City officials are also looking to audit Visit Anaheim – the city’s tourism bureau – more than three years after it received a $6.5 million city bailout when the pandemic kicked off.
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New Players, Same Game: Has Anything Really Changed in Anaheim?
Investigators and residents say that while some players in Anaheim’s alleged corruption have changed, the system that created a culture of ‘pay to play’ is still very much in place.
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How Disneyland Resort Interests Planned to Withhold Tax Money from Anaheim’s Working Class
The results of a public corruption probe into Anaheim City Hall details resort interests and allied city leaders strategizing to keep millions in tax revenue from going back to Anaheim’s working class.
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Where’s The Anaheim City Council In Wake of Corruption Probe Fallout?
Toward the end of a week that saw the release of a scathing city hall corruption investigation report, residents are wondering why their elected officials seem very quiet.
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Was an Anaheim City Hall-Funded Nonprofit Used as a Political Data Mining Operation?
City investigators question whether Anaheim First – a Chamber of Commerce created group – improperly used contact information to help bolster resort-backed candidates like Natalie Rubalcava.
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Anaheim Appoints Another Resort Ally Amid Fallout From FBI Corruption Probe
Norma Campos Kurtz, Anaheim’s newest city council member by appointment has ties to the Chamber of Commerce and a Disney-funded political action committee.
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FBI Reveals What Many Anaheim Residents Felt For Years, City Hall is Run By The Chamber of Commerce
A federal criminal complaint sheds new light on why city officials ignored and dismissed calls for help from so many small business owners and residents in recent years.
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Anaheim Commissioner’s Firing Raises Questions About Standards For Serving on City Panels
Commissioner Leonard Lahtinen raised concerns about a chamber of Commerce backed-resident group, Anaheim First. He was fired the same night the group made its return.
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With Angel Stadium Sale Cleared, ‘Anaheim First’ Makes a Comeback
A city commissioner, who’s criticized the group, is also slated to get fired Tuesday night.
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Anaheim Council’s Appointment of a Resort Ally Stirs Calls of Rushed, Politicized Process
Some officials and residents are questioning whether the public was short-changed on the appointment of Gloria Saha’gun Ma’ae to the councils’ District 2 seat.
