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.
Tag: Carolina Mendez
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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 to Consider Approving Disneyland Forward
Anaheim officials are expected to vote on the proposed expansion of Disneyland on Tuesday amid a list of persisting concerns by a host of residents on the impacts it will have on their lives.
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Mendez: The DisneylandForward Dilemma – A Crisis of Transparency and Trust
City Hall’s labeling of our concerns as simply ‘anti-Disney’ is not only inaccurate, it’s an unfair simplification that disregards genuine issues. Such a mischaracterization simplifies complex concerns, making it all too convenient to overlook them.”
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Calls for Reform, Resignations, Gain Momentum in Anaheim After Corruption Probe
Demands for reforms and even resignations are growing after the release of a scathing report detailing alleged corruption at Anaheim city hall.
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Anaheim Officials to Decide if Hotel Workers Get a $25 Minimum Wage or Not
After ordering up a rushed economic analysis, Anaheim City Council members are expected to decide on an ordinance increasing pay for hotel workers or put the question to voters instead.
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Mendez: The Anaheim We Deserve, People Over PACs
With the Anaheim city council’s failure to pass robust campaign finance reform, one thing remains clear: their majority remains shamelessly beholden to the corporations, lobbyists, and wealthy special interests that form Anaheim’s campaign donor class–a “cadre” opposed to everything that is good for the communities this council majority claims to serve.
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Mendez: Still Here – Our Community’s Call to End Deadly Policing Practices
Nearly a year after the murder of Hector Hernandez at the hands of Fullerton PD, the Justice for Hector! Coalition refuses to relent in its call for transparency and accountability.
