Councilman Jose Moreno asked for the recognition to be added to a future meeting – a debate the Arab American community and residents have been long advocating for.
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 Might Reform Campaign Finance to Curb ‘Significant Influence’ From Special Interests
Facing intense resident pressure to make various reforms after an FBI corruption probe surfaced in late May, city officials are deadlocked on making changes to their campaign finance policy.
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Who Will Be Anaheim’s Next Mayor Following an FBI Corruption Probe?
The clock is ticking for Anaheim’s city council to appoint a new mayor more than a month following Harry Sidhu’s resignation after revelations he’s the subject of an FBI corruption probe.
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FBI Highlights How OC Politicians Subvert the Public’s Right to Government Records
While California has stringent public record rules, officials have given themselves a big loophole by having government conversation on their own cell phones and personal emails.
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Anaheim Chamber CEO Todd Ament Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges, Could Face Decades in Federal Prison
Amidst an FBI corruption probe in Anaheim, Ament faces hard time in prison for defrauding a cannabis company, lying to a financial institution, and filing false tax returns.
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FBI Probe Pushes Anaheim City Hall and Chamber of Commerce Apart Ahead of July 4 Parade
The city isn’t partnering with the Chamber for the Fourth of July parade. Meanwhile, the annual display of patriotism in Anaheim Hills has its own history of struggling with power and influence.
Posted inState
OC’s First Veterans Cemetery Clears Another Hurdle After State Legislators Unify Bills
The next step is for the California Department of Veterans Affairs to study the county’s proposed site in Anaheim. One state legislator said the cemetery could be opened by 2024.
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Little Arabia: The Struggle to Get Anaheim to Recognize Its Arab American Business Community
For over a decade, Anaheim’s Arab business community has called on various rosters of their city council to recognize them – only for them to be ignored. Could that soon change?
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OC Grand Jury: Anaheim Leaders ‘Betrayed’ Residents With Secretive Angel Stadium Sale
Grand jurors call for new transparency reforms to prevent anything like the stadium sale from happening again.
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Anaheim City Hall Struggles to Investigate Itself While Facing FBI Corruption Probe
Some are questioning the optics of Anaheim officials setting the agenda, scope and direction of a public corruption investigation into what very well may be themselves.
