Top city officials and Angels executives held a private meeting to discuss the Surplus Land Act years after officials canned land sale deals in the wake of a corruption scandal. City officials say it’s routine business.
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Anaheim Publicly Grills Tourism Bureau CEO For Wanting to End Oversight
Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava posed a series of questions surrounding oversight to Visit Anaheim’s CEO after state auditors found the agency improperly spent public money.
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Anaheim Kicks Discussion on Gift Ban in Wake of Corruption Scandal
Officials continued a vote on a proposed law that would prohibit officials from accepting gifts worth more than $50 annually from lobbyists and contractors in the wake of a recent 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’s Little Arabia is Finally Getting its Freeway Signs
City officials are expected to unveil the new signs next month after decades of advocacy by Arab American business owners and community leaders to officially recognize Anaheim’s Little Arabia.
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How Trashed is Angel Stadium?
As state auditors gear up to investigate if the Angels have met their stadium lease maintenance obligations, city calendars show elected officials are privately meeting with the Angels about the future of the stadium.
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Anaheim Institutes Oversight of Controversial Tourism Bureau
Anaheim City Council members are rolling out an oversight board on Visit Anaheim in an effort to make sure tourism tax dollars are being spent properly after a scathing state audit on the tourism bureau.
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Anaheim Approves $2 Billion Disneyland Forward Expansion
Anaheim City Council members approved Disneyland’s expansion proposal, yet it’s unclear exactly what will be built. Some residents urged the council to hold off until plans are more clear.
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Anaheim Begins Implementing Changes From Fall of Reform Debates
City officials have to use government phones and certain Disney employees have to register as lobbyists as reforms roll out in the wake of Anaheim’s corruption scandal.
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Is it Legal to Spend Tourism Dollars to Lobby Elected Officials?
A state auditor report on Anaheim’s tourism bureau is raising questions if it is legal to use tourism dollars to lobby elected officials.
