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Garden Grove city officials have put on hold selling off the Willowick Golf Course – owned by Garden Grove and located in Santa Ana – to a for-profit developer and will instead abide by the state Surplus Land Act, which means they’ll look at affordable housing options for the site first.
Fair officials confirmed Kramer’s departure, which comes after Voice of OC revealed Kramer sat on the fundraising board for a private college that the fairgrounds has given state money to.
Orange County Fairgrounds CEO Kathy Kramer joined the fundraising board for Vanguard University, a private Christian college, in 2017. Since then, the fairgrounds has paid the school over $100,000 in contracts and sponsorship deals brought up to the fairgrounds Board of Directors by her staff.
The City of Anaheim is currently the only city in Orange County with a civilian police review board. Santa Ana City Council members this Tuesday will talk about joining those ranks.
Critics of Laguna Beach City Councilman Peter Blake say he’s created a culture of hostility at City Hall and his opponents are now reluctant to attend meetings. He says his critics are just a “vocal minority.”
Construction of the Orange County Streetcar has begun in Santa Ana, and it’s forced closures along 4th Street that downtown business owners say plummeted their sales.
Westminster Mayor Tri Ta’s allegations that the Vietnamese government is disrupting City Hall are now part of an official city policy, despite critics’ claims it labels his political opponents “communists” in an attempt to turn Little Saigon against them.
The Vietnamese government is behind more than six months of political turmoil at Westminster City Hall, according to Mayor Tri Ta. He did not provide specific evidence for his claims, which could become an official city statement.
Developer Mike Harrah will turn the old YMCA building in downtown Santa Ana into a boutique hotel despite calls to make it a community center.
Two different campaigns target all five council members.