{"id":137676,"date":"2026-01-17T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:02:33","slug":"headlines-across-oc-as-angel-stadium-sale-debate-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/137676\/","title":{"rendered":"Headlines Across OC as Angel Stadium Sale Debate Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anaheim leaders are expecting a <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/angel-stadium-assessment-ongoing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report on Angel Stadium\u2019s condition this summer<\/a>\u2013 more than two decades since they last were able to inspect the taxpayer-owned asset and as officials start to mull over the future of the property.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Anaheim officials are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/is-anaheims-controversial-city-manager-going-to-get-fired\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">question City Manager Jim Vanderpool behind closed doors<\/a> later this month following renewed calls to fire him amid recent media reports years after a corruption scandal first rocked city hall.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County Supervisor <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/doug-chaffee-reelected-as-head-of-board-of-supervisors-for-second-straight-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Chaffee will lead the rest of the board for another year<\/a> after his fellow supervisors unanimously voted to keep him on as chair for a rare second term despite <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/santana-next-chair-of-oc-supervisors-is-likely-a-republican-despite-democrat-majority\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expectations Supervisor Janet Nguyen would take over the role<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"434\" data-attachment-id=\"3223463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/oc-supervisor-2026-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voiceofoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OC-Supervisor-2026-5.jpg?fit=1500%2C844&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,844\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1768333886&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;140&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OC-Supervisor-2026-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chairman Doug Chaffee poses for a photo with Vice Chair Katrina Foley after the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reappoint Chaffee as chairman and select Foley as vice chair. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voiceofoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OC-Supervisor-2026-5.jpg?fit=336%2C189&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voiceofoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OC-Supervisor-2026-5.jpg?fit=771%2C434&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768651353_212_OC-Supervisor-2026-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3223463\"  \/>Chairman Doug Chaffee poses for a photo with Vice Chair Katrina Foley after the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reappoint Chaffee as chairman and select Foley as vice chair.  Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC<\/p>\n<p>Huntington Beach officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/huntington-beach-sues-meadowlark-golf-course-operator-for-late-rent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suing the operator they hired to run the Meadowlark Golf Course<\/a> after the company allegedly refused to pay late fees on missed rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Santa Ana taxpayers have <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/santa-ana-police-car-crashes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spent over $5 million on police car wrecks<\/a> \u2013 including $1.2 million in settlement payments involving off duty officers driving city owned vehicles in the past six years.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders at CalOptima are <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/medi-cal-eligibility-changes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bracing for drastic eligibility changes to the public health insurance program<\/a> that almost a third of Orange County residents rely on to cover doctor visits and hospital stays.<\/p>\n<p>Storing boats on <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/state-officials-find-no-issue-with-newport-beach-offshore-mooring-rate-hike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offshore moorings in Newport Harbor might be getting more expensive<\/a> after state leaders found no issue with increasing rates for moorings.<\/p>\n<p>Another attempt to create <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/irvine-leaders-reject-columbarium-proposal-to-store-veterans-ashes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a resting place for veterans in Irvine was rejected by city leaders<\/a> in a split decision to indefinitely table a <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/irvine-leaders-to-again-consider-a-space-for-veterans-ashes-in-great-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposal to study creating a municipal columbarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cypress officials may soon join the majority of Orange County cities in <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2026\/01\/cypress-looks-to-move-council-meetings-to-tuesdays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holding the city council meetings on Tuesdays<\/a> instead of the city\u2019s current schedule of Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim leaders are expecting a report on Angel Stadium\u2019s condition this summer\u2013 more than two decades since they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,19753,8590,50872,69934,1755,69935,5041,2267],"class_list":["post-137676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-angel-stadium","tag-caloptima","tag-jim-vanderpool","tag-meadowlark-golf-course","tag-medi-cal","tag-offshore-moorings","tag-santa-ana-police-department","tag-voice-of-oc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}