{"id":163779,"date":"2026-02-04T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163779\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:07","slug":"anaheims-city-manager-resigns-amid-renewed-scrutiny-into-special-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163779\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim’s city manager resigns amid renewed scrutiny into special interests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anaheim officials announced Tuesday that City Manager Jim Vanderpool has resigned. The resignation comes after weeks of scrutiny into Vanderpool\u2019s ties to special interests in the city.<\/p>\n

How we got here: Vanderpool\u2019s resignation came to light after a Daily Pilot report <\/a>revealed that he did not disclose a trip with former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce officials to Lake Havasu in 2020. The trip took place just before the council voted on the sale of the Angels stadium deal and prompted the current City Council to discuss his future at the helm of O.C.’s biggest city last week. The Fair Political Practices Commission, the state\u2019s campaign finance watchdog agency, is also currently investigating Vanderpool under the Political Reform Act.<\/p>\n

The context: The stadium sale fell apart after a federal investigation<\/a> revealed then-Mayor Harry Sidhu was sharing \u201ccity-specific information\u201d with the Angels\u2019 owners to use against the city in negotiations. The investigation also revealed an overly friendly relationship between Sidhu and Todd Ament, the former CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. According to prosecutors, Ament was the ringleader of a \u201ccabal\u201d of leaders, including politicians and business leaders, who exerted influence over the city.<\/p>\n

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What’s next: Greg Garcia, who served as Vanderpool’s deputy, will serve as the acting city manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline: Anaheim officials announced Tuesday that City Manager Jim Vanderpool has resigned. The resignation comes after weeks of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-163779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163779","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=163779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}