After a previous Voice of OC investigation found most of the tickets went to city staff and political insiders, Anaheim officials increased the number going to nonprofits and volunteers. Now they’re expected to overhaul the disclosure system.
Tag: Anaheim Convention Center
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Top City Staff Shower Themselves with Free Tickets to Venues They Oversee
City leaders argue that it’s a perk of the job, but disclosures show that some employees get special access that others didn’t.
Posted inEconomy
Is Anaheim’s Resort Gamble Paying Off for Local Residents?
City officials don’t talk very often in public about how more than a billion dollars in Wall Street debt spent on the city’s resorts has paid off.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
‘Beyond Van Gogh’ in Anaheim Takes Visitors Inside the Painter’s Artworks
Review: The immersive show is a pleasant, air-conditioned experience, but it’s also rather superficial and not really worth the price of admission.
Posted inCountywide
Anaheim Convention Center Vaccine Site to Open Tuesday Despite Initial Supply Concerns; Homeless Outbreak Concerns Remain
A new site in Anaheim will proceed as planned despite supply delay concerns. Shelters continue to see Coronavirus outbreaks.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC’s Reopening Restrictions Continue After Labor Day Coronavirus Case Bump
A host of businesses and churches across Orange County won’t be able to let more people indoors this week because local coronavirus infections went up.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Orange County Draws Questions Over Translation Priorities During Pandemic
It’s taken Orange County officials at least four weeks to offer a non-English sign-up form for their largest coronavirus testing site.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Garden Grove
City-Subsidized Hotel Resort in Garden Grove Moves Forward
Plans for a 769-room, three hotel resort in Garden Grove will move forward after the City Council approved a development agreement that hands over a 5.18-acre property to the developer for $852,571 in fees. The city also will pay up to $250,000 in improvements to the site and give the developer tax subsidies worth at least $17.6 million.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
A Day of Rage as Trump Comes Back to Town
Hundreds of protesters vented their anger at Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump outside his rally at the Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday, taking to the streets, throwing rocks at police and assaulting cars on the road.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Activists End Fight Against Anaheim Convention Center Bonds
A coalition of activists opposed to the city’s convention center expansion had argued that bonds to pay for a $180 million convention center were illegally approved.
