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Tourism Bureau to Repay Anaheim $3 Million From Controversial Pandemic Bailout

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Executives with Anaheim’s tourism bureau have agreed to repay taxpayers over $3 million dollars from a $6.5 million COVID bailout elected officials gave to Visit Anaheim after a scathing state audit said city officials failed to oversee the spending, leading to improper use. Independent investigators also found $1.5 million of that bailout was redirected to a chamber of commerce-controlled nonprofit – something they described as a theft of publi…

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Tourism Bureau to Repay Anaheim $3 Million From Controversial Pandemic Bailout

Executives with Anaheim’s tourism bureau have agreed to repay taxpayers over $3 million dollars from a $6.5 million COVID bailout elected officials gave to Visit Anaheim after a scathing state audit said city officials failed to oversee the spending, leading to improper use. Independent investigators also found $1.5 million of that bailout was redirected to a chamber of commerce-controlled nonprofit – something they described as a theft of publi…

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Visit Anaheim will repay city $3 million to settle dispute surrounding diverted pandemic grant

Visit Anaheim has agreed to repay the city of Anaheim $3 million of a grant given to the organization in the early days of the pandemic after a city audit found some of the money had been diverted and spent, officials announced Thursday, April 10. The payment settles Anaheim’s demand for the money back, which was first made in summer 2023 after city-hired investigators alleged $1.5 million of the grant from the city was surreptitiously diverted …

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OC Register broke the news in Orange County, United States on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
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