Council members at the beginning of the meeting unanimously agreed to drop discussion on the deal for now, hours after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled the Council could vote to approve the agreement but couldn’t finalize it before the end of the year.
Yearly Archives: 2019
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs, Tustin
Tustin Residents Will Get to Vote on City Council Pay
Tustin voters will have the chance next year to approve a monthly salary for City Council members. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is part of the Voice of OC Youth Media […]
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs, Stanton
Habitat for Humanity to Build Three Duplexes in Stanton
Stanton will sell the property at Cerritos and Flower avenues, currently a free public parking lot, to the nonprofit for $210,000, according to a city staff report. The fair market value of the land is $570,000, the report said.
Posted inAnaheim
Is $325 Million Starting Price For Angel Stadium Fair? Nearby Land Sales Indicate Differently
The starting price tag for Angel Stadium, $325 million, could be much lower when the city finalizes agreements next spring, but a comparison to nearby land sales shows the starting price could already be low.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, News Briefs, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, State, Top Stories
Judge Rules Garden Grove Can’t Finalize Willowick Deal with Developer Before Tighter State Land Use Laws Take Effect
The ruling possibly ties Garden Grove’s hands on the golf course, with city officials now prohibited from finalizing any development agreement for the golf course likely until after an expansion of the Surplus Land Act — which goes further in restricting the ways cities can’t find exemptions to the law and circumvent it — takes effect next year.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
Santana: High Ranking Aide to DA Todd Spitzer Disappears from Agency and State Assembly Campaign After Filing Explosive Claim Against County
Melanie Eustice, a top ranking executive who worked for OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer filed a legal claim with the county earlier this year obtained by Voice of OC alleging that Spitzer was an abusive boss and repeatedly engaged in a pattern of illegal behavior, highlighting instances of improperly releasing information from county bids and public records. Spitzer disputed her characterizations in email correspondence also obtained by Voice of OC.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Who’s Running in OC’s March 2020 Election
Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley demonstrates Orange County’s new voting machines to reporters on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. VOTER GUIDE Click here to read Voice of OC’s guide to all […]
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Daly & Tait: Stadium Sale Sells Out Anaheim and Orange County
Former Anaheim Mayors Tom Daly and Tom Tait write that the current stadium sale plan being advocated by city officials doesn’t take into account the best interests of local taxpayers.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim’s New Stadium Concept Breaks With Past But Raises New Questions for Taxpayers
Anaheim is breaking with a decades-long pattern of publicly financed stadiums by selling Angel Stadium to a shadowy company the ball club’s owner is part of. Yet a myriad of questions, along with a final price for the property, are yet to be determined. Nonetheless, City Council members are moving forward with a vote to sell the stadium just ahead of the holiday season on Dec. 20.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
OC Candidates Set for March 2020 Election
Republicans and Democrats are facing off in a series of federal, state and local seats previously held by Republicans that have become increasingly competitive in recent years.
