The city outsourced graffiti removal to a private company, Urban Graffiti Enterprises, which then informed the city it could not live up to its promises.
Category: NORTH COUNTY
North Orange County covers Fullerton, Brea, La Habra, Buena Park, Placentia, Yorba Linda and their neighbors, where city budgets have been the recurring story. Every story we have published about north county, newest first.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Rejects Citywide Vote on Hotel Subsidy
Council members shot down a move by the mayor to have city residents vote on a controversial $158-million subsidy for the developer of two four-star hotels.
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion, Countywide
Community Editorial: Why We’re Suing the City of Anaheim
Voice of OC Community Editorial Board members Jose Moreno and Eric Altman explain why they’re challenging a $158-million subsidy.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
Councilwoman’s Votes Involve Donors to Her Charity
Anaheim’s Lorri Galloway has repeatedly cast votes on matters involving donors to Eli Home, the charity that employs both her and her husband. Good-government experts say the donations are examples of a frequently used loophole in campaign finance laws.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Activists File Lawsuit Over Hotel Subsidy
Some residents are continuing to fight a $158-million tax subsidy to the developer of two four-star hotels at the GardenWalk center, calling for a referendum on the issue and filing a lawsuit to block the subsidy.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
Anaheim Councilwoman Schedules Review of City Manager
Council members are set to review acting City Manager Bob Wingenroth’s performance after a sharp divide erupted on the council over granting a large subsidy to a hotelier.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Charging $19,000 Fee for Public Records That Were Purged
The charge is in response to a Voice of OC request for public records that high-level officials have deleted from city computers. Open-government expert says charge is illegal.
Posted inFullerton
Mayor Issuing Apology to Family of Man Police Beat to Death
Ron Thomas, father of Kelly Thomas, announced that Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva is working on a letter that will “clear Kelly’s name.”
Posted inFullerton
Investigator Presents Report on Kelly Thomas Beating
Fullerton Police should have acted more quickly to refute
reports that Thomas was a danger to the officers who beat him to
death.
Posted inFullerton
Insurance Will Pay Legal Bills of Fullerton Officers
Defense costs for two officers charged in the beating death of
Kelly Thomas will be covered by the Peace Officers Research
Association.
