Calls for a civilian check on police renewed after DA declined to file charges in fatal shooting of documented gang member who was unarmed.
Tag: Anaheim City Council
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
Good Enough For Government Work?
The Orange County clerk-recorder’s office paid Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman $24,000 for a draft report that two county supervisors are now questioning.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Top Stories
Owner of Register Says Journalists Shouldn’t ‘Afflict the Comfortable’
Aaron Kushner told The Orange County Register newsroom that the long-held journalism credo is actually not the newspaper’s role.
Posted inAnaheim
Mayor Tait: A Man Apart
In a stark display of the Anaheim mayor’s political isolation, the City Council refused to authorize a funding increase for his policy aide.
Posted inAnaheim, Transportation
Lawyer Tied to Pringle Named Anaheim Interim City Attorney
Michael R.W. Houston, who served with former Mayor Curt Pringle’s 1996 Assembly speaker campaign, will replace ousted city attorney.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Attorney ‘Forced to Accept’ Resignation
City Attorney Cristina Talley confirms in an email to city officials that the council majority asked her to resign or face being fired.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Anaheim Council Meetings to Include Spanish Translation
Council members turn down an option to hire a professional translation service for $21,000, opting for a less expensive option where city staff translates for about $5,000, just under the costs of catering the council’s closed sessions.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Anaheim to Develop Proposal for Greater Oversight of Police
The debate about oversight of the police department has become so contentious that Police Chief John Welter publicly accused a blogger and former council candidate of spreading “bullshit lies.”
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Hotel Developer Still Wants $158-Million City Subsidy
Bill O’Connell, developer of GardenWalk Hotels, wants the Anaheim City Council to again grant him a tax break to build his luxury hotel project.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
When Will Anaheim Hotelier Disclose Project’s Investors?
A successful Brown Act lawsuit against the City Council’s approval of a $158-million taxpayer subsidy for a hotel project might mean that the identities of investors in the project will remain secret for longer.
