ANAHEIM, Calif.—A contentious debate broke out at the Anaheim City Council meeting on Feb. 1 following allegations that city officials violated state law by discussing the sale of the Angel Stadium in private. The argument stemmed after Councilman Jose Moreno and former City Manager Chris Zapata provided declarations in support of a lawsuit filed by the People’s Homeless Taskforce against the city last month. The lawsuit accuses city officials of deciding during a closed session to sell the stadium to the owner of the Angels Baseball team in August 2019, months before the proposal was brought to the public—violating the Brown Act, which requires government affairs to be open to the public. Mayor Harry Sidhu spoke out against the accusations on Tuesday, calling Moreno’s declaration “embarrassing to the city.” “It was misinformation,” Sidhu said. “You have violated our closed session agenda item that was there to discuss and you have …
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