Last week, OC’s City Selection Committee met at the Orange City Council chambers and went about filling seats on regional governing bodies with little controversy, including the election of Anaheim Councilman Jose Diaz to the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors, However, the body deadlocked on electing the Orange County City Representative on the OC Local Agency Formation Commission, an ...

A squalid West Anaheim motel that was a locus of human trafficking, prostitution, illegal drug use, and criminality has been shut down by city authorities, who described conditions at the Covered Wagon Motel as “inhumane” and “deplorable.” A team of about 20 city officials descended on the Covered Wagon on March 29. The officials came from various city departments: Planning ...

Following are remarks given by new Councilman Jose Diaz on December 8, 2020, after he was sworn in to represent District 1 on the Anaheim City Council: I am honored to be speaking at this event as a newly elected council member. I want to begin by thanking God. He guides me in every step, and every action, and every ...

Another aspirant to represent District 1 on the Anaheim City Council has thrown his hat into the ring: Jose Diaz. Diaz is a Cuban immigrant who has lived for the last 21 yeas in Anaheim, where he and his wife have raised their four children. He works for the City of Orange, where he manages the Water Division of the ...