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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.
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Anaheim’s Little Arabia Still Awaits Signs One Year After Official Recognition
Arab Americans celebrated the one-year anniversary of the city’s official recognition of Anaheim’s Little Arabia. Now they set their eyes on getting signs up in the area.
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Winds of Reform Spark in Anaheim Along With Council Tension During Corruption Probe Fallout
On Tuesday night, Anaheim’s mayor broke what to some residents felt like a months-long silence – and sent a message to her colleagues that she won’t shelve City Hall’s corruption crisis.
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Anaheim’s Chief Spokesman is Detailed in the Corruption Scandal; Now What?
Questions remain if City spokesman Mike Lyster will get to keep his six-figure paying job after he’s popped up in documents that allege corruption at Anaheim City Hall.
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Anaheim Officials Set to Discuss Reforms in Wake of Corruption Probe
City Council members on Tuesday will discuss scheduling priority reform proposals and the city’s tourism bureau, which became a focus in a city corruption probe.
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Angels Baseball Still Wants $5M From Anaheim Over Illegal and Dead Sale of Angel Stadium
The Angels’ development firm, SRB Management, has filed its request as a legal claim, which is included on the agenda for the City Council’s next regular meeting on Tuesday.
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Stanton Voters to Decide on Extending Term Limits For City Council Members
Residents are expected to decide if they want to establish a three-term limit for the mayor’s seat and the rest of their city council members in the 2024 election.
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Efforts to Start a Recall of Anaheim City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava Are Underway
A notice of intent to circulate a recall petition against City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava was successfully filed last Friday, according to the city clerk.
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Stanton Voters Might Decide on Term Limits for Future Mayors
City council members at Tuesday’s meeting will consider calling for an ordinance defining term limits for future mayors be placed on the November 2024 ballot.
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Fear and Loathing at Anaheim City Hall: Working Under the Gun of Retribution
So, you called your City Hall boss a political “chameleon” to Anaheim corruption investigators. Now what?
