Court documents shed light on “Company A’s” influence in Anaheim

A May 16 criminal complaint filed by the government pertaining to the Anaheim case includes details referring to an unnamed political consultant at a national firm whose clients “include an influential company located in Anaheim,” which court documents simply refer to as “Company A.”

Company A’s influence was cited during a March 2021 city council hearing pertaining to a new bond measure. An employee of that company, Ament and the consultant helped script language used by an unnamed council member during the meeting, and, the complaint alleges, used their influence to delete reference to “Company A’s parking lot” in the potentially contentious bond matter.

It’s not known whether that reference pertains to the massive parking garage near Disneyland, which the city built a couple decades ago and leases to Disney for a modest amount, the expansive parking lot surrounding the baseball stadium, or a different parking lot.

The LA Times last week cited FSB Public Affairs’ Jeff Flint as one political consultant who was referred to anonymously in the federal complaints. “Flint has represented Angels owner Arte Moreno and Disneyland Resort,” the May 19 LA Times story said. Flint said in a statement provided to the Times that “I have no hesitation in saying that I firmly believe I did nothing wrong nor illegal.”