On Tuesday, the Anaheim City Council voted unanimously to void the agreement to sell the Angel Stadium site to team owner Arte Moreno, a deal that would also keep the team in Anaheim until at least 2050 and place the financial responsibility for renovating or building a new stadium solely on Moreno. The vote took place a week after bombshell ...
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Anaheim City Councilmembers Call On Mayor Sidhu To Resign In Wake Of Corruption Probe
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 ...
Read More »Anaheim Stadium Deal On Hold Amid FBI Corruption Probe Of Mayor Sidhu
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 ...
Read More »Lorri Galloway Jumps Into Mayor’s Race
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, ...
Read More »Council Approves Agreement With State Greenlighting Deal To Keep Angels, Sell Stadium Site
The Anaheim City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to approve an agreement with the state Attorney General that greenlight a modified $320 million deal that keeps the Angels in Anaheim until at least 2050 and sells Angel Stadium and the surrounding acreage to an Arte Moreno-led partnership. Attorney General Rob Bonta and Mayor Harry Sidhu announced the agreement on Monday ...
Read More »Anaheim Mayoral Hopeful Aitken Says A Gate Tax Should Be “On The Table”
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 ...
Read More »Mayor Sidhu Sets Re-Election Fundraising Record
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 ...
Read More »Lincoln Club of Orange County Endorses Mayor Harry Sidhu For Re-Election
From the Lincoln Club of Orange County: The Lincoln Club of Orange County Endorses Harry Sidhu For Anaheim Mayor Mayor Sidhu Will Uphold Anaheim’s Thriving Business Culture The Lincoln Club of Orange County, California’s top conservative donor organization, announced its endorsement of Harry Sidhu in his re-election to mayor of Anaheim. A mover and shaker who keeps conservative values at ...
Read More »Mayor Sidhu: On Anaheim Stadium Deal, The Truth Will Emerge
Sometimes the truth reveals itself in ways you would never expect. Who would have thought that Angel Stadium sale critic and Anaheim City Council Member Jose F. Moreno would be the star witness in the city’s response to a lawsuit opposing the sale. It is hard to believe, given the implications of Moreno’s declaration supporting the lawsuit against the city ...
Read More »Mayor Sidhu: State Auditor Is Wrong – Anaheim Is Strong
Anaheim is doing just fine, thank you. Our city has emerged from the challenge of our time with economic recovery underway and a bright future ahead. You wouldn’t know it from a recent report on California cities that ranked Anaheim alongside El Cerrito and Calexico. The report, by the California State Auditor’s Office, generated headlines as intended. But it got ...
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