5:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California|Politics · 1 Comment
9 Nov 2006
After the successful election bids of a couple of local Latino politicians, Santa Ana, California (Orange County) is now the largest U.S. city to have an all-Latino City Council, reports the LA Times:
On Tuesday, three Latino candidates won seats on the city’s seven-member council, joining four other Latino incumbents.According to the National Assn. of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, no other city with a population over 300,000 holds that distinction. Santa Ana is the 51st-largest city in the nation, and the ninth largest in the state, with a population of nearly 350,000.
According to the LA Times, Latinos gained majority of the Council in 2002.
Santa Ana has also been declared the “most Spanish-speaking city in the U.S.”, and boasts the “Nation’s #1 Neighborhood”.
Via / LA Times and Hispanic Tips
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