After a report dropped on corruption at Anaheim City Hall, residents there and in cities like Santa Ana and Westminster are asking where is OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer?
Tag: Disneyland Resort
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
On Strike: Orange County Hotel Workers Picket For Better Pay
Hotel employees in Anaheim, Irvine and Los Angeles began striking this week as the union pushes for a $5 minimum wage increase and $3 a year increase after.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Continues to Spend Heavily on Police, Not So Much on Libraries And Parks
Leaders of OC’s largest city continue regional trends of handing police a lion’s share of taxpayer money while giving a marginal slice of it to community services.
Posted inAnaheim
You’d Be Surprised How Many Local Government Workers May Qualify for Subsidized Housing in OC
It’s a window into housing affordability in Orange County – an issue that even touches those in the halls of local government.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Refuses Minimum Wage Increase For Hotel Workers
Officials ordered a study of the proposed ordinance that could impact the same resort interests the FBI alleges having outsized influence over city hall. Voters will likely decide its future.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Hotel Maids Are Tired of Rowdy Guests and Low Wages; Will Officials Intervene?
One year after revelations of an FBI corruption probe in Anaheim, officials are expected to weigh in on a proposed law aimed at increasing pay and protections for hotel maids.
Posted inAnaheim
The Push For More Hotel Worker Protections and Pay Knocks on Anaheim’s Door
A hotel worker protections and fair pay law was adopted in Irvine, but was shut down in Laguna Beach. Will hotel maids in Anaheim – home to the Disneyland resort – see those same protections?
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Will Protections for Hotel Workers Stretch to All of Orange County or Die in Irvine?
Voters in Laguna Beach rejected similar protections, and hoteliers are already pushing to overturn Irvine’s newly adopted laws protecting workers.
Posted inAnaheim
How Did Disneyland’s Main Political Spending Vehicle Land in the Middle of an FBI Complaint?
Targets of an FBI corruption investigation were wiretapped talking about their work for Disneyland’s main vehicle for campaign money into Anaheim elections.
Posted inEconomy
Is Anaheim’s Resort Gamble Paying Off for Local Residents?
City officials don’t talk very often in public about how more than a billion dollars in Wall Street debt spent on the city’s resorts has paid off.
