Thankfully, there was an absence of serious damage by violent protesters in the wake of the largely non-violent George Floyd/police brutality protests on Monday evening in downtown Anaheim.  As we’re all aware, in city after city around the country, initially non-violent protests about the horrific murder of Mr. Floyd have degenerated into rioting and looting. This didn’t happen by ...

Anaheim made the biggest jump of any city in the nation in the Trust for Public Lands’ annual ParkScore Index ranking of the park systems of America’s 100 largest cities – moving from 57th to 45th in a single year. This is Anaheim’s second back-to-back jump in ParkScore rankings: from 2019 to 2019, the city ascended from 68th to 57th. ...

Angels Chairman Dennis Kuhl, Angels Baseball Foundation and Councilmember Steve Faessel, and Director of Community Partnerships Nicole Provansal help Anaheim Family YMCA deliver meals to our local community. For more updates on Angels acts of service, visit angels.com/home.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Anaheim hard, socially for sure but especially economically. It is a situation that calls for practical, experience elected leadership focused on doing the most good where the city can act most effectively. What we have seen from the two factions on the Anaheim City Council during this crisis is a stark contrast in leadership styles ...

Dear Friends, I hope you are staying safe and healthy. I wanted to take a moment to provide you with an update on how the City of Anaheim has been responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. On April 23rd, Anaheim saw a smaller increase in cases, similar to what we saw earlier in the week and now is at 247 cases ...

  Last month, as part of the Economic Recovery Plan, I voted to approve additional funding to the Anaheim Community Foundation to help non profits serve those effected by the COVID-19 virus. The ACF to date has issued 1.1 million in rapid response grants to 18 non profits. This grant funding will help kids, families, seniors and other Anaheim residents ...

There are many heroes in this crisis who deserve our praise. I have mentioned some of them before. Very special thanks must be given to our medical workers in hospitals who are caring for the sick at great personal risk to their own health. Thank you to our City’s first responders, Anaheim Fire & Rescue personnel and Police Officers, who also continue to provide ...

Earlier this week, residents and motorists near the intersection of Riverdale and Lakeview noticed large, quonset hut-like tents and an  array of EZ Ups in the parking lot of the Kaiser Permanente building. Yesterday, it popped up on Nextdoor.com and created a stir, with comments such as: “Does anyone have info on what this is about? Why this is being ...

  As many readers know, Esther Wallace, one of Anaheim’s community pillars passed away last week. Ms. Wallace’s devotion to improving West Anaheim reached down to her bones. She was the animating force behind the West Anaheim Neighborhood Development Council (WAND) and was a long-standing member of the Magnolia School District Board of Education. This past Tuesday, Mayor Pro Tem ...

Anaheim First is hosting a second round of council district-based as part of the Anaheim Community Assessment, which will establish a resident-driven template for the 2030 Neighborhood Investment Program – a commitment by Mayor Harry Sidhu and the city council to invest $250 million in city neighborhoods over the next 10 years. Hundreds of Anaheim residents participated energetically in the ...