Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to admit to leaking key city documents in a failed stadium sale, raising questions whether a vote reinstating a stadium lease the team tore up is legal.
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
As Anaheim Waffles on Corruption Reform, Residents Question City Hall’s Legitimacy
City Council members’ public downplaying of a public corruption report this week led to jeers and laughs from the audience, along with increasing questioning of the city’s leadership.
Posted inStanton
Stanton Further Restricts Street Vending, Limits Sales Near Youth Centers
As cities across Orange County start to crackdown on what they call illegal street vending, Stanton officials look to further limit where vendors can sell.
Posted inAnaheim
Ex-Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Agrees to Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges
After resigning in disgrace more than a year ago, former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to plead guilty to public corruption.
Posted inAnaheim
Proposed Anaheim Reforms Sputter as City Council Disputes Corruption Probe Findings
Two weeks after the release of a scathing 353-page corruption investigation report, city council members debated reforms for the first time late Tuesday and weighed in on the probe.
Posted inState
State Auditors to Probe Anaheim’s Rerouting of Federal Funds to Chamber of Commerce
City officials are also looking to audit Visit Anaheim – the city’s tourism bureau – more than three years after it received a $6.5 million city bailout when the pandemic kicked off.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Anaheim Council Members Keep Fundraising Off Resort Interests Detailed in Corruption Probe
In the wake of a scathing probe examining alleged corruption, Anaheim officials are slated to consider reforms – but the only two members of the council who are fundraising are taking money from resort interests called out in the probe.
Posted inAnaheim
Are Reforms Coming to Anaheim in Wake of Corruption Probe?
Tonight, city officials will discuss a series of potential reforms in Anaheim following an independent corruption probe. Some residents question why campaign finance reform is not up for debate.
Posted inAnaheim
Did the Anaheim City Council Violate California’s Open Meeting Laws?
In the fallout of an independent corruption investigation, Anaheim City Council members face a controversy alleged in the probe: a potential open meeting law violation.
Posted inAnaheim
Is it Time to Sack Anaheim’s City Manager and Other Top Officials?
Some residents and activists are calling on the Anaheim City Council to fire City Manager Jim Vanderpool and other city staff members implicated in an independent corruption investigation report.
