Visitors to Anaheim City Council meetings now have to pass through metal detectors and bag searches, just as councilmembers limit debate and consider approving a billion dollar stadium deal with just two public meetings left until a Dec. 31 Angels lease opt-out deadline.
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 Resumes Stadium Negotiations With Angels on Friday
The City of Anaheim will resume talks with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Friday in an effort to hammer out a new stadium deal by the end of the year.
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Anaheim to Vote on New Public Utilities Facilities
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2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View
Several Democrats are challenging First District County Supervisor Andrew Do. Meanwhile, Third District County Supervisor Don Wagner has drawn a sole challenger, Asheigh Aitken – who lost a close battle for Anaheim’s Mayor’s seat last year.
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Angels and Anaheim to Hammer Out New Stadium Deal Before New Year
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Anaheim city officials are expected to sit down Friday to hammer out a lease by Dec. 31, despite only having three Council meetings left this year and reinstating the current lease 10 months ago to extend the negotiation time.
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Anaheim Council Majority Silences Minority
The Anaheim City Council minority members will now have a tougher time putting their policy proposals before the full Council after majority members decide they don’t want to hear minority-faction proposals more than once in any six-month period.
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Angels & Anaheim Start Talks on New Stadium
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the City of Anaheim officially start stadium talks on Nov. 15. It’s the first meeting this year, despite a team request earlier this year to extend a lease out clause to the end of the year to allow for calm deliberations. Councilmembers have three public meetings left this year to consider any stadium proposal before an out-clause trigger extension expires at the end of the year.
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Anaheim Seeks to Gag Council Members
The Anaheim City Council on Tuesday night could further restrict a Councilmember’s ability to speak out on public policy issues by making it tougher to put items on the public agenda. The move comes in the wake of Councilmembers Jose Moreno and Denise Barnes fighting for months to schedule a vote on releasing the Angel Stadium appraisal and along with efforts to create rent control for seniors, both of which were ultimately cut off by the majority.
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Anaheim City Council Shelves Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance, Rent Increases for Seniors Start Today
Despite nearly eight months of seniors lobbying the Anaheim City Council for help, councilmembers this week shelved discussion of a rent control ordinance that could help seniors living at Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park, who face looming rent increases.
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Anaheim City Council Shuts Down Effort to Release Angel Stadium Appraisal
The Anaheim City Council refused to release the Angel Stadium appraisal and a potential public review period of a final deal Tuesday, when Mayor Harry Sidhu terminated any discussion with a procedural move.
