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The changes apply to the way agendas are set, board appointments are made by the Council, and public comments and audience decorum are maintained.
An emergency 200-bed homeless shelter is slated to open near Angels Stadium Dec. 20 after the City Council decided its other two shelters, which are scheduled to open in early 2019, won’t be up in time to help homeless people escape the winter weather.
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.
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.
The latest results show Shaw slightly ahead of Democrats Doug Chaffee and Joe Kerr, with Shaw at 21.0 percent, Chaffee at 20.6 percent, and Kerr at 20.0 percent.
The first round of election results show very close results for the top candidates in the north Orange County race for 4th District county supervisor.
The June 5 primary election comes as Republicans look to preserve their five seats on the five-member county Board of Supervisors, which officially is non-partisan. Democrats are aiming to gain what would be their first full supervisor term in three decades.
At a city council meeting packed with union leaders and Disneyland Resort employees, Anaheim leaders discussed a recent survey that found many of the resort’s workers struggle to buy food, pay rent and afford other basic necessities. Critics say the union-funded report was commissioned to bolster an upcoming ballot initiative.
It was another year of political drama in the city of Anaheim, after an election upset in November 2016 tipped political power in Mayor Tom Tait’s favor.
Anaheim City Council members failed to endorse an existing anti-camping ordinance aimed at people living on the streets, tabling a request by Councilwoman Kris Murray to “reaffirm” the city’s existing approach to addressing homelessness.