Santa Ana squanders its budget on pointless union giveaway

SACRAMENTO — Talk to almost any city or school district official, and it won’t take long before the poor-mouthing begins. Budgets are stretched to the bone. There’s barely enough money to pave the roads and pay for textbooks. If only taxpayers would pay more, there might be enough money to improve services or better educate the kids.
Yet with every tax hike and bond measure, services never really improve. That’s because the problem isn’t a lack of money, but the foo