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Tag: Garden Grove City Council
Posted inNEWS
Nine Candidates Seek Election to the Garden Grove City Council this November
The candidates, whichever are successful, would oversee a city with a diverse population and strong working class presence.
Posted inGarden Grove, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Garden Grove to Offer City Staff and Leaders Social “Bias” Training Amid Recent Criticism
The council-approved training course is meant to check social, unconscious biases among those overseeing public services and taxpayer dollars.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Barajas-Tena: The Intersection Between Covid-19, Racism and Willowick
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.
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
Garden Grove Police Raises to Cost More Than Double What City Disclosed
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.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK Development of Willowick Golf Course
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.
Posted inGarden Grove, Irvine, Placentia
Facing Budget Problems, Garden Grove Considers Move to OC Fire Authority
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.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Government, Irvine, Placentia, Top Stories
Irvine City Council, Tired of Being a Donor, Gives Notice It’ll Withdraw from OC Fire Authority
The Irvine City Council voted to tell the Orange County Fire Authority it may withdraw from the agency, part of a long-running dispute between Irvine and the Fire Authority over the city’s disproportionately large property tax contributions compared to the services it receives.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Garden Grove, Transportation
Garden Grove Syncs Traffic Signals
Day to day commutes might get a little easier for Garden Grove residents following a decision by city council members to adopt traffic light synchronization projects for Garden Grove Boulevard and Katella Street.
