Disneyland Resort and City of Anaheim at Odds
Controversy surrounding a proposal that would bring 225 apartments and 1,275 condominiums to the Disneyland area, a project opposed by the Walt Disney Co.
- What happened to controversial hotel plan in Disney area? - Orange County Register (7/28/2009)
The Orange County Register offers an update on the various properties entangled in the fight between Anaheim and Disney when developer SunCal made plans to build new homes on the properties near Disneyland a couple of years ago. - Eateries, store could go on Disney-area RV park site - (7/24/2009)
Reports the 11-acre site at Harbor Boulevard and Ball Road that was part of the failed plan for condominiums in 2008 is now planned to feature new restaurants, a pharmacy and renovated RV park.
Free registration required to view - Disney-area housing plan dies - Orange County Register (3/17/2008)
The Orange County Register reports the last developer with an active proposal withdraws plans for a hotel and condo project in the Anaheim Resort. - Disney-led initiative removed from ballot - (3/6/2008)
The Anaheim City Council instead adopted a measure to discourage housing in the resort area. - Kring, Sidhu end up supporting the Disney-led intiative - Orange County Register (3/6/2008)
The Orange County Register blog shares the results of Tuesday's Anaheim City Council meeting, SOAR was approved and will not appear on the June ballot.
Free registration required to view - Disney bankrolls group fighting to keep housing out of resort district - (3/3/2008)
Disney has given $2.1 million to Save Our Anaheim Resort District. The organization's officials say their goal happens to coincide with the amusement park's.
Free registration required to view - Land use decision likely to stay on Anaheim ballot - (2/21/2008)
Disney-backed ballot initiative regarding the Anaheim resort district will go before voters in June.
Free registration required to view - Disputed Anaheim parcel sold to hotel developer - (1/18/2008)
The Resort District property on which an Irvine company had wanted to build 1,500 homes is set to stay in line with business leaders' vision to reserve the area for tourists.
Free registration required to view - Developer scrubs Anaheim hotel-condo project - (1/15/2008)
Developer announces they are pulling out of a proposed large hotel-condominium complex in Anaheim's resort district.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim Resort District project may die - Los Angeles Times (1/7/2008)
According to the Los Angeles Times the market conditions and pressure from Disney opposition could cause the hotel-condo developer to kill the deal.
Free registration required to view - Housing plan opposed by Disney isn't dead yet - (12/10/2007)
A developer asks Anaheim to reconsider the 1,500-home project, two weeks after taking steps that had been interpreted as abandoning the proposal. Disney wants the area reserved for tourism.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim pulls backing for housing project near Disneyland - (11/28/2007)
The Anaheim City Council vote rescinds action of seven months ago approving low-cost residences near Disneyland.
Free registration required to view - Disney-area housing plan dies - (11/28/2007)
Anaheim City Council members change their minds on housing near Disneyland and remove related item from June ballot.
Free registration required to view - Low-income housing backer in Anaheim won't give up - (11/28/2007)
Even though the outcome of an Anaheim City Council vote on Tuesday should halt the debate for now, supporters says the fight will go on.
Free registration required to view - Developer raises $700,000 for campaign - (11/2/2007)
SunCal is fighting two ballot measures meant to halt a proposed housing complex near Disney property. - Deal for housing project near Disneyland goes off track - (10/30/2007)
A lawsuit by the developer accuses the property owner of reneging on the $46-million deal. The owner says it's the developer who walked away. - Voters to consider Disney-led intiative - (10/24/2007)
The City Council decides on an election date for a ballot measure tied to housing in the resort area.
Free registration required to view - Disney-backed zoning measure clears a hurdle - (10/11/2007)
The petition proposal, which would essentially stop the Anaheim City Council from making land-use decisions about the resort district, is certified by the county registrar.
Free registration required to view - Disney-led intiative qualifies for ballot - Orange County Register (10/10/2007)
The Orange County Register reports the Anaheim City Council can adopt it or set an election for measure that would discourage housing near Disneyland.
Free registration required to view - It could be a showdown on Main Street as Disney home dispute heads to ballot box - Los Angeles Times (8/23/2007)
The Los Angeles Times outlines the matter that places a Disney-backed referendum on the June ballot for the Anaheim city voters.
Free registration required to view - Is the Anaheim City Council now sticking it to Mickey because too few tourist dollars are making it off property these days ? - (8/23/2007)
Jim Hill talks with an Anaheim insider about his concerns with the Disneyland Resort. Which this unnamed official now compares to a walled city that doesn't make it all that easy for tourists and their dollars to make it out onto Harbor & Katella - Disney-led group to submit signatures - (8/22/2007)
"Save Our Anaheim Resort" or SOAR will turn in signatures for an intiative that would require Anaheim voters approval of all housing projects near Disneyland.
Free registration required to view - Housing near Disneyland going on June ballot - Orange County Register (8/22/2007)
The Orange County Register reports the Anaheim City Council sets a date for the ballot measure that would ban homes on plot near theme park. - Measure to control Disney zoning is nearer to ballot - Los Angeles Times (8/14/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports a second Anaheim City Council member supports a proposed initiative that would give voters some say over a planned third theme park.
Free registration required to view - In Anaheim, the Mouse Finally Roars - (8/7/2007)
Disneyland has filed first-ever suit against the city of Anaheim to stop nearby planned housing.
Free registration required to view - No deal reached in talks of Disney, developer - (8/7/2007)
Disney has released a statement that after months of discussion with developer SunCal the housing dispute has not been solved and they are calling upon the Anaheim City Council to make a decision as soon as possible.
Free registration required to view - Disney, housing developer get more time to talk - Orange County Register (8/1/2007)
The Orange County Register reports the Anaheim City Council will give SunCal and Disney more time to try and iron out a solution to the development dispute. - Anaheim again delays vote on measure - (8/1/2007)
City Council postpones a decision on Disney's referendum for 3 weeks. At City Hall, housing advocates stage protest. - Anaheim City Council Delays Zoning Decision 3 Wks - (7/31/2007)
The Anaheim City Council issued a continuance in a 3-2 vote that delays a decision on the next course of action regarding the rezoning in the Anaheim Resort. A decision has been delayed for three weeks and will be taken up again at the August 21st meeting. The city council needs to either repeal the decision to rezone or put the issue on the ballot. - Resort issue may fly or die Tuesday - (7/31/2007)
Disney and a home developer have met for more than two weeks to try to reach a compromise. - Housing advocates to rally at Disney hearing - (7/31/2007)
Disney and a home developer have met for more than two weeks to try to reach a compromise on the housing debate, but its progress has yet to be disclosed. - Anaheim, not Disney, should run the city - (7/24/2007)
Making zoning decisions by referendum isn't a good idea, but the company isn't elected to make policy.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim asks Disney, developer to keep talking - Orange County Register (7/19/2007)
The Orange County Register reports the Anaheim City Council has voted to give Disney and developer SunCal two weeks to resolve the conflict over the Anaheim housing plan.
Free registration required to view - Council delays decision on Disney homes project - Los Angeles Times (7/19/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports the Anaheim City Council decided to postpone the vote that would allow city voters to decide whether to permit SunCal's planned housing project in the Anaheim Resort area.
Free registration required to view - Deal possible on housing near Disney property - Orange County Register (7/16/2007)
The Orange County Register reports developer SunCal has met with Disney and will be asking the Anaheim City Council to postpone the vote scheduled this week.
Free registration required to view - Anti-Disney ballot proposal submitted - Los Angeles Times (7/12/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports a coalition of Anaheim business owners and residents have developed a ballot intiative to combat the Disney-backed ballot measures.
Free registration required to view - Disney Challenge to Housing Qualifies - (6/21/2007)
The company-funded petition drive gathers enough signatures to put the project before voters. - Disney Bid Gets 14K Names Against Homes - (6/21/2007)
Save Our Anaheim Resort Area gathered 14,200 signatures in an effort to bring the decision over a controversial housing development blocks from Disneyland to the voters. - Most readers think Disney will win - Orange County Register (5/30/2007)
The Orange County Register publishes the results of its poll regarding the dispute between Disneyland and the developer SunCal.
Free registration required to view - Iger says affordable housing is good, just not near Disneyland - (5/22/2007)
Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke to a group of journalists gathered at the Disneyland Hotel. He talked about the current dispute over the development of land within the Anaheim Resort district for residences, the failed ESPN phone and the controversial Hamas program with a Mickey-Mouse like character.
Free registration required to view - Disney's Iger speaks about Anaheim housing dispute - (5/22/2007)
Disney CEO Iger makes his first public remarks about why it opposes SunCal's development plan for resort district. - Disney anti-housing signatures delivered - Los Angeles Times (5/22/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports the Anaheim coalition has gathered 21,243 names, more than enough to put on the ballot a referendum to reverse a council decision.
Free registration required to view - Disney group gets needed signatures - Orange County Register (5/22/2007)
The Orange County Register reports a petition calling for a referendum on Anaheim's approval of housing near the park now goes to elections officials. - Anaheim petitioners clash - (5/17/2007)
The Disney-funded ballot measure to overturn a residential zoning plan is a hot topic in the city of Anaheim.
Free registration required to view - Disney upset over city plans - (5/11/2007)
Brief synopsis of the residential projects that Disney is fighting. - More Planned Housng Riles Disney - (5/10/2007)
Disney and Anaheim are already knee-deep in conflict over a 1,500-unit plan. A 449-unit plan promises even more.
Free registration required to view - 'The Daily Show' to lampoon Disney's dispute with the city - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (5/10/2007)
On May 21st Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will feature the Disneyland Resort's dispute with Anaheim. - City May Pull Funds From Pro-Disney CofC - (5/7/2007)
Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway wants the city to stop giving $205,000 to the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce due to their support in helping Disney fight the zoning decision. - Disney backers plan referendum on housing - Los Angeles Times (4/27/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports a coalition of business and community leaders have announced their plans to overturn the city's decision with the help of city voters.
Free registration required to view - Vote Jolts Disney-Anaheim Relationship - Associated Press (4/26/2007)
The Associated Press takes a look at the impact of the recent Anaheim City Council's vote on the city's relation with Disney. - Disney rift with city may endure - Los Angeles Times (4/26/2007)
The Los Angeles Times evaluates the aftermath of the Anaheim City Council's vote to ok the housing plan Disney opposed.
Free registration required to view - Disney and city move beyond vote - Orange County Register (4/26/2007)
The Orange County Register reports Disney says it will continue its relationship with the city, despite the City Council voting for a residential zoning plan that Disney opposes.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim defies Disney on resort - Orange County Register (4/25/2007)
The Orange County Register reports the Anaheim City Council voted 3-2 in favor of a proposal for affordable housing in Anaheim Resort area.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim council OKs Disney-adjacent housing development - Los Angeles Times (4/25/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports the Anaheim City Council approved a housing development adjacent to Disneyland.
Free registration required to view - Council to Revisit Disney-Area Housing - (4/24/2007)
The Anaheim City Council is set to revote on SunCal's low cost housing proposal. The housing would be inside the Anaheim Resort area and is being opposed by the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, and others. - A new theme for the big park-Have a heart - Los Angeles Times (4/24/2007)
The Los Angeles Times highlights the Anaheim City Council regarding the development of low-cost housing in the Disneyland Resort area.
Free registration required to view - Affordable-housing debate grows for Disney employees - Orange County Register (4/23/2007)
The Orange County Register reports that some say Disney should provide low-cost homes for its workers, while others say the company's role is not one of home developer.
Free registration required to view - Passion, politics in shadow of the Matterhorn - Los Angeles Times (4/20/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Anaheim's City Council meeting has the makings of great political theater over low-cost housing and tourism dollars.
Free registration required to view - Official defies Disney with stance on housing - Los Angeles Times (4/12/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway's commitment to low-cost housing in the Anaheim resort district is testing her political alliances.
Free registration required to view - Disney foes consider own ballot initiatives - Los Angeles Times (3/26/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Anaheim voters may see competing measures on housing development in tourist zone.
Free registration required to view - Is Disney ready to make big thunder? - Los Angeles Times (3/22/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Disney's recent battles with the city lead to speculation that it wants to import its Florida blueprint.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim resort ballot drive - (3/21/2007)
The Disneyland Resort is leading a group called S.O.A.R. (Save Our Anaheim Resort). The coalition wants to seek to limit changes to tourist area without voter approval. The group hopes to have a initiative on the ballot in February 2008.
Free registration may be required to view - Disneyland Sues to Stop Condo Plan - (3/12/2007)
Disneyland has filed suit against the city of Anaheim to stop the construction of 1500 condos which would include 700 low-income units. - City Gets Backing for Disney Suit - (3/7/2007)
Anaheim vote on housing at Disney gates may go forward with private financial backing against suit. - Disney 'fairy tale' isn't for everyone - (3/5/2007)
Some low-income workers at the Disneyland resort share motel rooms as the theme park fights efforts to build affordable housing nearby.
Free registration required to view - Mayor seeks to end Disney-Anaheim Feud - Los Angeles Times (3/2/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Anaheim mayor Curt Pringle urges a compromise that would allow lower-income housing to coexist with hotel-condo uses.
Free registration required to view - Disney sues Anaheim over plan - Los Angeles Times (2/27/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports Disney defending its resort zone, seeks to block a revote on a housing plan it opposes. - Disney Files Lawsuit to Prevent Anaheim Development - Bloomberg (2/26/2007)
Bloomberg reports Disney has filed suit against the City of Anaheim to prevent the development of a residential complex near Disneyland. - Anaheim may reopen debate on housing in resort district - Los Angeles Times (2/23/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports the Anaheim City Council may revisit their decision regarding housing construction in the Disneyland Resort area.
Free registration required to view - It's crude. It's tacky. It's brilliant. It's Disney. - Los Angeles Times (2/20/2007)
The Los Angeles Times reports in helping quash a development proposal that included affordable housing, Disney was just exercising its muscle, as it has over the years when its interests are at stake.
Free registration required to view - Anaheim nixes resort plan - Orange County Register (2/14/2007)
According to the Orange County Register, Disney succeeded in fighting a proposal to allow residences across the street from its property. - Disney Co. Opposes Apartment Proposal to be Built Near Park - (2/13/2007)
Tonight the Anaheim City Council will vote on a proposal that would bring 225 apartments and 1,275 condominiums to the Disneyland area, a project opposed by the Walt Disney Co.