Measure to Honor Postmaster Passes
From Times Staff Reports
A bill to name a post office in Santa Ana after longtime Orange County postmaster Hector Godinez passed unanimously Wednesday in the House of Representatives.
The bill by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) was co-sponsored by the entire California delegation.
Born on the grounds of Mission San Diego in 1924, Godinez became the nation’s first Latino postmaster in the 1960s, serving in Santa Ana. He later was named Southern California district manager for the Postal Service.
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