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On Nov. 6, voters will select a new city council majority and vote on a controversial minimum wage initiative requiring taxpayer-subsidized businesses to pay their workers more.
An Anaheim mayoral candidate forum turned into a debate over the role of the Disneyland Resort in the city elections and the minimum wage initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Former Anaheim City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway has thrown her hat into the race for Anaheim mayor, joining four other candidates campaigning to replace incumbent Mayor Tom Tait, who is termed out in 2018.
The payment settles a lawsuit filed in 2014 by former City Attorney Cristina Talley, who claimed she was forced to resign her post in 2013 after facing years of age, gender and race-based discrimination.
Anaheim’s mayor handily won re-election, while his endorsed candidate for City Council unseated incumbent Councilwoman Gail Eastman.
Outrage from building trade unions over Greg Diamond’s role in suing Anaheim to stop a construction project prompted the ouster. But the party debate revealed a much deeper rift.
Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada took over the department last year after a string of fatal police shootings and a downtown riot. His reforms have been praised as crucial steps toward rebuilding trust, but some say he hasn’t done enough.
Republican Lucille Kring, who is running for mayor against incumbent Tom Tait, faced tough questions about alleged broken promises and crony capitalism.
She says that the current administration has been divisive and that she will be the mayor who unifies this fractured city.
The former Anaheim councilwoman has revealed a plan under which she would run for mayor in 2014 and the current mayor would step aside.