Improving public safety has long been at the forefront of Santa Ana politics – a town where the police-union has historically been the biggest spender on local elections and the police department has been the biggest budget expenditure.
It’s an issue that political candidates on the campaign trail often hammer on as being one of the most vital concerns for residents and business owners with some incumbents like Mayor Valerie Amezcua often painting a picture of the streets they’re responsible for governing being endangered by homelessness, drug addicts and public defecators.
Amezcua and most incumbents on the city council are
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