Anaheim, California
| Anaheim, California | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Anaheim
Ashleigh Aitken | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2022 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2026 |
| Last city council election: | 2022 |
| Next city council election: | 2024 |
| City council seats: | 7[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 349,964 |
| Race: | White 66.4% African American 2.7% Asian 16.8% Native American 0.5% Pacific Islander 0.4% Two or more 3.3% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 54.3% |
| Median household income: | $71,763 |
| High school graduation rate: | 76.8% |
| College graduation rate: | 25.5% |
| Related Anaheim offices | |
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Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. The city's population was 346,824 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Anaheim utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2][3]
Mayor
The mayor serves as the ceremonial head and primary communicator for the city council.[4] The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels. The current Mayor of Anaheim is Ashleigh Aitken (nonpartisan). Aitken assumed office in 2022.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[3]
City council
The Anaheim City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for approving and adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[5]
The Anaheim City Council consists of seven members, including the mayor. The mayor is elected at large and the other six members are elected by district. All seven serve staggered four-year terms.[5]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Anaheim, California.
Mayoral partisanship
Anaheim has a Democratic mayor. As of September 2024, 63 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, four are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Anaheim, California, is holding general elections for city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 9, 2024.
2022
The city of Anaheim, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 12, 2022.
2020
The city of Anaheim, California, held general elections for city council districts 1, 4, and 5 on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was August 7, 2020.
2018
The city of Anaheim, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was August 10, 2018.
2016
The city of Anaheim, California, held elections for city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 12, 2016. Because of a switch from at-large to by-district elections, four of the six city council seats were up for election.[6][7]
2014
The city of Anaheim, California, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was August 8, 2014.[8] Two of the four at-large city council seats were up for election.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Anaheim | |
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| Anaheim | |
| Population | 346,824 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 50 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 48.1% |
| Black/African American | 2.6% |
| Asian | 17.6% |
| Native American | 0.9% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more | 15.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 53.3% |
| Bildung | |
| High school graduation rate | 77.8% |
| College graduation rate | 28.1% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $88,538 |
| Persons below poverty level | 9.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year.[9] The city council receives and approves the city budget at public hearings that are held each year in June.
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[10]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[11] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[12] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[10]
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Contact information
Mayor's office
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
7th floor
Anaheim, CA 92805
Phone: 714-765-5247
City Clerk's office
200 S. Anaheim Boulevard
2nd Floor, Room 217
Anaheim, CA 92805
Phone: 714-765-5166
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
The city of Anaheim is in Orange County. A list of ballot measures in Orange County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2024: Recall effort against city council member
An election to recall District 3 City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava was scheduled for June 4, 2024, in Anaheim, California. Voters retained Rubalcava.[13][14][15]
The recall effort was initiated following the release of a public corruption investigation report requested by the city and conducted by JL Group, LLC. The report can be read here.
In the report, investigators allege that Anaheim First, a resident advisory group created by the Chamber of Commerce, "was a thinly veiled data mining operation where individuals meeting in the various districts would provide their names, phone numbers, and email information." They allege that Anaheim First gave Rubalcava names and contact information and that she used the information for campaign purposes. Investigators describe a complaint from a local resident, who said Rubalcava contacted her for campaign purposes using contact information she had received from Anaheim First.[13][16]
The report concluded that it was outside the scope of the investigation to determine whether Rubalcava had violated the law. The investigators "did conclude Councilmember Rubalcava was less than candid and forthcoming with us during her interview. This includes her statement that she received the complainant's contact information from the Anaheim First website, that she did so after her election to office, and that she did not obtain or use the Anaheim First binder to discover personal contact information for campaign purposes."[16]
The report also alleged that Rubalcava gave operational directions to a city employee in violation of the city charter.[13][16]
Discussing the report during a city council meeting, Rubalcava said, "Suggestions that this report represents what Anaheim is today is completely inaccurate,” and “There is nothing in this recommendation that would suggest that anyone on this council should step down."[13]
Rubalcava was elected in 2022. She earned 57.8% of the vote in the nonpartisan general election on November 8, 2022.
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Anaheim, following the death of George Floyd.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Anaheim, California, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[17]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
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Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ Charter of the City of Anaheim, "Sections 505, 600 and 604," accessed August 11, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Anaheim, "City Administration," accessed October 30, 2014
- ↑ Charter of the City of Anaheim, "Section 504," accessed August 16, 2021
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 City of Anaheim, "City Council," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ City of Anaheim, "Elections 2016," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ KPCC, "5 changes for Anaheim now that district elections are coming," February 10, 2016
- ↑ City of Anaheim, "Nov. 4, 2014 Election," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ "FISCAL YEAR ESTABLISHED," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Voice of OC, "Efforts to Start a Recall of Anaheim City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava Are Underway," August 23, 2023
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Anaheim Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava faces recall election in June," February 28, 2024
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Anaheim Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava defeats recall in low-turnout election," June 5, 2024
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Voice of OC, "Administrative Investigation Report Findings in the Matter of the City of Anaheim Investigation," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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