Many residents argued, through email comments, that cannabis sales could bring in new revenue to fill an expected $75 million budget shortfall stemming from Coronavirus.
Tag: Jose Moreno
Posted inEconomy, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Top Stories
Calls for a Gate Tax on Disneyland Grow as Anaheim Struggles With Budget Deficit From Coronavirus
Calls for a gate tax on Disneyland are growing as Anaheim grapples with a projected $75 million budget deficit, stemming from a series of business shutdowns from Coronavirus.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Anaheim City Council Minority Begins Questioning Police Spending
Some Anaheim City Council members are beginning to publicly question the city’s police budget following demonstrations against police brutality that have swept across OC.
Posted inCountywide, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Protests in Orange County Are Focusing on Police Budgets And Show a Changing OC
Roughly half of Orange County’s 34 cities have seen residents take to the streets and protest the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
Posted inNEWS
All Eyes on OC Officials as Calls for Systemic Changes to Police Oversight Grow Amid Protests
Aggressive police unions, spending on law enforcement over youth programs and few citizen oversight boards — activists and leaders say OC’s debate is years in the making.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Coronavirus Infections Hit Hard at Orange County’s Latino Community
The novel coronavirus is impacting Latinos at disproportionate rates statewide and in OC, because of a lack of access to health care, preexisting health conditions and crowded housing.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Speeds up Angel Stadium Sale Process, Raising Payment Questions
Under a pandemic budget crunch, the Anaheim City Council has significantly sped up selling Angel Stadium and 153-acres around it to team owner Arte Moreno to net $25 million for the general fund.
Posted inNEWS
Anaheim’s Emergency Coronavirus Evictions Ban Gets Another Shot At Extension
A simple majority of the City Council could vote for acting City Manager Greg Garcia to extend the current evictions ban past May through his emergency authority.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Council Declines to Extend Eviction Ban
Anaheim residents won’t be shielded by the city from evictions past this month after Mayor Harry Sidhu failed to get enough votes to extend the eviction ban until the end of June.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Barnes and Moreno: Anaheim Faces a Crisis of Leadership
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu admits there is no good time to change City Managers, but there are certainly worse times than others, and wise leaders are expected to know the difference. Council members Denise Barnes and Jose Moreno cast two dissenting votes against removing Chris Zapata from his position as Anaheim City Manager on April 21st, and they offer Voice of OC readers their reasons for that opposition.
