Santa Ana, California City of Santa Ana Old Orange County Courthouse, Santa Ana, C Old Orange County Courthouse, Bowers Museum, Discovery Cube Orange County, Minter House, Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Flag of Santa Ana, California Flag Official seal of Santa Ana, California Location of Santa Ana inside Orange County, California Location of Santa Ana inside Orange County, California Santa Ana is positioned in the US Santa Ana - Santa Ana Santa Ana / s nt n / (Spanish for "Saint Anne") is the governmental center of county and second most crowded city in Orange County, California.
The United States Enumeration Bureau estimated its 2011 populace at 329,427, making Santa Ana the 57th most-populous town/city in the United States.
Santa Ana is positioned in Southern California, adjoining to the Santa Ana River, about 10 miles (16 km) away from the California coast.
Santa Ana is a very densely populated city, ranking fourth nationally in that regard among metros/cities of over 300,000 inhabitants (trailing only New York City, San Francisco, and Boston).
In 2011 Forbes ranked Santa Ana the fourth-safest town/city of over 250,000 inhabitants in the United States. Santa Ana lends its name to the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), which runs through the city.
It also shares its name with the close-by Santa Ana Mountains, and the Santa Ana winds, which have historically fueled cyclic wildfires throughout Southern California. The current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urbane designation for the Orange County Area is Santa Ana Anaheim Irvine, California.
See also: Timeline of Santa Ana, California The Tongva called the Santa Ana region "Hotuuk." After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portola out of Mexico City, then capitol of New Spain, Friar Junipero Serra titled the region Vallejo de Santa Ana (Valley of Saint Anne, or Santa Ana Valley).
This Santa Ana Valley comprised most of what is now called Orange County.
In 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence (1810 1821), Jose Antonio Yorba, a sergeant of the Spanish army, was granted territory that he called Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.
Yorba's rancho encompassed the lands where the metros/cities of Olive, Orange, Irvine, Yorba Linda, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and unincorporated El Modena, and Santa Ana Heights, are today.
Santa Ana, 1887 Santa Ana, 1891 Old Santa Ana City Hall, assembled 1935 Spurgeon on territory obtained from the descendents of Jose Antonio Yorba, Santa Ana was incorporated as a town/city in 1886 with a populace of 2000 and in 1889 became the seat of the newly formed Orange County.
In 1877, the Southern Pacific Railroad assembled a branch line from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, which offered no-charge right of way, territory for a depot, and $10,000 in cash to the barns in exchange for terminating the line in Santa Ana and not neighboring Tustin.
In 1887, the California Central Railway (which became a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the following year) broke the Southern Pacific's small-town monopoly on rail travel, offering service between Los Angeles and San Diego by way of Santa Ana as a primary intermediate station.
By 1905 the Los Angeles Interurban Railway, a predecessor to the Pacific Electric Railway, extended from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, running along Fourth Street downtown. Firestone Boulevard, the first direct automobile route between Los Angeles and Santa Ana, opened in 1935; it was enlarged into the Santa Ana Freeway in 1953. During World War II, the Santa Ana Army Air Base was assembled as a training center for the United States Army Air Forces.
The base was responsible for continued populace growth in Santa Ana and the rest of Orange County as many veterans moved to the region to raise families after the end of the war. Having been a Charter City since November 11, 1952, the people of Santa Ana amended the Charter November 1988 to furnish for the direct election of the Mayor who until that point had been appointed from the council membership.
The current mayor of Santa Ana is Miguel A.
Since the 1980s, Santa Ana has been characterized by an accomplishment to revitalize the downtown region which had declined in influence.
The Santa Ana Artist's Village was created around Cal State Fullerton's Grand Central Art Center to attract artists and young professionals to live-work lofts and new businesses.
Santa Ana is positioned at 33 44 27 N 117 52 53 W (33.740717, -117.881408). Running through the west end of the town/city is the mostly channelized Santa Ana River, which is also largely cyclic due to the assembly of the Prado Dam and Seven Oaks Dam.
Now fully developed, Santa Ana has a several distinct districts.
The core of the town/city is the downtown area, which contains both retail and housing, as well as the Santa Ana Civic Center which is a dense ground of administrative buildings for both the town/city and the county of Orange.
Near the intersection of the Santa Ana Freeway and the Costa Mesa Freeway is the newly designated "Metro East" area, which the town/city council has envisioned as a secondary mixed-use evolution district. Currently the region is occupied by a several office towers, but little retail or housing.
Also on the east side of the town/city is the Santa Ana Zoo, notable for its compilation of monkeys and species from South and Central America.
Yokohama Tire Corporation's United States command posts are positioned at 1 Mac - Arthur Place in the South Coast Metro region of Santa Ana, and Banc of California's command posts will relocate from neighboring Irvine to 3 Mac - Arthur Place, Santa Ana, in 2016. Santa Ana experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Koppen: BSh), with hot, dry summers and mild winters with moderate rainfall. The summer months of June to September average a daytime high of 83 F (28.3 C) and a eveningtime low of 63 F (17.2 C).
The record high temperature for Santa Ana was 112 F (44 C) on June 14, 1917. The record low temperature was 22 F ( 6 C) on December 31, 1918, and January 1, 1919. There are an average of 25.6 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) or higher and an average of 0.2 days with lows of 32 F (0 C) or lower. The wettest year in Santa Ana was 1941 with 32.36 inches (822 mm) and the driest year was 1961 with 3.55 inches (9.0 cm). The most rainfall in one month was 13.99 inches (35.5 cm) in February 1998. The most rainfall in 24 hours was 4.69 inches (119 mm) on February 16, 1927. Climate data for Santa Ana, California Map of ethnic distribution in Santa Ana, 2010 U.S.
As of 2015, 52,582 inhabitants are enrolled in Santa Ana Unified School District K-12 schools with 11,156 resident students attending Garden Grove schools inside Santa Ana and Garden Grove town/city limits in Garden Grove Unified School District. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Santa Ana had a populace of 324,528.
The ethnic makeup of Santa Ana was 148,838 (45.9%) White (9.2% Non-Hispanic White), 4,856 (1.5%) African American, 3,260 (1.0%) Native American, 34,138 (10.5%) Asian, 976 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 120,789 (37.2%) from other competitions, and 11,671 (3.6%) from two or more competitions.
During 2009 2013, Santa Ana had a median homehold income of $53,335, with 21.5% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. Santa Ana is the corporate command posts of a several companies including Behr Paint, Core - Logic, Corinthian Colleges, First American Corporation, Greenwood & Hall, Ingram Micro, The Orange County Register, Schools - First Federal Credit Union, STEC, TTM Technologies, beverage business Kern's, and Wahoo's Fish Taco.
Nonprofits based in Santa Ana include Open Doors.
One of Santa Ana's most notable businesses is the Rickenbacker musical instrument company, whose electric guitars and bass guitars earned fame in the hands of many modern and roll legends.
Martin Company, a precursor to Lockheed Martin, was established in Santa Ana in 1912 before merging with the Wright Company in 1916.
In recent years, the close-by city of Irvine has outpaced Santa Ana in commercial growth, with the Irvine Business District positioned near John Wayne Airport.
To compete with this, Santa Ana has allowed commercial projects in the South Coast Metro area, as well as the "Metro East" development, positioned at the confluence of the Santa Ana Freeway and the Costa Mesa Freeway.
It extends from downtown Santa Ana southwards on Main Street to the South Coast Metro area.
Santa Ana is part of a urbane region which includes Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Santa Ana has a number of parks. Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm amusement parks are positioned northwest of Santa Ana, a several kilometers away.
Artist Village and Civic Center (See Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts).
CSUF Grand Central Art Center - At the heart of the Artist Village in Santa Ana.
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Santa Ana College, part of the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
Santa Ana has a several wall paintings and murals depicting small-town history, improve affairs and cultural range in Orange County.
Santa Ana City Hall Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Mc - Fadden Branch Santa Ana Public Learning Center Santa Ana has highly competing high school and collegiate sports squads playing at Santa Ana Stadium and the recently opened Santa Ana Unified School District Sports Complex Stadium.
Mater Dei High School has one of the most prosperous and reputable American football programs in the country. The Dons of Santa Ana College are one of the most prosperous soccer squads in the state of California, and is a incessant top finisher, statewide. In 2008, the Dons clinched their fifteenth consecutive Orange Empire Conference title. The college is also known for its historically prosperous baseball teams, and for producing former Texas Rangers and current Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J.
Santa Ana is one of a several metros/cities in Orange County where Democratic Party registration outnumbers that of the Republican Party. In the 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama defeated John Mc - Cain in the town/city by a margin of 20,357 votes, 65% to 32%. This was despite Obama losing to fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton in the town/city during the Democratic Primary.
On Proposition 4, which would have amended the California Constitution to require minors to notify their parents before having an abortion, Santa Ana voted in favor of the measure by 62.0%, much higher than the county as a whole, which voted in favor of the measure by only 54.3%. In the California State Legislature, Santa Ana is in the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Janet Nguyen, and in the 69th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Tom Daly. In the United States House of Representatives, Santa Ana is split between California's 46th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lou Correa, and California's 48th congressional district, represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher. The Consulate-General of Mexico in Santa Ana is positioned on 828 North Broadway Street. The Consulate-General of El Salvador in Santa Ana is positioned in Suite 103 at 840 North Grand Avenue. Julia Lathrop Junior High School, Santa Ana, 1932 Santa Ana Unified School District includes thirty-seven K 5 elementary schools, nine 6 8 intermediate schools, eight 9 12 high schools, five special schools, and one charter school.
The school precinct provides an online accountability report card. The Garden Grove Unified School District also includes some schools inside Santa Ana.
Santa Ana Unified School District's enhance high schools include Valley High School (Santa Ana), Middle College High School, Santa Ana High School, Saddleback High School, Century High School, newly opened Segerstrom Fundamental High School and Godinez Fundamental High School, and other enhance schools in the area, along with the Orange County High School of the Arts in the midtown district.
The Diocese also operates a several K 8 schools in Santa Ana, including School of Our Lady, Saint Anne, Saint Barbara, and Saint Joseph.
The town/city is home to Santa Ana College, a two-year enhance community college, as well as California Coast University, and the Orange County branch of the Art Institute of California.
Taft Law School a correspondence law school is also based in Santa Ana.
A several freeways run through Santa Ana, connecting the town/city to other areas in Orange County, the Greater Los Angeles Area, and beyond.
The Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) heads north to Los Angeles, and south towards Southern Orange County and San Diego.
The Garden Grove Freeway (State Route 22) runs along near Santa Ana's northern border, connecting Long Beach to the west and the City of Orange to the east.
It operates its Pacific Surfliner between San Diego to the south and either Los Angeles or Paso Robles to the north (see Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center).
Santa Ana is also served by Metrolink's Orange County Line (Oceanside to Union Station), and Inland Empire-Orange County Line (San Bernardino to San Juan Capistrano).
Santa Ana is in the preliminary stages of implementing a street car fitness that will connect the Santa Ana Train station to Downtown Santa Ana. John Wayne Airport is positioned at 18601 Airport Way Santa Ana, CA 92707.
Law enforcement is provided by the Santa Ana Police Department from three stations throughout the city. The department includes five canine units, an 11 officer equestrian unit and a 37-member SWAT team. The town/city shares a helicopter with the metros/cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach via the Airborne Law Enforcement (ABLE) program. Main article: List of citizens from Santa Ana, California Rancho Canon de Santa Ana (Santa Ana Canyon Ranch) Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana Santa Ana Civic Center Santa Ana Freeway Santa Ana wind "City of Santa Ana Vitals & Statistics" (PDF).
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