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Spencer Custodio joined Voice of OC as a full-time reporter covering south Orange County and Fullerton in August 2017. Previously, he worked as one of Voice of OC’s first interns starting in 2010, covering Fullerton and general assignment stories. During his time with Voice of OC, Custodio covered the Joe Felz election night car crash that lead to him being charged with a DUI (the case is ongoing). He also has been covering the Irvine Veteran’s Cemetery, a first for Orange County, that led to a land swap with a developer that divided many veterans and residents. Recently, he covered the sudden resignation of former Laguna Niguel Mayor Jerry Slusiewicz over claims of bullying and intimidation that started when Slusiewicz found a tree trimming contract that was overpaid by $410,000. Custodio graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with extensive education in Constitutional law, public policy, economics and international law. He worked as the news editor at the student newspaper, The Daily Titan, during his last semester. Languages spoken: English Areas of expertise: Voter registration and turnout, data analysis, homelessness, Irvine and Fullerton.
Anaheim released a proposal overview Wednesday morning to sell Angel Stadium to the team owner for $325 million after months of silence on the issue. One Councilman suspects a secret deal was negotiated months ago.
The City of Anaheim is looking to sell its stadium to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for $325 million, according to a surprise Wednesday morning announcement after months of secrecy surrounded stadium negotiations.
City Manager Chris Zapata, during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, said the Angel Stadium appraisal will be released by Wednesday evening.
As time runs out on a controversial lease extension deadline on Dec. 31, Anaheim city council members have one regularly scheduled public meeting to hash out the details of a potential billion dollar deal revolving around 155 acres of public land in the city’s core.
Anaheim city officials are fine with allowing a dense housing development in a poor neighborhood, but reject a less dense housing development in the rich Anaheim Hills area.
In updated filings, Fullerton City attorneys have now significantly reduced the list of alleged secret city hall documents the city accused resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson of illegally downloading in a lawsuit filed against him and the blog earlier this year.
Anaheim officials will apparently work off a stadium proposal from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim when private negotiations begin on Friday.
Visitors to Anaheim City Council meetings now have to pass through metal detectors and bag searches, just as councilmembers limit debate and consider approving a billion dollar stadium deal with just two public meetings left until a Dec. 31 Angels lease opt-out deadline.
The City of Anaheim will resume talks with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Friday in an effort to hammer out a new stadium deal by the end of the year.
Fullerton City Councilman Bruce Whitaker is disputing that the City Council took a formal vote in September to sue local blogger Joshua Ferguson, and the blog he contributes to, for publishing secret city hall documents and seeking a publication gag against him and the blog.