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Anaheim Councilmembers refuse calls for a $1 ticket tax for Disneyland, Angel Stadium and the Honda Center, while approving a budget with an estimated $75 million shortfall.
Anaheim officials were told by Orange County health officials to keep secret coronavirus case data that shows how badly its hit parts of the city, chiefly West Anaheim.
Like many communities, Anaheim is facing a budget shortfall in the wake of Covid closures. Unlike other communities, Anaheim is uniquely positioned to address the challenge. But first, we need your input.
Calls for a gate tax on Disneyland are growing as Anaheim grapples with a projected $75 million budget deficit, stemming from a series of business shutdowns from Coronavirus.
Some Anaheim City Council members are beginning to publicly question the city’s police budget following demonstrations against police brutality that have swept across OC.
Under a pandemic budget crunch, the Anaheim City Council has significantly sped up selling Angel Stadium and 153-acres around it to team owner Arte Moreno to net $25 million for the general fund.
A simple majority of the City Council could vote for acting City Manager Greg Garcia to extend the current evictions ban past May through his emergency authority.
Anaheim residents won’t be shielded by the city from evictions past this month after Mayor Harry Sidhu failed to get enough votes to extend the eviction ban until the end of June.
Anaheim City Council members’ decision to fire City Manager Chris Zapata in the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic with no public critique of his work – a move that cost taxpayers roughly $475,000 in severance pay – has heightened accountability and transparency concerns among some council members and residents.
Anaheim’s City Council sacked City Manager Chris Zapata, after he raised concerns last month over a $6.5 million city bailout for Visit Anaheim, the advertising arm of the Disneyland-area resort industry, and it’s executives’ high salaries.