Officials ordered a study of the proposed ordinance that could impact the same resort interests the FBI alleges having outsized influence over city hall. Voters will likely decide its future.
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.
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Anaheim Hotel Maids Are Tired of Rowdy Guests and Low Wages; Will Officials Intervene?
One year after revelations of an FBI corruption probe in Anaheim, officials are expected to weigh in on a proposed law aimed at increasing pay and protections for hotel maids.
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Is Anaheim Looking to Secretly Negotiate Another Angel Stadium Deal?
Anaheim City Council members secretly rejected a lawsuit settlement that would’ve forced them to publicly construct any new Angel Stadium deal.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Are OC’s Street Vendors ‘Unfair Competition’ or Fuel for the Community?
More OC officials are cracking down on street vendors with some calling these typically immigrant merchants unfair competition to storefronts as opposed to entrepreneurs.
Posted inEducation
Anaheim High School District Looks to Keep Arabic Program For Now
Efforts by students to save Orange County’s only Arabic public high school program pushed school district officials in Anaheim to commit to keep the class for at least one more year.
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.
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Will Anaheim Require Better Pay and Protections for Hotel Housekeepers?
Anaheim city council members could either adopt an ordinance giving hotel workers pay raises and workplace protections or put the question to city voters.
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Anaheim Residents Can Expect a Redacted City Hall Corruption Probe Report
Citing employee privacy concerns, Anaheim council members voted to hire an outside attorney to help review and redact certain aspects of an independent corruption investigation.
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How Much of Anaheim’s City Hall Corruption Probe Will Residents See?
After considering limiting the scope of the independent probe and placing a gag order on investigators, officials today are expected to reconsider exactly what gets released in the final report.
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What’s the Future of Orange County’s First Arabic Public School Program?
Anaheim Union High School District officials cut their Arabic program but at least one local Arab American leader is asking why the community wasn’t involved in the decision.
