Calls for a gate tax on Disneyland are growing as Anaheim grapples with a projected $75 million budget deficit, stemming from a series of business shutdowns from Coronavirus.
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High Pay for Disney Area Promotion Group Called Out in Email from City Manager After Bailout
Zapata, who offered to take a pay cut, in an emailed memo proposed the same for Visit Anaheim executives who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in salary. The same day he sent the memo, an online city agenda item began circulating for a closed door discussion about Zapata’s firing or resignation.
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Anaheim City Manager Chris Zapata Might Be Headed Out
Zapata took his post in 2018, and has since overseen the city’s day-to-day administration.
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Local Court Considers Whether Anaheim Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Disneyland
Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson is considering whether the City of Anaheim is giving Disneyland a subsidy, due to a class action lawsuit against Disney for allegedly failing to pay at least $16 an hour mandated by Anaheim law that applies to businesses receiving city subsidies.
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Anaheim City Attorney Says Disney Exempt From $15 an Hour Wage Initiative
Anaheim City Attorney Robert Fabela said the Disneyland Resort is exempt from a “living wage” initiative on the November general election ballot, known as Measure L, because the company isn’t receiving a tax rebate, according to his report.
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Disney in Dispute With Anaheim, Stops Work on New Four-Star Hotel
Disney put an indefinite hold on construction of a four-star Anaheim-subsidized 700-room hotel because of a dispute with the city over the hotel’s location, according to a Wednesday letter Disney sent to Anaheim officials.
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Disneyland & Workers Reach Contract Settlement; “Living Wage” Still on Ballot
Three labor unions and the Disneyland Resort reached a tentative contract settlement, according to a joint statement released Monday night, after months of union campaigning for a controversial ballot initiative that would require Disneyland and other city-subsidized businesses to pay workers a higher minimum wage.
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Anaheim Council to Vote Tuesday on Minimum Wage Ballot Measure Aimed at Disney and Other City-Subsidized Businesses
A ballot initiative to require Anaheim Resort-area businesses receiving city subsidies to pay workers a minimum $18 an hour by 2022 has met a signature requirement to qualify for the November general election ballot.
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Bernie Sanders Joins Roundtable with Disneyland Workers
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) joined Disneyland workers in a roundtable discussion and rally in Anaheim Saturday.
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City-Subsidized Hotel Resort in Garden Grove Moves Forward
Plans for a 769-room, three hotel resort in Garden Grove will move forward after the City Council approved a development agreement that hands over a 5.18-acre property to the developer for $852,571 in fees. The city also will pay up to $250,000 in improvements to the site and give the developer tax subsidies worth at least $17.6 million.
