Local News in Brief : Santa Ana : 5 Take Out Papers for Council Election

Five people, including two incumbents, took the first step Monday to run for Santa Ana City Council in the November election.

Mayor Dan Young took out nomination papers for the mayoral race--the city’s first popular election for the post--and Councilman Wilson B. Hart did the same for reelection in his ward.

Westside residents Patrica Mill and John Raya--two community activists outspoken in their opposition to council policies the past year--took out papers for the council races in their wards. Mill would run against Councilwoman Patricia A. McGuigan and Raya against Councilman Dan Griset, if the two incumbents seek reelection.

Also taking out papers was Ron Lark-Wallace, a city recreation department employee, who would run against Hart.

In another pre-election development Monday, the Santa Ana Merged Society of Neighbors, a group of residents that consistently opposes the City Council majority on key issues, announced that it has chosen its campaign theme for the Nov. 8 election.

The group, which unsuccessfully tried to amend the city’s charter in 1986 and has so far failed this year in an attempt to recall Mayor Young, said it will print thousands of bumper stickers with its slogan, “Don’t Re-Elect Anyone.”

The nominating period ends Aug. 12.