A federal judge has yet to rule on whether or not former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Ament can reverse his guilty plea to federal fraud charges.
Author Archives: Hosam Elattar
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC/ Report For America reporter covering Anaheim & North Orange County, food insecurity, housing & homelessness, the Arab & Muslim American community and education.
Elattar started at Voice of OC as an intern in January, 2020 and has covered local food banks’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, School board debates on how to teach history, the decades long push by Arab American business owners to recognize Little Arabia and a corruption scandal at Anaheim City Hall.
He has won several awards from the OC Press Club including Best News Story, Best Political Story and Best Religion Story.
Elattar is Egyptian American and has lived in Botswana, Nepal, Uganda, The Dominican Republic and India.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Immigrant Aid Efforts Expand Again in Orange County
Irvine is launching a $100,000 fund to help connect immigrant families impacted by deportation efforts to lawyers as an Anaheim official calls for a legal aid fund in OC’s largest city.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Key Figure in Anaheim Corruption Scandal Looks to Backtrack Guilty Plea
A federal judge on Friday is expected to decide whether he will let Todd Ament, a key figure in Anaheim’s corruption scandal, reverse pleading guilty to multiple fraud charges.
Posted inCypress
Who is The Voice of Government? Cypress Grapples With Who Can Speak For City
Cypress officials are putting together a media policy dictating who exactly can speak on behalf of the city in an official capacity and who cannot.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Bans Automated Rent Price Fixing
Officials are looking to ban the use of price fixing algorithms based on nonpublic real estate data to set rents amid concern the practice is driving up housing costs for renters.
Posted inAnaheim
What’s in Store For Angel Stadium?
Officials are starting to discuss the future of Angel Stadium with the Mayor calling for a master plan for the site, years after a corruption scandal tanked the last proposed property sale.
Posted inTransportation
It’s About to Get Tougher For Seniors to Get Rides in Two OC Cities
Officials in Fullerton and San Clemente are limiting how many times older residents are allowed to use senior taxi services per month for certain trips amid funding concerns.
Posted inCulture
A Holiday Convergence in Orange County
Orange County residents are celebrating the 100th annual commemoration of Black History as Lunar New Year, Lent and Ramadan all converge around the same time this year.
Posted inEducation
Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Tackles What to do If ICE Comes to Campus
Officials are moving forward with a policy to not let ICE on a bus or nonpublic area of a school without a judicial warrant – at the same time, officials rejected a resolution supporting federal immigration officers.
Posted inEducation
Local Orange County School District Considers Supporting ICE
Placentia-Yorba Linda school board members are slated to consider supporting ICE while simultaneously looking to bar federal agents from entering nonpublic areas of a school without a judicial warrant.
