Ted Moreno

Although they will not be sworn in until next week, the three newly elected City Council members are already settling into their new jobs with tours of City Hall and orientation meetings with department heads. Of the three, newcomers Tom Lutz and Lisa Mills are closely aligned with Mayor Daniel H. Young, who endorsed them. However, Ted Moreno defeated Young's third protege, attorney Glenn Mondo.

Santa Ana will announce plans Thursday for an $11-million stadium to replace Santa Ana Stadium, which will be razed for the proposed 18,500-seat Westdome arena. Deputy City Manager Rex Swanson confirmed Tuesday night that a site has been selected. The new stadium, he said, will have a capacity of 13,400 and will be able to host football, soccer and track and field events. He would not reveal the site, but said about six had been studied, including Centennial Park.

City Councilman Ted Moreno will fight political corruption charges by alleging that the FBI entrapped him, his attorney said Wednesday. For two years, Moreno has denied accusations that he extorted thousands of dollars from business owners who had matters pending before the City Council. Moreno is building his legal defense on the contention that the FBI crossed the line in its two-year corruption probe, according to interviews and court papers.

Former City Council member Patricia McGuigan was chosen Monday to replace Councilman Richards L. Norton, who recently resigned because of health problems. McGuigan was chosen by a 5-1 vote from eight applicants who gave short speeches before the council Monday afternoon. McGuigan, 59, was elected to the council in 1981 and served several terms until 1992, including a stint as vice-mayor.

In a devastating blow to Santa Ana City Councilman Ted Moreno's political aspirations, the city attorney ruled Friday that Moreno cannot circumvent term limits by resigning before the end of his second term to seek reelection. Citing case law that calls the concept "absurd," City Atty.

When Santa Ana voters decided to limit the time that city officials could hold elected office, they surely didn't intend to approve Councilman Ted Moreno's attempt to create a break in service, clearly meant to skirt the restriction. Moreno said he will quit not long before his second term runs out this year and then will seek reelection in November. Santa Ana's city attorney, Joseph Fletcher, labeled the tactic "absurd," and he's right.

Councilman Ted Moreno, under federal indictment alleging extortion and mail fraud, plans to resign from office to take advantage of an apparent loophole in the city charter's limit of two terms for council members. Moreno plans to then run for a new term next fall. "There are a lot of people out there who still support me," Moreno said Wednesday.

The government can introduce as evidence grand jury testimony and other statements given by former Santa Ana Councilman Tony Espinoza in the public corruption case against him and two political allies, a federal judge ruled Monday. Attorneys for Espinoza had tried to throw out the bulk of his statements on grounds that they were tied to a plea agreement that was later voided when Espinoza pleaded not guilty. U.S.

The City Council has narrowly rejected the appointment of a popular community activist to the Community Redevelopment Commission, prompting one councilman to charge that city politics tainted the decision. The council voted 4 to 3 to reject the appointment of Ana Y. Vasquez, who ran an unsuccessful campaign in November to unseat Robert L. Richardson. She received 44% of the vote to his 56%. Council members Richardson, Miguel A. Pulido Jr., Patricia McGuigan and Thomas E.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced former Santa Ana City Council candidate Hector Olivares to two years probation and 500 hours of community service for his role in a scheme to take over control of the council. Olivares, the first of four defendants to be sentenced in the case, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two felony counts of funneling illegal campaign donations to his failed 1996 campaign and to that of another candidate.