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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.
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.
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.
City leaders want to issue hundreds of millions of dollars in new bonds to expand the convention center. But a citizens group lawsuit claims the financing plan is illegal.
Opponents of $300 million Anaheim Convention Center expansion argue issue must go before the voters.
Veterans speak out in support of a cemetery at the Great Park, and county supervisors consider outsourcing more county jobs.
CitiGroup drops plans to purchase $265 million in city bonds for the project following lawsuit claiming the financing was illegal.
A grassroots group is filing lawsuits to stop the new lease proposal for Angel Stadium and the proposed convention center expansion.
The Anaheim City Council is set to approve a plan to borrow $200 million against its general fund for a convention center expansion. Economists say predicted revenue to pay the debt won’t materialize.
A presentation given to Anaheim officials touts the Register’s ability to generate media coverage for the properties.