The existing OC Streetcar project has faced scrutiny by some city and transportation officials who say the it is too expensive for its relatively short, four-mile route, when there are less expensive options like buses.
Tag: City Governments
Posted inGovernment, NEWS, News Briefs, REGIONS, Westminster
Westminster City Manager To Retire Next Month for Private Sector Job
Eddie Manfro’s planned retirement from his city manager post was made public by City Councilman Tai Do on Facebook, who called it “totally unexpected news.”
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Garden Grove, Government, News Briefs
Garden Grove Puts Stricter Controls on Interactions with Feral Animals
The Garden Grove City Council has unanimously approved a new law prohibiting citizens from feeding feral animals and implementing a “trap-neuter-return” program.
Posted inGovernment, Irvine
Effort to Discipline/Fire Irvine City Manager Fails
After two council members – Farrah Khan and Anthony Kuo – publicly sponsor a proposal to discuss disciplining or firing City Manager John Russo in closed session, the effort falls apart on the city council dais with a majority of the council publicly backing Russo.
Posted inGovernment, NEWS, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Westminster
Westminster Petitions to Recall Council Majority Qualify for Election
Council members Kimberly Ho, Charlie Nguyen, and Mayor Tri Ta — who comprise a majority voting bloc dubbed by critics as “the Gang of Three” for frequently clashing with minority council members over ethics and power at City Hall — are now officially at risk of being unseated.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, State, Top Stories
Garden Grove, Facing Court Injunction, Drops Discussion on Proposed Willowick Deal with Developer For Now
Council members at the beginning of the meeting unanimously agreed to drop discussion on the deal for now, hours after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled the Council could vote to approve the agreement but couldn’t finalize it before the end of the year.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, News Briefs, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, State, Top Stories
Judge Rules Garden Grove Can’t Finalize Willowick Deal with Developer Before Tighter State Land Use Laws Take Effect
The ruling possibly ties Garden Grove’s hands on the golf course, with city officials now prohibited from finalizing any development agreement for the golf course likely until after an expansion of the Surplus Land Act — which goes further in restricting the ways cities can’t find exemptions to the law and circumvent it — takes effect next year.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, News Briefs, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Garden Grove City Council Pushes Vote on Willowick Golf Course Land Sale to Next Week
At their next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Garden Grove council members will decide whether to lease the 100-acre Willowick Golf Course to hotel development company McWhinney over the next five decades, with currently no information from city staff on exactly how much in dollars the developer would be paying annually for the property.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, State, Top Stories
Garden Grove Today Could Hand Willowick Golf Course Over to Hotel Developer
Garden Grove city officials today will decide whether one of the last remaining open green spaces in a working-class area will be handed to a for-profit developer for decades, despite an ongoing local court battle over whether city officials actually have the legal authority to do so.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Councilman Publicly Calls Out Dark Money Campaign, Welcomes FBI Interview
Councilman Juan Villegas, who also works as a special officer at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, is publicly alleging that one the key people behind the controversial 2525 N. Main St. project admitted to him their involvement in a dark money campaign to influence the 2018 Santa Ana city council elections – which involved hiding $320,000 in campaign money through a shell company.
