Stanton ca

City Councilmember Hong Alyce Van Stanton, CA

Hong Alyce Van Stanton

Hong Alyce Van Stanton

Our former council member Hong Alyce Van plead guilty to filing fraudulent nomination papers according to the OC Register.

She was sentenced to 1 year Probation and 160 hours Community Service with other charges being dismissed. You can verify this public record directly by searching the Orange County Courts website: https://visionpublic.occourts.org and use case number 25WF0136.

Our former council member was accused of moving out of her district (about a year after being elected) but continued to represent her former district.

Hong Alyce Van received a city salary and benefits for the years she served after the alleged residency change. While the prosecution did not pursue charges related to compensation, it raises a significant public policy question:

Should accepting public money while allegedly failing to meet the eligibility requirements for a council seat be considered theft of public funds or misuse of public resources? We, the taxpayers, deserve clarity on the city's process for recovering such funds.

Records indicate that Council Member Carol Warren, Council Member John Warren (Parks Commissioner at that time), and former Council Member Brian Donahue resided close to Hong Alyce Van's reported new home. While Brian Donahue has not been on the city council in a while he was in a leadership position for at least 2 major non-profits in our city during that time.

Council Member Victor Barrios publicly stated in an interview with the Anaheim Observer that he was aware Hong Alyce Van had moved, and he noted that other city employees were also aware of the situation.

This public confirmation of awareness among city leadership leads to serious questions about public accountability:

Why were these officials/leaders, who were geographically close and, in some cases, politically aligned, silent on a matter of elected official eligibility?

Why did no council member or city staff member with knowledge of the alleged residency change inform the public or contact the District Attorney’s office to clarify the eligibility status?

Why did this situation require external investigation rather than an internal, transparent correction by those who had the information?

The issue remains that a city official was able to vote on city issues, sign government documents, and accept public money for years while questions about her eligibility existed among certain city personnel.

When key information like a council member’s residency is reportedly known by multiple officials and staff but is not disclosed to the public for years, it fundamentally damages the public's trust.

All these people were willing to hide something as important as this from us for so long it makes one wonder... what else are they hiding from us?

Councilmember Alyce Van Stanton
Alyce Van was selected by the Stanton city council to fill a vacancy on the Stanton City Council and was officially sworn-in on May 14, 2019. Alyce served as a Planning Commissioner and a board member of the Stanton Community Foundation according to an OC Breeze article. She never ran for election before so it is unclear if she ever had an interest in the position.

Council member Hong Alyce Van approved two taxes for our ballot on July 23, 2019 just months after getting appointed to the city council. Click here to see the local city tax work sheet and you'll see each household is already paying about $600 a year in local city taxes alone already!

Did you know because there were no other elections going on in the off-year (2019) our city council had to write a check for $133,500 to hold a special election in November 2019? Thanks Alyce!

This is what happens when a council member get appointed and has no understanding of our city's issues. They don't mind if we have to pay more and they are forgetting that we have been paying more for decades already.

During a time when we all know "water uncertainty" and more droughts on the way still city council Member Alyce Van votes in favor of a "321-unit multi-family apartment community" according to the Orange County Tribune (09/23/2020). Not to mention our entire area has been having electrical shut-offs over the past month along with Flex Alerts.... And the constant gridlock on our freeways. How can our council member Van approve more rental housing without improving our failed infrastructure first? Not to mention where will they find room for 2,100 parking spaces in such small area? It appears that Alyce Van is favoring expensive rental apartments instead of affordable housing.

Alyce Van has done nothing about the Stanton utility tax on tap water, cell phones, electricity, natural gas, ect.

Councilmember Alyce Van Stanton

In Stanton there is also a cable TV franchise fee, SoCal Edison franchise fee, lighting and landscaping fee, trash franchise fee, protective service fee... Who knows where all these fees came from since it's difficult to keep track of them all and too many times Stanton Residents we not allowed to vote on these fees.

Don't get me wrong, taxes are a good thing. They keep our local government going. But, Stanton has a very long list of "extra city taxes" that most cities in Orange County do not have. Many city taxes and fees we are not allowed to vote on. Something interesting is that Midway City and Rossmoor are nearby and similar in size and have almost none of these extra taxes so why do we?

Stanton businesses are gone which reduces employment opportunities for our community. We still have nearly the highest unemployment rate in all of Orange County and removing all of the local jobs to replace them with housing it not a good idea.

City Hall cannot be trusted with more of our money. Sorry but there is no real fiscal transparency. City Hall just spent more than $24 million over the past few years on parks but this huge expenditure is mysteriously missing from the Stanton budget! Go to the Stanton website and try to find it in the budget. And the huge pensions for our city and safety service workers are missing too! Go look for yourself. Tens of millions of our dollars unaccounted for.

So, at the end of the day, city council member Alyce Van is seeking re-election to the city council. Homelessness not fixed. We are still the only city in the area that does not put the city council meeting videos on the Stanton website. No plans for good jobs even with high continued unemployment. No plans to clean out the riff raff our major shopping centers like Walmart grocery or Food For Less. No plans to remove any of our extra taxes like our utility taxes or local city sales tax. No plans to fix our infrastructure and instead we are left with uncertainty of our water and electrical needs.


The official website about Stanton businesses and news about the city of Stanton and other information.
Not affiliated with any government agency.



Stanton California city hall address: 7800 Katella Ave. The Stanton city hall main phone number is 714-379-9222. Stanton city hall is located next to the OC Library Stanton branch and the Stanton Sheriff's Department. Parking for Stanton city hall is located just south of Stanton city hall. Stanton city hall is closed every Friday, most days in December, and many Monday holiday's throughout the year. The city of Stanton California is a city in Orange County, CA. The city of Stanton CA is about 3.4 square miles. The city of Stanton CA has nearly 40,000 residents. The city of Stanton California is between Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. The city of Stanton California is just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. The main streets for the city of Stanton CA are Beach Blvd. and Katella Avenue. The city of Stanton California is known for Adventure City, Stanton Indoor Swapmeet, Pick Your Part, Thai Nakorn Resturant, Orco Block, CR&R Recycler, Super King, and Harry's Cafe.



city of stanton planning department Stanton city council city of stanton water department city of stanton municipal code city of stanton news gary taylor stanton donald torres stanton dewayne normand stanton al ethans stanton prostitution solicitation John Warren Stanton Ca Sitemap Victor Barrios stanton John Warren stanton Stanton city jobs city of stanton police department Carol Warren Stanton Hong Alyce Van Stanton Hong Alyce Van Stanton Massage Parlor in orange county Gary Taylor Stanton Donald Torres Stanton Donald Torres Al Ethans Stanton David Cadena Stanton Prostitution in California Prostitution in California David Cadena Stanton David Cadena Stanton Mayor Dave Shawver Stanton Carol Warren Stanton Rigo Ramirez Stanton Rigoberto Ramirez Stanton legal sex workers Brian Donahue Stanton Brian Donahue Stanton Dave Shawver Stanton John Warren