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The Fullerton City Council unanimously voted to abandon taking over the city’s Library Board of Trustees after council members received a flood of emails from residents who voiced their opposition to the move.
Pathways of Hope will have to do at least three months of community outreach in Fullerton before the City Council considers an agreement to move forward on a homeless housing proposal on city-owned land.
The Fullerton City Council decides Tuesday whether to give the nonprofit Pathways of Hope a greenlight to study 2.25 acres of city-owned land to potentially build 80 housing units with support services like medical and mental health care.
The mayors, city managers and police chiefs of Anaheim, Buena Park and Fullerton met with U.S. District Judge David O. Carter Tuesday morning about creating a plan to combat homelessness that would be a “model” for the rest of the county.
One of Voice of OC’s most popular stories this year looked at how local cities are dealing with a shortage of parking in residential neighborhoods.
Fullerton residents will gain a new, at least 200-space, parking structure in the city’s attraction-heavy downtown area, but it might come at a higher price than previously thought – one that could total about $4 million, according to city officials.
Fullerton’s historic Fox Theater is one step closer to reopening its doors because the city will build a parking garage, fulfilling a 26-year-old agreement that has prevented the theater from opening.
Council members’ discussion of potentially changing a northeastern voting district boundary sparks renewed concerns about Fullerton’s district voting map.
A 26-year-old agreement between Fullerton and a restaurant for a city-built parking garage may finally be fulfilled. The agreement also bars the Fox Theatre from opening its doors until the garage is completed.
Downtown Fullerton bars likely will get to serve more people later this year after nearly 10 years of a restriction that was supposed to help quell some of the downtown problems with drunks.