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 April 05, 2007

Disney Sues over Proposed Housing
SunCal Company wants to construct 1,500 housing units (which would also include affordable housing units) inside of the 2-mile square resort zone which surrounds the Disneyland Resort. The area is currently zoned only for hotels, shops, restaurants and theme parks.
Last year alone, the Anaheim resort zone generated $80 million in taxes. That revenue paid for 50% of the costs for the City of Anaheim's Fire, Police and additional services. Disney argues that the zone should remain as designated and that housing would hinder the zone's business growth potential.

The Disney suit is asking the City of Anaheim to require the SunCal Company to conduct an environmental impact study. Being the area's largest employer, Disney has some clout in the issue. Included in the suit is a request that one member of the Anaheim city council abstain form voting on the issue because she is sympathetic to the SunCal proposal, as well as being a business owner in the area. Disney is in the process of collecting signatures of voters in order to call for a city-wide vote that would decide any changes in the current resort zone guidelines.

In spite of being the area's largest employer, supporters of the project say that Disney has created the need for affordable housing (which this proposed project includes).

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