25 (086)Date:3/23/2026 4:55:33 PM
From:"Linda" lindahurley101@gmail.com
To:"Ashleigh Aitken" AAitken@anaheim.net
Cc:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Festival project
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I am writing to formally state my total loss of faith in this body. With the exception of Council Member Maahs, the Mayor and a begrudging vote
by Council Member Meeks, you are making a clear and dangerous choice between political patronage and human lives.
The public is not blind to the optics of this vote. We see a massive development being pushed forward where support is predicated on a (PLA),
while documented, life-threatening safety risks are ignored. In a city still reeling from the 2024 JL Group Investigative Report, which exposed a
culture of “backroom deals” and “cabal-like” control over land-use decisions, it is staggering that you would prioritize a labor deal over a three-
plus hour fire evacuation delay.
Councilmember Rubalcava was specifically named in that investigation regarding questionable political maneuvers. To now predicate a vote on a
union agreement while dismissively labeling our evacuation plan as "fluid" is a textbook example of the pay-to-play politics the FBI has already
flagged in this chamber.
A "fluid" evacuation plan is a direct CEQA violation. You cannot legally approve a project in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone based on a
"fluid" concept. There is no comprehensive plan because the existing infrastructure cannot physically accommodate a safe exit for the current
residents, let alone the new ones you intend to add.
The "Happiest Place on Earth" deserves a Council that values resident survival over political schemes. If you vote Yes tomorrow, you are choosing
a union contract over the lives of the people you were elected to protect.
Shame on you.
Linda Hurley