown Santa Ana was discussed by CalTrans for about 15 years, but nothing has materialized to extend the 57 down to the I-405 merging with the California State Route 73 right by the John Wayne International Airport. The neighborhoods about to be demolished if the proposal was approved are low income trailer or mobile home parks, with residents fighting the proposal to keep them inside their homes, because the freeway plan will make them lose their home and move out without finding another place to live. Mike D 26 (talk) 16:43, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * This extension, as you noted, has been discussed for years and nothing is planned in the near future. As no one knows if this will ever go through and, if it does, what route it will take, I recommend not mentioning this in the article per WP:CRYSTAL. 72Dino (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Structure
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Timeline of Santa Ana, California
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