As the relationship between the private investors who are trying save Garden Grove Galleria project continues to sour, the demolition of the nine-story, rusted steel eyesore is inching closer to reality.
Tag: Garden Grove City Council
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
An Uneven Start to a New Era in Garden Grove
In the year since his upset victory in last November’s mayoral election, Bao Nguyen has brought new voices and more transparency to City Hall. But along the way he’s rankled his council colleagues and been called politically naive.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Council Bucks Trend, Votes to Keep Red Light Cameras
The city’s unpopular photo enforcement program is here to stay — at least for now — after Mayor Bao Nguyen and Councilman Phat Bui failed again to convince their colleagues to kill it.
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Garden Grove to Release Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop
The City Council decided unanimously to release the audio recording of a late-night conversation between Mayor Bao Nguyen and a police officer that occurred earlier this summer outside the mayor’s home.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Westminster
Few City Managers Can Spend as Freely as Westminster’s
City Manager Eddie Manfro can authorize up to $175,000 in spending without City Council approval, which is more than top administrators are allowed in cities four times as large as Westminster.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove Council Considers First Raise in 40 Years
The last time council members got a raise was 1976, and they are paid well below their counterparts in many other Orange County cities.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Council Growing Impatient With Vietnam War Museum
Members of a council subcommittee are giving organizers of the proposed Vietnam War Museum of America four weeks to come up with a detailed plan for weaning their foundation off taxpayer funds, or risk losing city support altogether.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness
Garden Grove Faces Voting Rights Act Lawsuit
The lawsuit argues that the City Council has been “dithering” on the issue despite a clear lack of Latino representation.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Are Lawsuits Always the Answer to Equal Representation?
Garden Grove’s Vietnamese Americans have made significant inroads on the City Council, but the city hasn’t yet elected its first Latino despite Latinos making up 37 percent of the population. Is this something a Voting Rights Act lawsuit can fix, or does the issue run deeper?
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How Drought Friendly is Garden Grove’s New Indoor Water Park?
While the state continues to suffer through an historic statewide drought, a $250 million indoor water park resort set to open in Garden Grove next year has raised some eyebrows. But officials insist the park won’t be a water-waster.
