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Anaheim City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Chris Zapata as the new city manager, ending a more than year-long leadership transition where three top executive roles were filled by temporary replacements.
Anaheim City Council members Tuesday will consider appointing Chris Zapata, the former city manager of San Leandro, as the city’s top executive, less than a week after Zapata announced he would step down from leading the city of 90,000. Zapata had been accused, and cleared, of sexual misconduct while city manager.
A new ban on parking oversized vehicles on city streets in Anaheim has sparked concerns among people living in recreational vehicles, many who say they otherwise cannot afford housing in Orange County.
A split Anaheim City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to place a union-backed initiative on the November general election ballot. If approved, it would require Anaheim Resort-area companies that receive city subsidies to pay their employees $18 an hour by 2022
Jorge Cisneros, currently Police Chief for the University of California, Irvine, will assume the position in mid-July.
If city council members approve his appointment Tuesday, Jorge Cisneros, the chief of the University of California, Irvine police department, will become Anaheim Police Chief in mid-July.
A ballot initiative to require Anaheim Resort-area businesses receiving city subsidies to pay workers a minimum $18 an hour by 2022 has met a signature requirement to qualify for the November general election ballot.
Local worker unions are clashing over a ballot initiative in Anaheim that would raise wages to $18 an hour for employees of companies that receive city subsidies, a measure aimed at three luxury hotel projects that received over $500 million in tax rebates in 2016.
At a city council meeting packed with union leaders and Disneyland Resort employees, Anaheim leaders discussed a recent survey that found many of the resort’s workers struggle to buy food, pay rent and afford other basic necessities. Critics say the union-funded report was commissioned to bolster an upcoming ballot initiative.
Under the new rules, any neighborhood is eligible to apply for permit-only parking.