Despite facing budget deficits and increasing pressure to deliver on things like pools, parks and libraries, Anaheim’s city council majority takes an entertainment venue tax off the table.
Tag: Jose Moreno
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Mendez: The Anaheim We Deserve, People Over PACs
With the Anaheim city council’s failure to pass robust campaign finance reform, one thing remains clear: their majority remains shamelessly beholden to the corporations, lobbyists, and wealthy special interests that form Anaheim’s campaign donor class–a “cadre” opposed to everything that is good for the communities this council majority claims to serve.
Posted inNEWS
Forced to Borrow to Meet Budget Deficits, City of Anaheim Mulls Disneyland Ticket Tax
A ballot proposal of a 2% gate tax on large entertainment venues that could produce $84 million annually comes up for a debate at Tuesday’s council meeting.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim’s Little Arabia Could be Officially Recognized
Councilman Jose Moreno asked for the recognition to be added to a future meeting – a debate the Arab American community and residents have been long advocating for.
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Who Will Be Anaheim’s Next Mayor Following an FBI Corruption Probe?
The clock is ticking for Anaheim’s city council to appoint a new mayor more than a month following Harry Sidhu’s resignation after revelations he’s the subject of an FBI corruption probe.
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Little Arabia: The Struggle to Get Anaheim to Recognize Its Arab American Business Community
For over a decade, Anaheim’s Arab business community has called on various rosters of their city council to recognize them – only for them to be ignored. Could that soon change?
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OC Grand Jury: Anaheim Leaders ‘Betrayed’ Residents With Secretive Angel Stadium Sale
Grand jurors call for new transparency reforms to prevent anything like the stadium sale from happening again.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Anaheim City Hall Struggles to Investigate Itself While Facing FBI Corruption Probe
Some are questioning the optics of Anaheim officials setting the agenda, scope and direction of a public corruption investigation into what very well may be themselves.
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Anaheim City Council Rule Change Could Bring A Wave of New Policy Discussions
Disneyland gate tax and officially recognizing Little Arabia could soon be debated by Anaheim City Council members — proposals some residents have been pushing for.
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Anaheim City Council Deadlocks on Campaign Finance Reform Following FBI Corruption Probe
Half of the city council members decided against limiting the influence of Disneyland area resort interests while some of those interests are caught in an FBI corruption probe.
