Changes approved by a split city council Tuesday are compromises that city staff say will lead to a settlement of a lawsuit, but they also could extend the time some rental owners were given to phase out their businesses.
Tag: Anaheim City Council
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Anaheim Council Reduces City Manager’s Contract Signing Authority
The city manager now will be able to approve contracts worth $50,000 or less.
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Week After LAPD-Teen Clash, Anaheim To Discuss Public Safety Board
The City Council will review a report on the civilian oversight committee and discuss whether or not they want it to continue.
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Behind the Scenes of Anaheim City Council Are Well-Connected Players
In years past, aides to city council members largely had secretarial and administrative duties. But this year’s crop includes a number of people who are political players in their own right.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Economy, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Anaheim Mayor Proposes Work Program for City’s Homeless
Mayor Tom Tait used his State of the City Address to announce “Better Way Anaheim,” a city program modeled after one in Albuquerque that provides homeless people with jobs like trash pickup and landscaping.
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Anaheim to Overhaul All City Boards and Commissions
The Anaheim City Council this week narrowly approved a plan to dismiss all appointees to city boards and commissions so as to create more equal representation under the city’s new district-based electoral system.
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Anaheim Council Planning to Cut City Manager’s Contract Authority
Supporters of a plan to slash City Manager Paul Emery’s signing authority on city contracts from $100,000 to $50,000 say it will increase accountability. But opponents said it shows a lack of faith in Emery and will bog down the city government.
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Anaheim Neighborhoods Have Become Parking Battlegrounds
Faced with an influx of cars from other neighborhoods, Anaheim homeowners have increasingly pushed the city for permit-only parking on their streets. But that has forced apartment dwellers to park blocks — and in some cases nearly a mile — from their homes.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, Outdoors, Top Stories
Anaheim Council Ready to Reconsider Its Anti-Camping Law
Responding to calls from homeless advocates, the Anaheim City Council is set to review a controversial anti-camping ordinance intended to discourage homeless encampments in public areas.
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The Anaheim Streetcar Project Is Officially Dead
The Anaheim City Council passed a resolution that not only kills the controversial $300 million streetcar project, but also says no to plans for any kind of streetcar down Harbor Boulevard.
