A scathing report from independent investigators showed Visit Anaheim redirected $1.5 million of the overall $6.5 million bailout to a chamber of commerce-controlled nonprofit.
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Anaheim Could Publicly Discuss Angel Stadium’s Future
One city councilwoman is calling for a public update on the future of Angel Stadium following a state audit and mounting questions over whether another stadium land sale or new lease is coming to Anaheim.
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How is Orange County Going to Handle Trump’s Immigration Crackdown?
The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening to investigate local officials who impede federal immigration enforcement efforts – putting California officials at odds with President Trump over the state’s sanctuary law.
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Anaheim Officials Won’t Have to Disclose Impromptu Private Meetings a Year After Reforms
Officials are loosening disclosure requirements on unscheduled private meetings with lobbyists and business interests in a transparency reform measure that was implemented last year in the aftermath of the Anaheim corruption scandal.
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Is Anaheim About to Gut a New Transparency Measure?
City council members are expected tonight to make changes to their public calendar policy to explicitly not require city council members to disclose unscheduled meetings related to city business in the wake of a corruption scandal.
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Anaheim Officials Deny Nearly 500 New Luxury Apartments in Wildfire Prone Hills
Officials denied the project in an area that the state deemed a wildfire hazard – in a part of town some say has not shouldered its fair share of housing developments.
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Anaheim Inches Closer to Mandating Affordable Housing
After years of resistance, Anaheim officials are moving forward with a new law that would mandate developers to build affordable homes in certain residential projects.
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Calls For Mandatory Affordable Housing Grow in Anaheim
After years of resistance to calls for an affordable housing mandate, Anaheim officials might require developers to account for low income homes in large residential projects.
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Mendez: Developers Are Profiting, But Anaheim Residents Are Paying the Price, We Need Inclusionary Housing Now
For decades, Anaheim’s affordable housing crisis has forced long-time residents out of the city we’ve called home. The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance is a necessary step to ensure that our residents can continue to live and thrive in the communities we’ve built, instead of being priced out by rising rents and unchecked development.
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Anaheim Publicly Introduces Ethics Officer
After years of transparency concerns that culminated in the collapse of the Angel Stadium sale after revelations of an FBI corruption probe, Anaheim officials publicly introduce the city’s new ethics officer.
