The new Santa Ana Public Works Director, Raul Godinez II, served in a similar capacity in the City of Oakland for five years.
Godinez replaced Jim Ross, who was the Public Works Director in Santa Ana for many years.
Click here to read a news article about Godinez, who apparently was good at his job and was appreciated by the people he served in Oakland.
While the City of Santa Ana has not trumpeted Godinez’ hire, I did find a blog post that corroborated this story.
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I bet Phil Becerra, AKA Count Chocula The Unemployed Planner is pissed that they didnt pick him to be the public works director.