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.
Tag: Kris Murray
Posted inOutdoors
Regulators Allow Controversial Desal Plant to Run in Huntington Beach Without Immediately Making Up for Coastal Damage
It’s one more step toward a seawater desalting plant getting built in Huntington Beach. The project goes next before the State Coastal Commission.
Posted inOutdoors
Should Poseidon Be Able to Start Running Its Desal Plant Without Starting to Make Up for Marine Life Loss? Another Water Board Hearing Today
The project, which could kill 108 million organisms in the ocean per year, comes before the Santa Ana water board yet again Thursday.
Posted inInvestigative, NEWS, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Questions Over Water Official Who Took Money from Interests Pushing Desal Project She’s Voting On
State and local officials agree that Kris Murray’s upcoming vote for a desalination project pushed by groups she took money from is legal.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Murray: Community Above Politics
Kris Murray, former Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem and City Councilwoman is a Candidate for County Supervisor, District 3.
Murray writes that her record and experience with the homeless crisis, public administration and fire safety will help if she becomes the new supervisor.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Transportation
City and Anaheim Ducks Propose 25-Year Lease and Development Around Honda Center
The Angels, Anaheim’s baseball team may be looking to leave, but the city’s hockey team, the Anaheim Ducks, are negotiating a new 25-year lease and development project around the Honda Center.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Anaheim Minimum Wage Initiative Could Apply to GardenWalk Mall and DoubleTree Hotel
Public commenters told the Anaheim City Council and its city attorney Tuesday that big hotels aren’t the only businesses affected by a proposed $18-an-hour minimum wage initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Ends Tax Subsidy Deals for Disneyland
Anaheim city officials say they want to hit the “reset” button on a contentious political relationship with the Disneyland Resort, after voting unanimously Tuesday to rescind two major tax subsidy deals benefiting the corporation.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Politics & Elections
Anaheim Council Rejects Changes to Wage Increase Ballot Question
A split Anaheim City Council rejected proposed changes to the ballot question for an initiative that, if approved in November, will raise the minimum wage for city subsidized businesses to $18 an hour by 2022.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Local Unions Clash Over Anaheim Wage Ordinance
Local worker unions are clashing over a ballot initiative in Anaheim that would raise wages to $18 an hour for employees of companies that receive city subsidies, a measure aimed at three luxury hotel projects that received over $500 million in tax rebates in 2016.
