Council members voted 3-1 to approve a $17,200 contract with the Dolinka Group to conduct a study and determine whether or not there is racially polarized voting in Garden Grove.
Category: Garden Grove
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Transparency Initiatives Suffer as Garden Grove Council Passes Budget
While leaving most of the proposed budget intact, council members spent most of Tuesday’s public meeting haggling over $300,000 in optional budget requests.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Investigative, Los Alamitos, Top Stories
Garden Grove Might Nix Red Light Cameras
Garden Grove, one of just two Orange County cities that still uses red light traffic cameras, could end their contract with Redflex Traffic Systems, the company that provides them.
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Water Park Project Brings Hope, But Garden Grove Budget Picture Still Bleak
Officials had to once again draw from reserves in the current year to fill a $5.3 million budget hole and they are projecting a shortfall of just over $6 million for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Posted inGarden Grove
Garden Grove Picks Midwesterner to Lead City Away From Scandal
In the wake of nepotism and contract scandals, members of the Garden Grove City Council have settled on an official from Cincinnati who they say has a reputation for high ethics and transparency to take over as city manager.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness
State Ordered to Pay Residents Displaced by Garden Grove Waterpark Hotel
More than two dozen poor households displaced by the construction of the Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark Hotel in Garden Grove will finally receive relocation assistance, ending a six-year battle in county and state courts.
Posted inGarden Grove, Investigative, News Briefs
Garden Grove To Pick New City Manager from Cincinnati
Scott C. Stiles, the assistant city manager for the city of Cincinnati, is likely to be appointed as Garden Grove’s permanent city manager on Thursday.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Under Threat of Lawsuit, Garden Grove Inches Toward District Elections
Under threat of a lawsuit from Latino advocacy groups, Garden Grove will hire a consultant to study the city’s demographics and determine whether racially polarized voting exists.
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Proposed Vietnam War Museum Struggles For Community Buy-In
As Garden Grove city council members decide whether to continue subsidizing the Vietnam War Museum of America Foundation, board members say there has been little community support for the project, especially from Vietnamese Americans.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Latino Advocacy Groups Threaten Garden Grove With Lawsuit Over District Elections
MALDEF and the state League of United Latin American Citizens is demanding the city implement by-district elections or the groups will seek a court order compelling the city to do it.
