The baseball team’s representatives filed an appeal Wednesday challenging the Anaheim Planning Commission’s approval of a $450 million mixed-used development that would compete with the team’s development plans.
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, Transportation
Anaheim Council Votes to Continue With Streetcar Despite Lack of Funding
Mayor Tom Tait proposed killing the streetcar project entirely because it has been denied funding from both the Orange County Transportation Authority and the federal government. But the council majority shot down the proposal.
Posted inAnaheim, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Appellate Court Overturns Verdict That Cleared Anaheim Cop in 2012 Shooting
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a federal jury verdict that cleared an Anaheim police officer of any wrongdoing in fatal shooting of 25-year-old Manuel Diaz in July 2012.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Anaheim Planners OK Development Despite Opposition From Angels
Just as the Angels re-open talks with the city to renew their stadium lease, team officials are opposing a proposed $500 million mixed-use project in the Platinum Triangle next to the stadium, saying it would quash their own development plans.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Voting Wars: Minority Communities Gain as District Voting Proliferates
Historically, most California cities and school districts have elected their representatives through at-large electoral systems. This has, in many cases, led to the disenfranchisement of minority populations. But California Voting Rights Act lawsuits in O.C. and elsewhere are changing that reality.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
Short-Term Rental Owners File Lawsuit Against Anaheim
An alliance of short term rental owners in Anaheim have filed a lawsuit challenging the city’s ban on the home rentals, joining the web platforms AirBnB and HomeAway in fighting the new law.
Posted inAnaheim, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Westminster
Central OC Cities Set for Historic November Election
The cities of Anaheim and Garden Grove are gearing up for arguably the most consequential election in decades, as residents will for the first time elect candidates by district following lawsuits by voting rights advocates.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Transportation Authority Awards $19.5 Million for Local Bike Projects
The grants will help Orange County, which has the second-highest rate of traffic collisions among counties statewide, create safer bike lanes and pedestrian trails.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, News Briefs
Union Launches Effort to Put Anaheim Hotel Subsidies on Ballot
UNITE-HERE, which represents Anaheim Resort district employees, is collecting signatures to put two luxury hotel development deals before voters in November, after failed attempts to engage the projects’ developer on a labor deal.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Airbnb and HomeAway Sue Anaheim Over Short-Term-Rental Ban
The two websites that host online listings for short term rentals, filed lawsuits last week against the City of Anaheim for an ordinance that fines websites for hosting the ads of home shares operating without a city permit.
