A city-paid consultant says the policy to steer 70 percent of a four-diamond hotel’s room-tax subsidy back to the developer will raise surrounding hotel rates, thereby increasing tax revenue. Others say that reasoning is flawed.
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Anaheim Budget Shows Substantial Growth
Thanks to a boost in revenue, the 2015-16 budget includes increased spending on police and other services. While most council members are expressing their pleasure with the budget, Mayor Tom Tait is warning of structural weaknesses.
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Anaheim Council Approves Another Hotel Subsidy Deal
City will kick back 70 percent of room tax revenue to developers who build new luxury hotels. Members of council majority say deal will spur development. Mayor calls it “corporate welfare.”
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Anaheim Considers Selling Last Parkland Near Platinum Triangle
The seven-acre site was bought with money specifically for parks in or near the Platinum Triangle. But city officials want to sell the land and use the profits to improve a park somewhere else in the city.
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Former City Manager: Angels Need to Show Anaheim ‘Respect’
James Ruth, the Anaheim city manager who negotiated the last major Angel Stadium lease deal, has issues with team owner Arte Moreno’s hardball tactics.
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Anaheim Hires Influential Democrat as Angel Stadium Lease Negotiator
Wylie Aitken will replace Charles Black, a controversial figure who clashed with the city’s mayor, as a lead negotiator on a new stadium lease deal with the Angels baseball team.
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Controversial Ballot Measures on Anaheim Council Agenda
Members of Anaheim City Council are expected to vote Tuesday on a trio of measures that would significantly impact how the city collects taxes, incurs debts, and doles out subsidies.
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Sources: Anaheim Streetcar Project Poor Candidate for Federal Funding
Federal Transit Authority officials have indicated that the nearly $320-million project is not likely to receive federal funding, which would be a potentially major blow.
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Why Is Anaheim Borrowing Money to Fix Its Streets?
Meanwhile, the city is using grant funds typically dedicated for street maintenance to pay off a loan for the controversial transit hub known as ARTIC.
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Anaheim Mayor Wants to Dump Stadium Lease Negotiator
Mayor Tom Tait is proposing that local Democratic powerbroker Wylie Aitken replace San Diego-based developer Charles Black as the city’s outside consultant in revived talks on a new Angel Stadium lease.
