Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem Trevor O’Neil, in a letter also signed by Councilmembers Steve Faessel and Jose Diaz, is formally calling upon Mayor Harry Sidhu to resign, following the revelation he is the target of an FBI corruption probe. In an affidavit filed last week, the FBI alleged Sidhu “shared privileged and confidential information with the Angels during stadium sale ...

Citing an FBI corruption probe into Mayor Harry Sidhu, the Orange County Superior Court has agreed to a request from state Attorney General Rob Bonta for a 60-day pause in taking up ratification of the stipulated agreement between the state and the City of Anaheim allowing the Angel Stadium sale agreement to go through. The AG’s office filed the request ...

Former Anaheim Councilmember Lorri Galloway has filed to run for Mayor this year, altering the landscape in what was shaping up as a two-person contest between Mayor Harry Sidhu and OC Fair Board member Ashleigh Aitken. All three were on the ballot in the 2018 mayoral election, in which Sidhu narrowly edged Aitken. “In the last 5 to 6 years, ...

Last night, Anaheim Union High School District Board of Education members outbid each other to give Superintendent Michael Matsuda a 7% salary increase – and then voted to boost their own compensation by 3.5% because they were also giving the AUHSD’s various unions a 3.5% increase. Board Item called 10.12 called for extending Matsuda’s contract for an additional year, to ...

Speaking to an online meeting of the Anaheim Democrats Club this January, Anaheim Mayoral hopeful Ashleigh Aitken did not rule out imposing a gate tax if she is elected, telling the Democrat activist group that a gate tax is something the city should look at and not talked off the table as Anaheim recovers from the pandemic. According to a ...

OC Superior Court Judge Craig Griffin has ordered 2nd Supervisor District hopeful Vince Sarmiento to delete from his candidate statement a passage boasting of his endorsement by the Democratic Party of Orange County. The judge ruled it violates long-standing state law against candidate statements including the candidate’s partisan affiliation or activity. Sarmiento it the mayor of Santa Ana and considered ...

Things are moving quickly in Assembly District 68 as incumbent Tom Daly announces his retirement and the candidate filing deadline approaches: Anaheim Councilman Avelino Valencia has announced he is running in the heavily-Democrat AD68 with the backing of Daly, Rep. Lou Correa, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and other Democratic leaders. “I’m running for State Assembly because Orange County deserves an ...

In a surprise announcement this morning, Assemblyman Tom Daly announced this morning that he would not seek re-election to a final term in the state Assembly, after a decade of serving in the legislature. “After much consideration, I’ve decided not to seek a sixth term in the State Assembly. It’s been a deep honor serving the residents and businesses of ...

A judge has tentatively ruled against a lawsuit filed by a progressive political activist seeking to invalidate the appointment of Trustee Tim Shaw to the Orange County Board of Education and force a costly stand-alone special to fill his seat. Shaw represents the 4th District, which includes most of Anaheim, on the OCBE. The lawsuit was filed by Michael Sean ...

Mayor Harry Sidhu’s campaign announced he has set a fundraising record for an Anaheim mayoral re-election campaign, reporting more than $325,000 raised and $310,000 cash-on-hand. Sidhu was elected mayor in 2018, edging out attorney Ashleigh Aitken, who outspent him by $60,000. An immigrant from India, he is the first person of color to serve as mayor of Anaheim. “I am ...