Santa Ana is using its money for community services while Anaheim is using it to backfill lost revenue due to the pandemic. Irvine is using money on park improvements and broadband.
Tag: Mike Lyster
Posted inAnaheim
The Lights Get Brighter Around Anaheim’s Edison Community After Residents Speak Out
After teen’s death, city leaders respond to residents’ outcry with improvements like street lighting.
Posted inAnaheim
Is Anaheim Poised to Crack Down on Street Vending?
Some Anaheim officials look to crack down on street vendors, while others look for balance amid concerns about human exploitation and unfair competition from small business owners.
Posted inAnaheim
Orange County’s Largest City Only Has One Public Pool
Anaheim officials also face pressure from some residents and one councilman to build another public pool and increase community services.
Posted inGovernment
Do OC Residents Deserve More Transparency On COVID-19 Bailout Spending?
Some cities have detailed their spending plans, while others can’t quite say where the federal money has gone. Meanwhile, the county hasn’t detailed how its departments spent the money.
Posted inNEWS
Orange County’s Homeless Face A Hard Quandary: Suffer Sexual Harassment Inside Shelters or Risk Arrest, Lawsuit Alleges
On top of these claims, the lawsuit argues shelters in Anaheim and Santa Ana are rife with overcrowding, filthy plumbing, broken showers, and other inhumane conditions.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Anaheim to Increase Security at City Parks
A unanimous Anaheim City Council has approved $400,000 partly to ramp up visible, private security and park rangers at city parks where large numbers of homeless people are known to visit.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Details Decided for Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions; Judge Monitoring Closely
County officials and lawyers for homeless people said they planned to work over the three-day holiday weekend to help ensure any homeless people who want motel rooms before the Tuesday deadline can quickly move into them.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Parking Perplexes Neighborhoods Across the OC
The realities created by permit parking programs could get some cities in trouble if they don’t ensure their programs are fair for all residents, whether they live in a house or an apartment.
Posted inAnaheim, Top Stories
Anaheim Neighborhoods Have Become Parking Battlegrounds
Faced with an influx of cars from other neighborhoods, Anaheim homeowners have increasingly pushed the city for permit-only parking on their streets. But that has forced apartment dwellers to park blocks — and in some cases nearly a mile — from their homes.
