Mayor Ashleigh Aitken is pushing for a more transparent ethics officer after city hall has been plagued with transparency issues and ethical concerns in the fallout of an FBI corruption probe.
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Anaheim’s $475,000 City Manager Sacking Heightens Accountability, Transparency Concerns
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.
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Anaheim City Council Sacks City Manager
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.
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Anaheim Appoints Chris Zapata As New City Manager
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.
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Anaheim to Appoint New City Manager Who Was Cleared of Sexual Misconduct Accusations
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.
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2017: A Year of Upheaval in Anaheim
It was another year of political drama in the city of Anaheim, after an election upset in November 2016 tipped political power in Mayor Tom Tait’s favor.
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Anaheim City Manager Paul Emery Resigns
The council voted 4-3, with council members Kris Murray, Lucille Kring and Stephen Faessel voting no, to request Emery’s resignation, which became effective immediately.
