The 13-year-old Anaheim resident involved in a physical struggle with off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Ferguson in February has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Anaheim and LAPD.
Category: Anaheim
Anaheim, Orange County’s largest city and home to the Disneyland Resort and Angel Stadium, has about 340,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the resort district and policing.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Wrestles Over Homeless Anti-Camping Ordinance
Anaheim City Council members failed to endorse an existing anti-camping ordinance aimed at people living on the streets, tabling a request by Councilwoman Kris Murray to “reaffirm” the city’s existing approach to addressing homelessness.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Anaheim City Council Forms Youth and Senior Commissions
The Anaheim City Council Tuesday voted 6-1 to form youth and senior commissions with Councilman James Vanderbilt voting against the proposal. According to a staff report, the Anaheim Youth Commission […]
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OC Grapples With Homelessness, Sheriff Funding and Sex Assault Evidence Backlog
The proposed budget has a large discretionary increase for the Sheriff’s Department and comparatively tiny discretionary increases for social and health services.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice
Anaheim Hands Review of Off-Duty LAPD Officer to District Attorney
The Anaheim Police Department has handed off a review of an altercation between an off-duty LAPD officer and a group of teens to the Orange County District Attorney’s office, which will determine whether or not to file charges against either party.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Investigative, News Briefs
Anaheim Says No Time Card Fraud by Police Chief, Deputy Chief
A city review into alleged time card fraud by Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada and Deputy Police Chief Dan Cahill found they did not violate city or police department policies, according to a statement released by the city Thursday.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Homeless Porta-Potties Not Supported by Most OC Supervisors, Spitzer Says
“There is not a board majority at this time” to support a permit for the restrooms, Spitzer told Voice of OC. He said he hopes to introduce an alternative idea Wednesday.
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion
Reiff: Lawyer Ashleigh Aitken Planning Run for Anaheim Mayor (not for DA)
Ashleigh Ashleigh, a former federal prosecutor and past president of the Orange County Bar Association, is planning to run for mayor of Anaheim in 2018.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Homeless Toilet Dispute Heads to OC Supervisors Amid Sewage Concerns
County officials say homeless people should use restrooms at the Courtyard shelter, more than three miles from the Santa Ana river bank encampment. But the shelter closes its doors at 8:30 p.m.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness
Memorial service in homeless encampment remembers 18-year-old woman
Residents of the homeless encampment along the Santa And River in Anaheim gathered to remember the life of an 18-year-old woman. Cheyenne, known as “Kid,” overdosed on heroin.
