Editing Santa Ana, California (section)

==Government==
[[File:Post Office 92701 (1).jpg|thumb|right|Santa Ana Post Office]]
[[File:Santa Ana City Hall (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|[[Santa Ana City Hall]]]]
{{See also|Mayoral elections in Santa Ana, California}}

Santa Ana utilizes a [[Council-Manager government|council-manager]] form of government. The council consists of six members who are elected by the populace of the city. Each member serves for four years and can serve a total of three terms. A [[Pro tempore#Mayor pro tem|mayor pro tem]] is elected by the council members from within the council.<ref name=gov>{{cite web | title = Mayor and City Council | work = City of Santa Ana | url = http://www.santa-ana.org/cm/mayorandcouncil.asp | access-date = March 7, 2012 | archive-date = November 12, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121112210814/http://www.santa-ana.org/cm/mayorandcouncil.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Santa Ana is in {{Representative|casd|34|fmt=sdistrict}} and is split between {{Representative|caad|68|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|70|fmt=adistrict}}.

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Santa Ana is in {{Representative|cacd|46|fmt=district}}.

Additionally, in the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]], Santa Ana is in the second district represented by [[Vicente Sarmiento]] since 2023. 

Like most majority-minority cities in the United States, Santa Ana is a stronghold of the Democratic Party. Despite the city's high percentage of Democrats, the city tends to vote conservatively on social issues, much like the rest of northern Orange County. It voted in favor of [[California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]]—California's amendment defining marriage in the state as a legal union between a man and a woman—by 61.9%, above the county's average of 57.7%. On [[California Proposition 4 (2008)|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%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/ssov/11-ballot-measures-by-political-districts.pdf|title=Political Districts within Counties for State Ballot Measures|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018060504/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/ssov/11-ballot-measures-by-political-districts.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Diplomatic missions of Mexico|Consulate-General of Mexico in Santa Ana]] is located on 828&nbsp;North Broadway Street.<ref>"[http://www.sre.gob.mx/santaana/Dirección sobre]." ''[[Diplomatic missions of Mexico|Consulate-General of Mexico in Santa Ana]]''. Retrieved on February 1, 2009.</ref> The [[Diplomatic missions of El Salvador|Consulate-General of El Salvador in Santa Ana]] is located in Suite&nbsp;103 at 840&nbsp;North Grand Avenue.<ref>"[http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/sitiowebrree.nsf/pages/sembajadasconsulados_norteamerica Norte América] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125234902/http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/sitiowebrree.nsf/pages/sembajadasconsulados_norteamerica |date=January 25, 2009 }}." ''[[Diplomatic missions of El Salvador|Consulate-General of El Salvador in Miami]]''. Retrieved on February 1, 2009.</ref>