Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to admit to leaking key city documents in a failed stadium sale, raising questions whether a vote reinstating a stadium lease the team tore up is legal.
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 inStanton
Stanton Further Restricts Street Vending, Limits Sales Near Youth Centers
As cities across Orange County start to crackdown on what they call illegal street vending, Stanton officials look to further limit where vendors can sell.
Posted inAnaheim
Ex-Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Agrees to Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges
After resigning in disgrace more than a year ago, former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to plead guilty to public corruption.
Posted inAnaheim
Proposed Anaheim Reforms Sputter as City Council Disputes Corruption Probe Findings
Two weeks after the release of a scathing 353-page corruption investigation report, city council members debated reforms for the first time late Tuesday and weighed in on the probe.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Anaheim Council Members Keep Fundraising Off Resort Interests Detailed in Corruption Probe
In the wake of a scathing probe examining alleged corruption, Anaheim officials are slated to consider reforms – but the only two members of the council who are fundraising are taking money from resort interests called out in the probe.
Posted inAnaheim
Are Reforms Coming to Anaheim in Wake of Corruption Probe?
Tonight, city officials will discuss a series of potential reforms in Anaheim following an independent corruption probe. Some residents question why campaign finance reform is not up for debate.
Posted inAnaheim
Did the Anaheim City Council Violate California’s Open Meeting Laws?
In the fallout of an independent corruption investigation, Anaheim City Council members face a controversy alleged in the probe: a potential open meeting law violation.
Posted inAnaheim
Is it Time to Sack Anaheim’s City Manager and Other Top Officials?
Some residents and activists are calling on the Anaheim City Council to fire City Manager Jim Vanderpool and other city staff members implicated in an independent corruption investigation report.
Posted inCountywide
Despite Representing a Large Amount of OC Muslims, Supervisor Do Rejects Recognition
Supervisor Andrew Do, whose district is home to many of Orange County’s Muslim American population, did not join in a county proclamation recognizing the community.
Posted inAnaheim
Inside The Shadowy Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Retreat Called Out By the FBI
Through interviews with city officials past and present, JL Group investigators have brought new light to a private retreat attended by resort interests and city councilmembers in 2020.
