Santa Ana Scrambles to Narrow an Expected $35 Million Deficit in Four Years

Santa Ana Scrambles to Narrow an Expected $35 Million Deficit in Four Years

City staff are painting a dire and bleak picture of Santa Ana’s future financial outlook projecting a roughly $35 million budget deficit when Measure X, a 1.5% sales tax measure approved in 2018, decreases in four years. [Read: Santa Ana Leaders Warn Looming Sales Tax Cliff Could Tear Up Public Services] It’s a projected deficit in the 2028-29 fiscal year that could threaten funding for police, fire and ambulance services, park maintenance and l…

The Poza Honda dam is preparing to evacuate lettuces. The decision depends on the level of rains, crucial for a controlled drainage and to avoid flooding. At the Poza Honda dam, located in Santa Ana, the evacuation of lettuces is planned for April, but its realization depends on the increase of the water level in the dam. [...] The news Santa Ana. They need to increase the water level in Poza Honda to evacuate the lettuces in April appears first…