If a City Council member or city employee lobbies on behalf of a city contractor, the contract can be voided with cause and the city will get reimbursed.
Tag: City Governments
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Santa Ana City Manager In Play Again
Santa Ana city council members have gone through five city managers in two years. The latest, City Manager Raul Godinez II, finds his future at city hall in play with just a little over a year in the job. City council members met this past Friday in secret session to discuss his severance, the latest in top executive severance agreements – which could soon collectively reach near the million dollar mark for Santa Ana taxpayers.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Newport Beach, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, State, Top Stories
Cities Across OC Struggle with Law Enforcement and Fire Pensions
Many Orange County cities are struggling to maintain budgets that keep, or minimally cut services and employees, while trying to keep up with growing law enforcement and fire pension spending.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Habra, La Palma, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Top Stories, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda
Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review
Over the last year, OC saw more action toward getting homeless people off the streets and into shelter than any other time in recent memory.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim Clears Homeless Camp at Maxwell Park, Offers People Shelter Beds
Anaheim officials cleared out homeless encampments at Maxwell Park Friday morning and sent roughly 30 people to the newly opened 200-bed emergency homeless shelter near Angel Stadium four days before Christmas, as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
Posted inFullerton, Government, Investigative, Orange, Politics & Elections
Fullerton City Council Deadlocked Over How to Fill Vacant Seat
Fullerton residents will have to wait until at least Jan. 15 to find out if a City Council vacancy will be filled by special election or appointment after the current four-member council deadlocked on the issue.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Santa Ana, Transportation
Santa Ana Prohibits Downtown Merchants From Suing OC Streetcar for Disrupting Businesses
The City of Santa Ana could yank money from the promotion of downtown businesses if those companies sue over parking, traffic or other disruptions caused by construction of the OC Streetcar Project that runs through one of the city’s busiest commercial areas.
Posted inGovernment, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Redraws City Ward Boundaries As New Council Sworn In
The Santa Ana City Council, in a move with long-term implications for a dais that changed by three members Tuesday, has a new ward boundary map.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness
Anaheim to Open Emergency Homeless Shelter Near Angel Stadium
An emergency 200-bed homeless shelter is slated to open near Angels Stadium Dec. 20 after the City Council decided its other two shelters, which are scheduled to open in early 2019, won’t be up in time to help homeless people escape the winter weather.
Posted inFullerton, Government, Safety, Security & Justice
Former Fullerton Police Chief Charged With Attacking Paramedic
Former Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks and Captain Thomas Oliveras have been charged with fighting paramedics and resisting and obstructing officers, according to a Friday District Attorney news release.
