Category: ANAHEIM

What You May Have Missed About the Angel Stadium Deal

Void the Angel Stadium sale and preserve all evidence related to its negotiations—that’s what the City of Anaheim is asking Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno and his company SRB Management to do. City Attorney Robert Fabela sent a formal letter to Moreno’s attorney on May 25, saying the city’s original 2020 agreement with the…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Welcoming Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Signing Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Why Is a Premier City Like Anaheim So Mismanaged?

Commentary It would be the last time I would enjoy a meal at Mr. Stox, the former landmark Anaheim, Calif., restaurant which has since closed. It was sentimentally special, as I had dinner there in high school for a prom night double date. I was there more than ten years ago to have lunch with…


Anaheim Angel Stadium Sale Violates Open Meeting Law: Lawsuit Appeals

A homeless housing advocacy group appealed May 24 a lawsuit against the City of Anaheim, California, claiming the city violated open meeting laws during the sale of the Angel Stadium. On behalf of the People’s Homeless Taskforce, attorney Jelly Aviles filed a notice of appeal to revive a lawsuit originally filed in February 2020, arguing…


Group Appeals Lawsuit for Public Meeting Violation in Angel Stadium Sale

A homeless housing advocacy group appealed May 24 a lawsuit against the City of Anaheim, California, claiming the city violated open meeting laws during the sale of the Angel Stadium. On behalf of the People’s Homeless Taskforce, attorney Jelly Aviles filed a notice of appeal to revive a lawsuit originally filed in February 2020, arguing…


Anaheim Walks Away From Angel Stadium Deal

ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously May 24 to immediately void a pending $320 million deal with the Angels baseball team to purchase Angels Stadium. Councilors walked away from three years of negotiating with team owner Arte Moreno’s development management company, SRB Management, following allegations of corruption revealed in two FBI affidavits released last…


Democratic Party Representative Resigns Amid FBI Investigation

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A state representative for the Democratic National Committee has resigned from her elected leadership roles in the organization as a result of a corruption investigation in Anaheim, according to multiple reports. Rafiei told the Orange County Register she was resigning as secretary for the California Democratic Party, as well as from her appointed roles…


Angels Team Gives Anaheim Deadline to Approve Sale of Stadium

ANAHEIM, Calif.—As controversy brews over the $320 million sale of Angel Stadium, Anaheim City Council was warned May 20 that the city had 25 days to finalize the deal. City councilors are expected to discuss the stadium deal at its next meeting May 24 while some councilors are calling for Mayor Harry Sidhu after corruption…


OC Dems Call for California Democratic Party Secretary’s Resignation

Some Democrats are calling for Melahat Rafiei, the former head of the Orange County Democratic Party and current secretary of the California Democratic Party, to resign after it was revealed she was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of bribing public officials in 2019 prior to her involvement as a cooperating witness in a corruption…