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The Orange County Seat.
"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....
Largest city in Orange County by population and the County Seat Ninth largest in California by population....
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. The City is governed by a Council consisting of six Council members and a directly elected Mayor. 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."
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Click for a bird's eye view of The City of Santa Ana, California OC location!
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Santa Ana (Santa Ana City Hall)
Santa Ana, California
20 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4058
(714) 647-5200
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