The Fullerton City Council decided to hold onto a temporary rent control ordinance to see if promises by Rancho La Paz senior mobile home park owner John Saunders work for the residents, while the city is looking to create its own rental subsidy fund for mobile home residents.
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, Countywide, Education, Fullerton, Top Stories, Westminster
OC’s Urban, Suburban Youths Are Down With the Farm
The saying that there’s more to agriculture studies these days than “cow and plow” is proving true in Orange County, though challenges remain in getting the benefits of farm programs to all kids.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Fullerton City Council to Again Consider Mobile Home Park Rent Management
Seniors living at the Rancho La Paz mobile home park won’t find out until August if the Fullerton City Council will step in and help them manage rents with either a temporary rent control ordinance or a rent relief fund.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Council Members Clash Over Angel Stadium, Speaking Rules, and City-Owned Lands
Anaheim City Council members are at odds over key issues like the currently secret Angel Stadium appraisal, the sale of city-owned lands, and whether or not the city’s laws actually empower Mayor Harry Sidhu to informally limit his colleagues’ speaking time.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
Experts: Anaheim Mayor Sidhu’s Council Debate Time Limit Sends Wrong Message
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has limited the time for Council debate, despite the Council not voting on the rule, and experts said it sets a bad precedent and sends a bad message.
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Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Appointed to Negotiating Team for Stadium Deal With Angels, Ignites City Council Argument
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu was appointed to the negotiating team responsible for hammering out a new stadium lease with the Angels on the 150 acres of city-owned land at Angels Stadium in spite of protest and concerns by some councilmembers.
Posted inAnaheim
Private Advisory Group Anaheim First Criticized as it Begins Citywide Study
The private advisory group Anaheim First, which got $250,000 from the city to study neighborhoods, is facing criticism for being a hidden business organization and is set to begin its study to make spending recommendations on $250 million in spending over the next 10 years.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Housing & Homelessness
Fullerton City Council to Decide How to Handle Mobile Home Seniors’ Rent Increases
The Fullerton City Council will discuss Tuesday how to handle the incoming rent increases faced by seniors living at Rancho La Paz mobile home park — which could be a rental assistance fund or a future rent control ordinance.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Irvine, Newport Beach, Villa Park, Westminster
Irvine Becomes Latest OC City To Adopt Controversial Agenda-Setting Policy
The Irvine City Council, joining at least six other Orange County cities, has adopted a controversial temporary policy that potentially shuts some council members out of holding public discussions on issues that others on the dais don’t want.
Posted inAnaheim, Theater, Top Stories
Chance Theater Curtain Lifts On The Epic Musical ‘Ragtime’
Director Casey Stangl’s scaled-down version of “Ragtime” stages the show as a play-within-a-play inside an abandoned urban warehouse and focuses on today’s divisions of race, immigration and income inequality.
