The City Council approved a policy this week requiring the release of certain law enforcement records involving elected public officials. The new policy follows a controversy surrounding a recorded conversation Mayor Bao Nguyen had with a police officer.
Category: Garden Grove
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Garden Grove Approves New Contract For Firefighters
The City Council approved a two-year contract with the firefighters’ union that boosts cafeteria and employee education benefits.
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Garden Grove Council Bucks Trend, Votes to Keep Red Light Cameras
The city’s unpopular photo enforcement program is here to stay — at least for now — after Mayor Bao Nguyen and Councilman Phat Bui failed again to convince their colleagues to kill it.
Posted inAnaheim, Garden Grove, Investigative, Orange, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana
Candidates for Sanchez’s U.S. House Seat Play Nice in First Debate
The race is on for the 46th District congressional seat, which Loretta Sanchez is vacating for a Senate run, and all four Democrats worked Saturday to establish their progressive credentials in one of the county’s few decidedly blue districts.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Now It’s Santa Ana’s Turn to Dream of Great Park
City leaders are talking about buying the Willowick Golf Course from Garden Grove and turning it into a mini-Central Park. It’s a possible game changer for the city but still a long way from reality.
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Garden Grove OKs $42 million Bond Payment for Waterpark Hotel Developer
The Garden Grove City Council approved payment to Colorado-based McWhinney developer of the Great Wolf Lodge Water Park Hotel as part of a 2010 subsidy agreement.
Posted inGarden Grove, Politics & Elections
Some in Garden Grove Worry About Mayor’s Role in New Electoral System
As Garden Grove begins transitioning to a system of electing city council members by district, some are concerned about what the changes will do to the influence of the city’s mayor.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos
Red Light Cameras to Stay in Los Al, Garden Grove for … now
National Motorists Associations asks city officials to reconsider stand on the controversial devices.
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Garden Grove Releases Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop
Mayor Bao Nguyen can be heard using expletives to describe another council member in a late night conversation with the police union president.
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Garden Grove to Release Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop
The City Council decided unanimously to release the audio recording of a late-night conversation between Mayor Bao Nguyen and a police officer that occurred earlier this summer outside the mayor’s home.
