Mayor Tom Tait proposed killing the streetcar project entirely because it has been denied funding from both the Orange County Transportation Authority and the federal government. But the council majority shot down the proposal.
Tag: Anaheim City Council
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Anaheim Planners OK Development Despite Opposition From Angels
Just as the Angels re-open talks with the city to renew their stadium lease, team officials are opposing a proposed $500 million mixed-use project in the Platinum Triangle next to the stadium, saying it would quash their own development plans.
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Anaheim Agrees to Contracts With General Employees, Police Managers
Rank-and-file city employees get a 4-percent raise over two years, and police captains and lieutenants will get a 7-percent raise over three years.
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Anaheim City Council Approves Massive Luxury Hotel Subsidy Deals
In front of a packed house of both subsidy supporters and detractors, council members voted Tuesday to give Disneyland and another four-diamond hotel developer bed-tax rebates that could total more than $500 million for three hotel projects.
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Anaheim Council Set to Vote on $500 Million in Luxury Hotel Subsidies
Council members Tuesday will consider requests for tax rebates worth a half a billion in new tax dollars from the developers of three luxury hotel projects, including a proposal from Disneyland for the largest subsidy in the city’s history.
Posted inAnaheim, Health & Wellness
Anaheim City Council Passes Strict Short-Term Rental Ban
After a marathon special meeting, a split council approved a ban that gives the city’s 363 permitted short-term rental operators 18 months to phase out their businesses.
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Anaheim to Fly LGBT Flag in Solidarity With Orlando Shooting Victims
The City Council Tuesday night voted 4-0 to fly the rainbow-colored flag annually during June, the LGBT Pride Month.
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Disneyland Asking for Largest Hotel Tax Subsidy in Anaheim History
The mega resort is asking for a subsidy worth well over $200 million from the city to build a new luxury hotel. Anaheim’s mayor called the request “insane.”
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion
Robbins: Stonewalling Continues on Anaheim Short-Term Rental Issue
Residents have had it with short term rentals. Should they be banned?
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Short-Term Rental Opponents Ramping Up Pressure On Anaheim Council
Nearly 70 people marched outside the Anaheim City Hall Tuesday evening and called for the City Council to enact a strict ban on short-term rentals, which have exploded in the neighborhoods surrounding Disneyland.
