Editing Santa Ana, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:Santa Ana Amtrak Station California - panoramio (5) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]] was built in 1985.]]

A few freeways run through Santa Ana, connecting it to other areas in Orange County, the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]], and beyond. The [[Santa Ana Freeway]] ([[Interstate 5]]) heads north to [[Los Angeles]], and south towards Southern Orange County and [[San Diego]]. The [[California State Route 22|Garden Grove Freeway (State Route 22)]] runs along near Santa Ana's northern border, connecting [[Long Beach]] to the west and the [[Orange, California|City of Orange]] to the east. The [[California State Route 55|Costa Mesa Freeway (State Route 55)]] travels south to [[Costa Mesa]]; and then north to the [[California State Route 91|Riverside Freeway (State Route 91)]], providing connections to [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] to the east and [[Beach Cities]] to the west. The southern terminus of the [[California State Route 57|Orange Freeway (State Route 57)]] (where the freeway intersects with I-5 and SR 22 at the [[Orange Crush interchange]]) is partially within the city limits of Santa Ana and provides a connection to [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] and the [[San Gabriel Valley]] in Los Angeles County.

[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Santa Ana several times on weekdays with less frequent service on weekends. It operates its ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' between [[San Diego]] to the south and either [[Los Angeles]] or [[San Luis Obispo]] to the north (see [[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]]). [[Greyhound Lines]] is the largest bus transportation service in Santa Ana, and serves the continental United States and Canada. The bus lines Crucero, Intercalifornias, and others serve all points into Mexico.

The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is also served by [[commuter rail|commuter rail trains]] of [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]]: the [[Orange County Line]] ([[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]] to [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]]), and [[Inland Empire–Orange County Line]] ([[San Bernardino]] to [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]]).

[[File:Coffrin 000327 172942 518380 4578 (36776418246) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Discovery Cube Orange County]]]]

Public transit bus service is available via the [[Orange County Transportation Authority]] (OCTA) and is mainly focused on busses and freeways. A 4.15-mile OCTA [[light rail]] line running between Santa Ana and Garden Grove, the [[OC Streetcar]], is currently under construction and planned to enter service in 2024.

[[John Wayne Airport]] is located at 18601 Airport Way Santa Ana, CA 92707. The [[IATA]] code for the airport is SNA.

Some main roads that run through Santa Ana include McFadden Avenue, Warner Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard, Civic Center Drive, and Santa Ana Boulevard, running east to west. Bristol Street, Fairview Street, and Main Street are all important streets running from north to south. 

===Utilities===
Electricity for the city is provided by [[Southern California Edison]]. The [[Southern California Gas Company]] provides natural gas service. Phone and cable television service is provided by [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

===Emergency services===
Law enforcement is provided by the Santa Ana Police Department from three stations throughout the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/default.asp|title=Santa Ana Police Department|publisher=City of Santa Ana|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=December 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206200217/http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The department includes five canine units,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/canine.asp|title=Canine Unit|publisher=City of Santa Ana|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=August 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831005900/http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/canine.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> an 11-officer [[Mounted police|equestrian unit]] and a 37-member [[SWAT]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/mountedunitandswat.asp|title=Honor Guard, Mounted Unit & SWAT|publisher=City of Santa Ana|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=August 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831064039/http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/mountedunitandswat.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city shares a helicopter with the cities of [[Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]] and [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]] via the Airborne Law Enforcement (ABLE) program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/airsupport.asp|title=Airborne Law Enforcement Services|publisher=City of Santa Ana|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=August 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830145841/http://www.santa-ana.org/pd/airsupport.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2012, the city disbanded its municipal fire department, which had provided fire protection for 128 years,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fire-dept-cuts-20120306,0,4763420.story|title=A proud tradition extinguished|first=Abby|last=Sewell|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2012|at=section A, p. 1 and 8}}</ref> and contracted with the [[Orange County Fire Authority]].

=== Crime ===
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected annually by the FBI, compiles police statistics from local and state law enforcement agencies across the nation. The UCR records Part I and Part II crimes. Part I crimes become known to law enforcement and are considered the most serious crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Part II crimes only include arrest data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offense Definitions |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/offense-definitions |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=FBI |language=en-us}}</ref> The 2023 UCR Data for Santa Ana is listed below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 UCR Data<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |url=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250512145102/https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/ |archive-date=2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=cde.ucr.cjis.gov |language=en}}</ref>
!
!Aggravated Assault
!Homicide
!Rape
!Robbery
!Burglary
!Larceney Theft
!Motor Vehicle Theft
!Arson
|-
|Santa Ana
|1,154
|6
|158
|384
|1,118
|3,754
|1,262
|49
|}