Facts and Figures
Reference/Information Section
Santa Ana Public Library
May 2009
HISTORY
Don Gaspár de Portolá, a Spanish expedition party leader, discovered a picturesque valley and river in Southern California, which he christened Santa Ana, in honor of Saint Anne, on July 26, 1769. José Antonio Yorba, a youthful expedition soldier, and his nephew Juan Peralta, were given a Spanish land grant for the area. They developed the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana for cattle grazing and productive farmland. In 1869, William H. Spurgeon purchased 70 acres from the Yorba family and plotted a townsite. The new town was given the name Santa Ana. In 1886, Santa Ana was incorporated as a city. Orange County was separated from Los Angeles in 1889, and Santa Ana was designated the County Seat. Santa Ana is the financial and governmental center of Orange County and a major city in the state.
ELEVATION
134.8 feet / 41.1meters above sea level (NCDC: Weather Station, Radar Data Inventories, 2001)
AREA
27.2 square miles (Santa Ana City Planning Department)
SIZE
Santa Ana is the County Seat and largest city in Orange County, and Ninth largest in California.
(California State Department of Finance, Cities Ranked, Total Population 01/01/2008)
RAINFALL
Season total 2008-2009: 09.40 inches; annual season average 1906-2007 13.71 inches; season maximum 1997-1998: 30.65; inches
(Precipitation Summary, PFRD Station # 121, O.C. Public Facilities & Resources Department, 2/2009) (NOAA/WRCC)
MONTHLY SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
Winter …………… Min.42:9°F; Max. 68:8°F
Spring …………… Min.46:5°F; Max.75:1°F
Summer …………… Min.57:3ºF; Max. 84:6°F
Fall …………… Min.47:3ºF; Max. 83:8ºF
(WRCC Recorded Monthly Climate Summary, Period 4/1/1906-12/31/2007)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Longitude……………117 degrees, 52 minutes West Latitude …………33 degrees, 45 minutes North.
(NCDC: Weather Station, Radar Data Inventories, 2005)
ATTRACTIONS
Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, Discovery Museum of O.C., Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana Zoo, Historic Downtown Santa Ana, Santa Ana Artists’
Village, Howe-Waffle House, Kidseum, Old Courthouse Museum, Santa Ana Public Library, Fairhaven Memorial Park.
CITY: TREE … Jacaranda FLOWER … Hibiscus COLORS…Royal Blue & Gold
CITY MOTTO'S… “Education First” “Downtown Orange County” and “The Golden City”
DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC DATA
POPULATION
355,662 (California State Department of Finance, City Population
Estimates, 01/01/2009)
ETHNICITY
Hispanic: 257,097 (76.0%) Asian: 29,412 (8.7%) White: 41,984 (12.4%)
Black: 4,309 (1.3%) American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut: 886 (.3 %) Pacific
Islander: 993 (.3%) Other 273 (.1%) Two or more races 3,023 (.9%) (U.S.
Census Bureau 2000)
MEDIAN AGE
26.5 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000)
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
54,252 (S.A.U.S.D. K-12 12/31/2008) 4,179 resident students attending
Garden Grove schools located within Santa Ana city limits (Garden Grove
Unified School District, 2008/2009)
VOTER REGISTRATION RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
103,969 (Orange County Registrar of Voters, SOS District, 02/06/2009)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
164,300 (State of California, Employment Development Department,
December 2008)
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
10.4% (17,200 State of California, Employment Development
Department, December 2008)
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
Ingram Micro Inc; First American Corp; Tenet Healthsystem Medical Inc;
TTM Technologies Inc; DMS - Services LLC; Freedom Communications
Inc; DMS Facility Services Inc; Ponderosa Builders Inc; Alan B Whitson
Company Inc; Aluminum Precision Products,
(City of Santa Ana, Community Development Agency, 02/23/2009)
HOUSING UNITS
75,856 (California State Department of Finance, Housing Estimates,
01/01/2009)
TAXABLE SALES
$3,970,778,000 (California State Board of Equalization, By City 01/2007
– 12/2007)
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$43,412 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000)
ASSESSED VALUATION
$21,931,443,628 (Orange County Auditor - Controller, Total Assessed
Valuations, 2008 – 2009)
BUILDING ACTIVITY (All Construction)
$93,619,867 (City of Santa Ana, Permit Section, 01/2008 - 12/2008)
SANTA ANA CITY GOVERNMENT Web site: www.santa-ana.org Tel: (714) 647-5400
The City of Santa Ana was incorporated on June 1, 1886. A City Charter was adopted in 1952, which established a Council/Manager form of Government. A Council consisting of six Council members and a directly elected Mayor governs the City. Council candidates are nominated from wards, but elected by voters from the entire city. Council members are elected to four-year terms and the mayor is elected every two years* The City Council meets in Council Chambers in regular sessions the first, and third Mondays of each month at 6:00 p.m., or the following Tuesday if Monday is a holiday. Meetings are televised live on CTV3 Time Warner Cable and cablecast Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays immediately following the Council Meeting 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL (4-year term)
*Mayor Miguel A. Pulido (Re-elected 11/04/08, term expires 11/2010)
Ward 1 Vincent F. Sarmiento (Elected 11/04/2008, term expires 11/2012)
Ward 2 Michele Martinez (Elected 11/07/06, term expires 11/2010)
Ward 3 Carlos Bustamante (Re-elected 11/04/08, term expires 11/2012)
Ward 4 David Benavides (Elected 11/07/06, term expires 11/2010)
Ward 5 Claudia Alvarez (Mayor pro Tem) (Re-elected 11/04/08, term expires 11/2012)
Ward 6 Sal Tinajero (Elected 11/07/06, term expires 11/2010)
City Manager David N. Ream (Appointed 07/14/86)
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
UNITED STATES SENATE (6-year term)
Barbara Boxer (Democrat) Re-elected 11/02/04
Capitol Address: 112 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Web site: boxer.senate.gov
Email: Use site/web form “E-MAIL ME”
Telephone: (202) 224-3553; FAX (202) 224-0454
Local Office: 312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1748, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone (213) 894-5000; FAX (202) 224-0357
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) Re-elected 11/07/06
Capitol Address: 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Web site: feinstein.senate.gov
Email: Use site/web form “Contact Dianne”
Telephone: (202) 224-3841; FAX (202) 228-3954
Local Office: 11111 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 915, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Telephone: (310) 914-7300; FAX (310) 914-7318
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (2-year term)
Loretta Sanchez (47th District, Democrat) Re-elected 11/04/08
Capitol Address: 1114 Longworth House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515
Web site: www.lorettasanchez.house.gov
Web site:(Español) www.lorettasanchez-es.house.gov
Web site: (Vietnamese) www.lorettasanchez-vn.house.gov
Email: Use site/web form “Contact”
Telephone: (202) 225-2965; FAX (202) 225-5859
Local Office: 12397 Lewis St., Suite 101, Garden Grove, CA 92840
Telephone (714) 621-0102; FAX (714) 621-0401
John Campbell (48th District, Republican) Re-elected 11/04/08
Capitol Address: 1507 Longworth House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515
Web site: www.campbell.house.gov
Email: Use site/web form “Contact”
Telephone: (202) 225-5611; FAX (202) 225-9177
Local Office: 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 330, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Telephone: (949) 756-2244; FAX (949) 251-9309
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE (4-year term)
Mimi Walters (33rd District, Republican) Elected 11/04/08
State Capitol: State Capitol, Room 3082, Sacramento, CA 95814
Web site: cssrc.us/web/33/
Email: Use site/web form “Contact Me”
Telephone: (916) 651-4033; FAX (916) 445-9754
Local Office: 24031 El Toro Rd. Suite 210 Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Telephone: (949) 457-7333; FAX (949) 457-7305
Lou Correa (34th District, Democrat) Elected 11/07/06
State Capitol: Capitol Building, Room 4062, Sacramento, CA 95814
Web site: dist34.casen.govoffice.com
Email: Use site/web form “Your Feedback”
Telephone: (916) 651-4034; FAX (916) 323-2323
Local Office: 2323 N. Broadway, Suite 245, Santa Ana, CA 92706
Telephone: (714) 558-4400; FAX (714) 558-4111
Tom Harman (35th District, Republican) Re-elected 11/04/2008
State Capitol: Capitol Building, Room 3070 Sacramento, CA 95814
Web site: cssrc.us/web/35
Email: Use site/web form “Contact Me”
Telephone: (916) 651-4035; FAX (916) 445-9263
Local Office: 950 S. Coast Drive, Suite 240, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: (714) 957-4555; FAX (714) 957-4560
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY (2-year term)
Van Tran (68th District, Republican) Re-elected 11/04/08
State Capitol: State Capitol, Room 4130, Sacramento, CA 94249-0068
Web site: arc.asm.ca.gov/member/68/
Email: Use site web form “Contact/Email Us”
Telephone: (916) 319-2068; FAX (916) 319-2168
Local Office: 1503 S. Coast Drive, Suite 205, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: (714) 668-2100; FAX (714) 668-2104
Jose Solorio (69th District, Democrat) Re-elected 11/04/08
State Capitol: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0069
Web site: democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a69
Email: Use site/web form “Contact Us”
Telephone: (916) 319-2069; FAX (916) 319-2169
Local Office: 2400 E. Katella Avenue, Suite 640, Anaheim, CA 92806
Telephone: (714) 939-8469; FAX (714) 939-8986
Chuck Devore (70th District, Republican) Re-elected 11/04/08
State Capitol: State Capitol, Room 4102, Sacramento, CA 94249-0070
Web site: arc.asm.ca.gov/member/70/
Email: Use site web form “Contact/Email Us”
Telephone: (916) 319-2070; FAX (916) 319-2170
Local Office: 3 Park Plaza, Suite 275, Irvine, CA 92614
Telephone: (949) 863-7070; FAX (949) 863-9337
Jeff Miller (71st District, Republican) Re-elected 11/04/08
State Capitol: State Capitol, Room 2111, Sacramento, CA 95814
Web site: arc.asm.ca.gov/member/71/
Email: Use site web form “Contact/Email Us”
Telephone: (916) 319-2071; FAX (916) 319-2171
Local Office: 1940 N.Tustin Street, Suite 102, Orange, CA 92865
Telephone: (714) 998-0980; FAX (714) 998-7102
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (4-year term)
Orange County Hall of Administration
Web site: www.ocgov.com
Telephone: (714) 834-5400; FAX (714) 834-7650
333, W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Janet Nguyen** (1st District) Elected 06/03/08
Web site: bos.ocgov.com/first
Telephone: (714) 834-3110; FAX (714) 834-5754
Email: first.district@ocgov.com
John Moorlach (2nd District) Elected 11/07/06
Web site: bos.ocgov.com/second
Telephone: (714) 834-3220; FAX (714) 834-6109
Email: john.moorlach@ocgov.com
Bill Campbell (3rd District) Elected 06/03/08
Web site: bos.ocgov.com/third
Telephone: (714) 834-3330; FAX (714) 834-2786
Email: bill.campbell@ocgov.com
Chris Norby (4th District) Elected 03/05/02
Web site: bos.ocgov.com/fourth
Telephone (714) 834-3440; FAX (714) 834-2045
Email: chris.norby@ocgov.com
Patricia Bates (5th District) Elected 11/07/06
Web site: bos.ocgov.com/fifth
Telephone: (714) 834-3550; FAX (714) 834-2670
Email: patricia.bates@ocgov.com
**Represents City of Santa Ana within First District