According to the OC Register, dealing with the summer riots in Anaheim cost $1.7 million in police overtime. “The Police Department spent $1.7 million on officer overtime during a four-week stretch when people took to the streets to protest two fatal shootings by police and long-simmering political frustration over the summer. The department deployed SWAT officers, mounted patrols, detectives and ...

The West Anaheim Neighborhood Association held a forum last night for Anaheim City Council candidates. 7 of the 9 candidates were there: Jordan Brandman Steve Chavez Lodge Lucille Kring John Leos Brian Chuchua Linda Linder Duane Roberts Liberal OC Weekly writer Gabriel San Roman went, and has an OK write up here.  San Roman took the time to criticize Steve Lodge:

Mere minutes before the start of last night’s Anaheim City Council meeting, Councilwoman Lorri Galloway’s colleagues learned she would pull her proposed ordinance to ban circus animals from city soil. Her target was Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which has the temerity to entertain children and their parents with exotic animals like elephants and tigers, all while making…wait ...

John Leos is running for Anaheim City Council. Again. He finished third in the 2010 council election, powered by more than $200,000 in campaign spending by the powerful Orange County Employees Association (OCEA).

Welcome to Anaheim Blog! Anaheim is a great city, in large part due to city leaders with the vision to look far down the road. Leaders who valued business development, keeping neighborhoods safe and conservative ideals. Lately, turmoil has come to Anaheim. Gang members and anarchists manipulate protesters in front of City Hall, sparking riots that have damaged Anaheim’s reputation ...