For decades, Anaheim’s affordable housing crisis has forced long-time residents out of the city we’ve called home. The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance is a necessary step to ensure that our residents can continue to live and thrive in the communities we’ve built, instead of being priced out by rising rents and unchecked development.
Author Archives: Carolina Mendez
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Mendez: The DisneylandForward Dilemma – A Crisis of Transparency and Trust
City Hall’s labeling of our concerns as simply ‘anti-Disney’ is not only inaccurate, it’s an unfair simplification that disregards genuine issues. Such a mischaracterization simplifies complex concerns, making it all too convenient to overlook them.”
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Mendez: The Anaheim We Deserve, People Over PACs
With the Anaheim city council’s failure to pass robust campaign finance reform, one thing remains clear: their majority remains shamelessly beholden to the corporations, lobbyists, and wealthy special interests that form Anaheim’s campaign donor class–a “cadre” opposed to everything that is good for the communities this council majority claims to serve.
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Mendez: Still Here – Our Community’s Call to End Deadly Policing Practices
Nearly a year after the murder of Hector Hernandez at the hands of Fullerton PD, the Justice for Hector! Coalition refuses to relent in its call for transparency and accountability.
