City officials are looking to take out a $140 million bond to build a new police station – a move that will cost $9 million a year to pay off as the gap between city revenue and expenditures shrink.
Category: Garden Grove
Garden Grove, which shares Little Saigon with Westminster, is home to about 171,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, public safety and development.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Garden Grove Joins in on Orange County’s Water Rate Hikes
As water officials across OC hike rates due to aging infrastructure, the Garden Grove City Council called the increases a bitter pill that residents would have to swallow.
Posted inGovernment
The Deepest and Darkest Pockets At Your Local City Hall
Orange County city managers can oftentimes approve contracts without little to no public oversight, with the limits ranging from city to city but reaching as high as $200,000.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Rails to Trails: Old Train Tracks May Be Key in Solving Central OC’s Green Space Shortage
An unused railway line might get new life as a calmer pathway for bikes away from car traffic in a park-poor stretch of OC.
Posted inSanta Ana
How the OC Streetcar Put Downtown Santa Ana on A New Path
Downtown Santa Ana’s Latino merchants politically mobilized against a rail project that impacted their sales and a downtown economic group they say doesn’t represent them.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Latest Election Night Results for the Garden Grove City Council
Early election night results as of 11 p.m. in Garden Grove showed early leads for George Brietigam, Cindy Tran and Joe Dovinh for three City Council seats, and incumbent Steve […]
Posted inGarden Grove
Here Are Garden Grove Candidates’ Views on Housing, Homelessness, and Resort
Homes along Harbor Boulevard? Rent control? We asked residents’ would-be city leaders about these pressing issues in town and much more.
Posted inCountywide
OC Sidewalk Vendors Struggle With Costly, Confusing County, City Permits Meant To Help
A new state bill was just signed that would ease restrictions on vendors, though struggles with high costs and confusing application processes remain since the decriminalization of vending in California in 2018.
Posted inOutdoors
State Won’t Let Garden Grove Walk Away from One of Area’s Last Open Green Spaces
There seems to be a path forward on the property, and it seems focused on the demands of Garden Grove’s neighbor city.
Posted inCountywide
Is Garden Grove’s Latest Hotel Development Pitting A Spongebob Resort Up Against Homes for Low Wage Workers?
The friction comes from city leaders who say they need a vibrant resort district for their tax base and a union who says hotel workers need a place to live too.
