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There's still time and ways to vote in Anaheim for Tuesday's election.

There are nearly 30 vote centers and ballot drop boxes across Anaheim for voting in person or dropping off completed ballots.

You can also still mail your ballot — but time is getting tight. Your mailed-in ballot has to be postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 5.

This year’s ballot includes presidential candidates, statewide propositions, federal and state representatives and three Anaheim City Council seats.

City Council seats for District 1 in west Anaheim, District 4 in central-south and District 5 in central-east are on the ballot.

There is one Anaheim measure on the ballot: Measure K, an Anaheim Union High School District facilities bond proposal.

As always, we don’t get into candidates or measures here, leaving those important decisions to you.

Your voter information guide, mailed in early October, is a great resource.

You can vote in person or drop off completed ballots at 17 vote centers through Election Day.

On Monday, vote centers are open until 8 p.m.

On Tuesday, Election Day, vote centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Here are Anaheim’s vote centers:  

• Downtown Anaheim Youth Center: 225 S. Philadelphia St.
• East Anaheim Community Center: 8201 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road
• West Anaheim Youth Center: 320 S. Beach Blvd.
• Anaheim Elementary School District, drive-thru: 1001 S. East St.   
• Anaheim First Christian Church: 520 W. South St.
• Anaheim Union High School District: 501 N. Crescent Way
• Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church: 995 N. West St.
• Brookhurst Community Center: 2271 W. Crescent Ave.
• Canyon Hills Branch Library, drive-thru: 400 S. Scout Trail
• Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church: 190 S. Fairmont Blvd.
• City Church: 701 W. Broadway   
• Key Campus: 2000 W. Ball Road  
• Ponderosa Park Family Resource Center: 320 E. Orangewood Ave.
• Savanna School District: 1330 S. Knott Ave.
• St. Anthony Mary Claret Catholic Church: 1450 E. La Palma Ave.
• Trinity Lutheran Church: 4101 E. Nohl Ranch Road 
• West Coast Islamic Society: 1717 S. Brookhurst St.

You can also drop off your completed and signed ballot at 12 drop boxes across Anaheim now through Tuesday at 8 p.m.:

• ARTIC: 2626 E. Katella Ave.
• Boysen Park: 951 S. State College Blvd.
• Chaparral Park: 1770 W. Broadway
• East Anaheim Community Center: 8201 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road
• Euclid Branch Library: 1340 S. Euclid St.
• Granada Square: 1048 N. State College Blvd.      
• Magnolia Baptist Church, drive-up only: 720 S. Magnolia Ave.
• Peralta Canyon Park: 115 N. Pinney Drive
• Ponderosa Park Family Resource Center: 320 E. Orangewood Ave.
• Sage Park: 1313 W. Lido Place
• St. Boniface Catholic Church: 120 N. Janss St.
• St. Justin Martyr's Catholic Church, drive-up only: 2050 W. Ball Road

As mentioned above, there's still time to mail in your ballot, but you'll want to act quickly.

You'll want to mail your ballot on Monday or drop it at a post office on Tuesday to ensure it is postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 5.

For more on the election, including tracking your ballot and ongoing results reporting, check out OCVote.gov.

Anaheim is proud to host our annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11.

Join us in recognizing our veterans, who we invite to come together so we can thank them for their service and sacrifice.

Veterans Day recognizes, honors and thanks those who have served, are currently serving and those who have passed.

The courage, strength and commitment it takes to serve our country is something we all need to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate.

We'll hear from our emcee, Navy veteran Bobby McDonald, Mayor Ashleigh Aitken, a veterans advocate, and our keynote speaker, Lt. Col. Joshua Miller of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Lt. Col. Miller is representing the Camp Pendleton-based 15th as well as the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Anaheim's adopted unit, which is unable to join while on deployment in the Pacific.

Our ceremony starts at 11 a.m. at the Anaheim Veterans Monument at 241 S. Anaheim Blvd. in downtown Anaheim, by the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center.

Parking is available in the Anaheim City Hall structure off Broadway, the surface lot at Anaheim Boulevard and Broadway and in structures on Center Street Promenade.

We thank all who have served and hope to see you on Veterans Day.

We’ve taken another step in our ongoing work to restore our public spaces.

In late October, we finalized the city’s $3.9 million acquisition of the Kettle Motor Hotel, which has been a major nuisance for the area of Euclid Street and Lincoln Avenue.

We’re ending the motel’s operations as lodging, which, unfortunately, became host to drugs, thefts rings, human trafficking and other illegal, unacceptable activity.

We’ve installed a security gate, around-the-clock security and a strict guest policy for the few remaining longer-term residents, who we are working with on relocation.

For the past few months, the Kettle has been the source of major drug and transiency problems that have impacted the nearby Target shopping center and Chaparral Park.

Dating back to the 1960s, the Kettle, like many motels, once was a thriving place for people to stay as they visited Disneyland a few miles away.

Lacking lodging demand today, the Kettle became overrun with life-destroying drug use and has been the focus of major police operations and problems throughout the area.

The Kettle acquisition does not include the neighboring Mexi-Casa restaurant site, which closed during the pandemic and is unlikely to reopen.

The Kettle is the eighth motel we’ve bought and closed since 2019. Eventually, the site will be redeveloped for the benefit of the area, with plans still in the works.

The Kettle acquisition is part of our ongoing effort to restore parks, neighborhoods, freeways, railways and other spaces impacted by homelessness and transiency.

In recent weeks, we’ve cleared parks, installed high-visibility cameras and deterrent boulders along railways.

With everyone we encounter, including longer-term Kettle residents, we offer extensive help and services.

You can see all we do to overcome homelessness at Anaheim.net/homeless.

Anaheim Public Utilities is making sure your holidays are merry, bright and energy efficient!

If you're looking to upgrade and brighten holiday decor around your home or office, we are here to help!

On Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Anaheim residents can drive through Center Street Promenade in downtown and get two free energy-saving LED holiday light strands from Anaheim Public Utilities.

Just trade in an old strand of lights or donate an unwrapped new toy for a toy drive.

It's also a chance to get rid of your old electronics and make room for new ones.

Bring your old electronics including tablets, monitors and televisions — for free electronic waste recycling!

Some pro tips:

• Register beforehand
• Bring new, unwrapped toys
• Bring your utility bill or other Anaheim residency verification

Find more details and registration here. 

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