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If city council members approve his appointment Tuesday, Jorge Cisneros, the chief of the University of California, Irvine police department, will become Anaheim Police Chief in mid-July.
Tom Tait, Mayor of Anaheim, celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month while urging Congress to pass urgently needed reforms that address the status crisis for thousands of workers and students.
It’s time for the county and cities to stop the infighting that’s plagued recent efforts to build housing and shelters and instead form a regional body to address homelessness, according to an Orange County Grand Jury report released Thursday.
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 Councilwoman Kris Murray publicly criticized Mayor Tom Tait at a city council meeting Tuesday over a phone call he had with Orange County Fire Authority Chief Jeff Bowman exploring the possibility of outsourcing the city’s fire department.
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.
“The length of our council meetings are exceeding any acceptable level…and are frankly becoming abusive to the public and to the staff,” said Councilwoman Kris Murray, who requested the council discuss the changes and take action at their May 23 meeting.
“Grow up, everybody,” Mayor Tom Tait ordered. “Sit down if you want to stay here, sit down. And everybody, shut up except for the speaker.”
After firing their last interim city attorney just weeks after he was hired, the city council will start over in their search for a permanent city attorney.