Here’s how the candidates answered key questions about what they’d do about challenges like homelessness, housing affordability and open space.
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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Voters in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Stanton and West Anaheim Are Picking a New County Rep. What Do the Candidates Say?
Here’s how the candidates answered key questions about what they’d do about challenges like homelessness, housing affordability and open space.
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LA Angels Back Off on Stadium Deal After Anaheim Cancels, Refocuses Efforts on Baseball Season
The land sale died less than two weeks after FBI affidavits revealed former Mayor Harry Sidhu allegedly shared info with Angels, tried ramming the deal through to fatten his campaign warchest.
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Anaheim Residents Are Asking What It Takes to Get Corporations to Sit Out the Local Campaign Season
A Wednesday rally in the heart of Anaheim’s resort industry put the FBI corruption scandal under a working-class lens.
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Anaheim Activists Take City Back to Court For Shadowy Attempt at Angel Stadium Sale
The People’s Homeless Task Force OC is taking Anaheim back to court for allegedly violating California’s chief transparency law – something noted in an FBI corruption probe into city hall.
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Key Witness for FBI Anaheim Probe Disputes Feds’ Account That She Was Arrested Before Cooperating
Melahat Rafiei’s spokeswoman says the FBI got it wrong in their court filings, and that she cooperated completely voluntarily. The FBI says their statements are accurate and declined to comment further.
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Vindication: Anaheim Residents Sound Off on Concerns About Stadium Deal and City Council Members
For the second week in a row, residents used their First Amendment rights to arguably hammer in the last nail in the metaphorical coffin of the Angel Stadium land sale.
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Anaheim City Council Cans Angel Stadium Deal After FBI Corruption Probe Into City Hall
The decision to stop the stadium sale comes as residents call for members of the city council majority to follow the mayor – one more time – and resign.
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FBI Probe Spurs Questioning of Money in Anaheim Politics, Campaign Finance Reform
On the same day Anaheim Mayor’s resignation went into effect, his colleagues are proposing new reforms and looking to review city contracts following an FBI corruption probe.
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Santana: The Anaheim City Manager Who Knew Too Much
Chris Zapata thought he found his dream job when was hired in Anaheim in 2018. But questioning Mayor Harry Sidhu – who’s being probed by the FBI for public corruption allegations – got him fired.
