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Garden Grove City Council

Garden Grove Wants To Tackle Carpetbagging Today, Seeking Statewide Policy Change

Government
By Brandon Pho | January 12, 2021

Officials want the state’s help requiring stricter residency requirements for local political candidates. But the city’s ask could have implications for other cities.

Willowick: One Neighborhood At Center of Reshaping Battle for Area’s Last Open Space

Government
By Brandon Pho | November 12, 2020

The fate of the land, and the historic Santa Anita neighborhood around it, now hinges on a potential three-way battle between activists and two government bodies.

2020 Election Night Results: Garden Grove City Council and Mayor Race

Orange County Election 2020
By Brandon Pho | November 3, 2020

Your guide to who’s leading in the race for this city’s seats.

Nine Candidates Seek Election to the Garden Grove City Council this November

Orange County Election 2020
By Brandon Pho | October 27, 2020

The candidates, whichever are successful, would oversee a city with a diverse population and strong working class presence.

Garden Grove to Offer City Staff and Leaders Social “Bias” Training Amid Recent Criticism

Garden Grove
By Brandon Pho | August 12, 2020

The council-approved training course is meant to check social, unconscious biases among those overseeing public services and taxpayer dollars.

Barajas-Tena: The Intersection Between Covid-19, Racism and Willowick

Flor Barajas-Tena
By Flor Barajas-Tena | July 21, 2020

The continuous disinvestment in parks and open space in Central and North Orange County by the City of Garden Grove, the City of Santa Ana councilmembers and the OC Board of Supervisors is not accidental. It relies on council members’ complicity in this system where developers and corporations rule.

Garden Grove, Facing Court Injunction, Drops Discussion on Proposed Willowick Deal with Developer For Now

Willowick Golf Course
By Brandon Pho | December 18, 2019

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.

Garden Grove Police Raises to Cost More Than Double What City Disclosed

Economy
By Nick Gerda | July 9, 2019

New police raises will cost Garden Grove at least $3.4 million extra than officials disclosed when it was approved in April, city staff confirmed in response to a Voice of OC analysis.

Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK Development of Willowick Golf Course

Willowick Golf Course
By Brandon Pho | January 30, 2019

The city councils’ action struck down hopes for a park between two park-poor cities and stirred opponents’ fears developers will turn the property into an urban hotspot and price working-class families and Latinos out of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Facing Budget Problems, Garden Grove Considers Move to OC Fire Authority

Orange County Fire Authority
By Thy Vo | July 12, 2018

Garden Grove city leaders are considering merging their fire department with the Orange County Fire Authority, a move aimed at cutting costs as the city faces a growing budget crisis and discusses a possible sales tax increase.

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