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Disney put an indefinite hold on construction of a four-star Anaheim-subsidized 700-room hotel because of a dispute with the city over the hotel’s location, according to a Wednesday letter Disney sent to Anaheim officials.
The program faces staunch opposition from the county and the four cities where the state authorized it to operate. A court hearing on whether to block it could come later this month or next month.
The Irvine Planning Commission wants to send the City Council as fast as possible all available environmental reports and any potential development contracts in or near the Great Park that could affect development of a veterans cemetery.
A split Anaheim City Council rejected proposed changes to the ballot question for an initiative that, if approved in November, will raise the minimum wage for city subsidized businesses to $18 an hour by 2022.
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter warned the County of Orange and its cities they will need to make significant progress on plans for new emergency shelter housing for the homeless, or face a possible court ruling or temporary injunction stopping the enforcement of anti-camping laws.
American courts have held the public and journalists have the right to film government officials, including police, carrying out official actions in public.
Orange County is seeking an emergency court order blocking Monday’s re-opening of a state-authorized needle exchange program.
The hearing is in response to the closure of armory shelters, which pushed over 200 homeless people into local communities where it’s illegal to camp in public.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors will hold an emergency hearing Friday to discuss possibly filing a law suit in an effort to stop the OC Needle Exchange Program authorized by the state in spite of strong opposition by the county and some cities.
The Disneyland Resort and four labor unions have approved a three-year deal that would raise the hourly minimum wage for 9,700 employees to $15 by January 2019, and includes a 3% raise for employees that earn a wage at or above that threshold.