Anaheim officials appointed a new police chief who is expected to make substantially more money than his predecessor in base pay and other compensation.
Tag: Jim Vanderpool
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Will Anaheim Officials Discuss a State Audit on Poor Oversight of Tourism Dollars?
On Tuesday, city council members are expected to file their response to a California State Auditor Report alleging improper tourism dollar spending and a lack of city oversight.
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Anaheim to Roll Out Live Spanish Captioning For Meeting Broadcasts
Anaheim is looking to implement live Spanish subtitles for the city council meeting online broadcasts – potentially increasing accessibility to public meetings.
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Santana: Will Anaheim Trigger The Fall of Reform Across Orange County and Beyond?
This Fall, the Happiest Place on Earth becomes the backdrop behind a series of hard looks at how local city halls are really run in the wake of a public corruption scandal. Will reform follow or fail?
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Two OC Cities Consider Increasing Transparency on City Manager Spending
Anaheim and Tustin politicians are exploring increasing transparency around how city managers spend taxpayer dollars after Anaheim’s public corruption scandal and a Voice of OC investigation.
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Fear and Loathing at Anaheim City Hall: Working Under the Gun of Retribution
So, you called your City Hall boss a political “chameleon” to Anaheim corruption investigators. Now what?
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Proposed Anaheim Reforms Sputter as City Council Disputes Corruption Probe Findings
Two weeks after the release of a scathing 353-page corruption investigation report, city council members debated reforms for the first time late Tuesday and weighed in on the probe.
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Is it Time to Sack Anaheim’s City Manager and Other Top Officials?
Some residents and activists are calling on the Anaheim City Council to fire City Manager Jim Vanderpool and other city staff members implicated in an independent corruption investigation report.
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Inside The Shadowy Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Retreat Called Out By the FBI
Through interviews with city officials past and present, JL Group investigators have brought new light to a private retreat attended by resort interests and city councilmembers in 2020.
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Anaheim Top City Staff Shower Themselves with Free Tickets to Venues They Oversee
City leaders argue that it’s a perk of the job, but disclosures show that some employees get special access that others didn’t.
