Mayor's Welcome

In observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 1, 2025, the City of Garden Grove and the H. Louis Lake Senior Center will be closed. Street sweeping services will not be provided on the holiday and will resume the next day. Trash pick-up will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

For more information on street sweeping, visit ggcity.org/pw/street-sweeping or call (714) 741-5382.

Tickets are now available for the 2025 Foods of Garden Grove Live (FOGG Live), returning Friday, September 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Village Green Park in Downtown Garden Grove. This popular tasting event brings together top local restaurants, live music at the Garden Amp, family activities, and a lively community atmosphere. Admission is free, with tickets required for food tastings.

The City of Garden Grove and Garden Grove City Council Member Ariana Arestegui will host a “Walk & Talk” in District 6 on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Community members are invited to join the walk and connect with Council Member Arestegui, Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein, and City Manager Lisa Kim. Participants can join at any stop along the District 6 route, below:

The City of Garden Grove invites local teens, ages 13-17, to join the Garden Grove Teen Action Collaborative (GGTAC), a program empowering teens to become future leaders in their community. GGTAC will meet every third Thursday of the month, beginning Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Meetings will be held at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center, located at 11300 Stanford Avenue.

For more information and to register, visit ggcity.org/ggtac, or call the Community Services Department at (714) 741-5200.

In an effort to lower the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District will conduct preventative mosquito control treatments in Garden Grove

For more information and to see if you reside in the treatment zone, visit bit.ly/NeighborhoodMosquitoControl.

The City of Garden Grove will temporarily close Gary Hall Pool at Eastgate Park for emergency repairs beginning Thursday, July 24 at 7:15 p.m., due to damage caused by fireworks. The pool is expected to reopen on Tuesday, July 29 during its regular operating hours.

Crews will drain the pool, repair the damaged plaster, and refill it as part of the emergency work. To complete the refill, a temporary fire hydrant waterline will cross Santa Rita Avenue, prompting a full road closure between Winton Street and Tunstall Street on Sunday, July 27, from 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Republic Services will operate on a modified pick up schedule with one to two days delayed service through the remainder of the week. Residential customers in Garden Grove should expect last week’s missed carts to be serviced today or tomorrow.

Residents are encouraged to place their carts at the curb on their regular collection day and leave them out until service occurs. Due to curbside service restarting citywide, the temporary waste collection sites have closed.

The community is invited to join the Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD) at the annual National Night Out, a free community-building event featuring family activities, giveaways, live demonstrations, and raffle prizes on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will take place in front of the Garden Grove Police Headquarters, located at 11301 Acacia Parkway.

The labor-related demonstrations that disrupted waste collection in the Garden Grove Sanitary District have concluded, and Republic Services will resume normal commercial and residential trash pickup. Republic Services expects to have all service fully back on schedule by mid-week.

“Trash collection is a service our residents rely on, and I know how frustrating these delays have been. Thank you for your patience and for helping us keep Garden Grove clean,” said Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein.