Speed of Anaheim’s Stadium Sale Proposal Raising Concerns
Countywide
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The Anaheim City Council is moving faster to begin selling the Angel Stadium land than it’s going to take to vote on naming the second Monday in October Indigenous People’s Day.
Daly & Tait: Stadium Sale Sells Out Anaheim and Orange County
Anaheim City Council
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Former Anaheim Mayors Tom Daly and Tom Tait write that the current stadium sale plan being advocated by city officials doesn’t take into account the best interests of local taxpayers.
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Gets $425,000 Contract From City at Request of Mayor Sidhu
Anaheim
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The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce got a $425,000 no-bid contract from the city, but it isn’t a gift of public funds, according to a government ethics expert. Mayor Harry Sidhu, who pushed the contract, answered no questions about it from Councilwoman Denise Barnes.
Anaheim Mayor Sidhu, Backed By Council Majority, Makes Sweeping Changes to Public Meetings
Anaheim City Council
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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.
Santana: Anaheim Stadium Deal Goes Easy on Angels, Hard on Taxpayers
Anaheim
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Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu is proposing this Tuesday to let the Los Angeles Angels out of a bad move this past November when owner Arte Moreno opted out of his stadium lease with nowhere to go. As a result, by this October, taxpayers will be sitting on a $1 billion asset with no restrictions on developing the 150-acre parking lot area around the stadium. Yet a proposal this Tuesday before the Anaheim city council would erase that potential and lock taxpayers into another lopsided, long-term negotiation with the Angels – who are probably leaving for Los Angeles anyway as their recent controversial renaming clearly implies.
Anaheim’s Contested Mayor and Council Race [Latest Election Night Count]
2018 elections
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The election results determine the balance of the Anaheim City Council majority in a year where the Disneyland Resort, hotel industry and unions have spent a record amount on the election.
Unprecedented Spending in Another Pivotal Anaheim Election
2018 elections
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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.
City and Anaheim Ducks Propose 25-Year Lease and Development Around Honda Center
Anaheim Ducks
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The Angels, Anaheim’s baseball team may be looking to leave, but the city’s hockey team, the Anaheim Ducks, are negotiating a new 25-year lease and development project around the Honda Center.
Anaheim Minimum Wage Initiative Could Apply to GardenWalk Mall and DoubleTree Hotel
Anaheim Minimum Wage Initiative
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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.
Harbor Blvd. Streetcar is Dead; Costs for Santa Ana-Garden Grove Streetcar Skyrocket
streetcar
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OCTA officials ended discussion in June of a Harbor Boulevard streetcar after cities couldn’t agree on the project. Meanwhile, an existing streetcar plan to connect Santa Ana and Garden Grove will cost far more than originally expected.