Garden Grove Planning Commissioner Vu Mai appears to be a resident of San Clemente, according to a review of public records.
Tag: Phat Bui
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
An Uneven Start to a New Era in Garden Grove
In the year since his upset victory in last November’s mayoral election, Bao Nguyen has brought new voices and more transparency to City Hall. But along the way he’s rankled his council colleagues and been called politically naive.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Investigative, Top Stories
Family Ties Run Deep at Garden Grove City Hall
At least 117 employees, including a council member and former mayor, in recent years have had at least one relative also working for the city, according to a public records request posted on the city’s website.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
New Garden Grove Policy Opens Up Law Enforcement Records of Officials
The City Council approved a policy this week requiring the release of certain law enforcement records involving elected public officials. The new policy follows a controversy surrounding a recorded conversation Mayor Bao Nguyen had with a police officer.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Council Bucks Trend, Votes to Keep Red Light Cameras
The city’s unpopular photo enforcement program is here to stay — at least for now — after Mayor Bao Nguyen and Councilman Phat Bui failed again to convince their colleagues to kill it.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove Releases Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop
Mayor Bao Nguyen can be heard using expletives to describe another council member in a late night conversation with the police union president.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove Council Considers First Raise in 40 Years
The last time council members got a raise was 1976, and they are paid well below their counterparts in many other Orange County cities.
Posted inGarden Grove
Garden Grove Council Almost (but not quite) Opposes Poseidon Plant
It appeared the Garden Grove City Council would take a stand against a controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach, but activists opposing the project were disappointed when council members quickly retreated.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Transparency Initiatives Suffer as Garden Grove Council Passes Budget
While leaving most of the proposed budget intact, council members spent most of Tuesday’s public meeting haggling over $300,000 in optional budget requests.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Investigative, Los Alamitos, Top Stories
Garden Grove Might Nix Red Light Cameras
Garden Grove, one of just two Orange County cities that still uses red light traffic cameras, could end their contract with Redflex Traffic Systems, the company that provides them.
