The Anaheim City Council withdrew July 12 an ordinance that would have prohibited councilors from voting on matters with which they have a financial conflict of interest—after discussing it for the third time.
The campaign reform ordinance was introduced after the city’s mayor, Harry Sidhu, resigned May 24 following the release of an FBI investigation report detailing his possible involvement in corruption during negotiations for the sale of the Angel Stadium.
The council failed to agree on the specifics of the ordinance; and the author of the motion, Councilman Stephen Faessel, withdrew it after seeing his colleagues’ lack of support.
Councilors previously discussed the matter, at the request of Councilman Jose Moreno, on June 7 and June 21, but failed to receive enough votes to pass….