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Senior Reporter Adam Elmahrek will be on KCRW’s broadcast of Which Way LA t at 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed deal between Anaheim and Disneyland protecting the resort from an admissions tax for up to 45 years.
A city-paid consultant says the policy to steer 70 percent of a four-diamond hotel’s room-tax subsidy back to the developer will raise surrounding hotel rates, thereby increasing tax revenue. Others say that reasoning is flawed.
After failing on topics like police oversight or animal control, Santana notes that Orange County supervisors are now formally focusing on what they do best: Events.
A pit bull that attacked a Huntington Beach woman in her ninth month of pregnancy had been declared a “vicious dog” earlier in the year, but county officials reversed that declaration, according to documents.
Months after declaring the company was at fault for costly delays in its work for the county, board members approved a contract change aimed at getting things back on track. But doubts persist.
The county planned for having more than $60 million in extra discretionary money, and about half of it was provided to two departments: the sheriff and district attorney, amid salary and benefit increases for their staff.
This week, we talk about the most exciting part of the year: budget season. While some cities are celebrating surpluses, others are still struggling to crawl out from underneath stubborn deficits.
The city would reimburse Disney for any entertainment tax levied on the resort in exchange for a $1 billion resort expansion by Dec. 31, 2024.
Council members choose to close a $5.3 million budget deficit by raiding reserve accounts, but indicate future deficits will have to be eliminated by cutting staff and/or raising taxes.
Council members voted 3-1 to approve a $17,200 contract with the Dolinka Group to conduct a study and determine whether or not there is racially polarized voting in Garden Grove.