Santa Ana Cracks Down on First Street ‘Drug Dens’ After Years of Police Calls

Santa Ana Cracks Down on First Street ‘Drug Dens’ After Years of Police Calls

Santa Ana Police officers have been called to respond to 1,441 calls at two motels and a restaurant on East First Street for crimes like illicit drug sales, possessing meth and disorderly conduct in the past three years. It’s an area that city council members – most of whom are in their second term – say has long been a problem and hot bed for drugs as other cities in Orange County convert problematic motels into affordable homes.  Now after yea…