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Santa Ana City Council members approve tax relief and other policies aimed at bringing more legal marijuana businesses into the city while backing off a proposal to require businesses to go further in hiring local.
Facing growing budget shortfalls in the next few years, Westminster residents will soon face tough choices on whether to keep up higher local sales taxes or start cutting services.
Orange County jails could widen their funding to treat inmates with mental illnesses while they’re incarcerated, under a bill proposed by California State Senator Tom Umberg (D – Santa Ana).
City officials will revisit a controversial apartment complex proposal in north Santa Ana that the developer has scaled down after public outcry, though nearby residents say the project is still too large and shouldn’t move forward.
Seniors living at the Rancho La Paz mobile home park won’t find out until August if the Fullerton City Council will step in and help them manage rents with either a temporary rent control ordinance or a rent relief fund.
Anaheim City Council members are at odds over key issues like the currently secret Angel Stadium appraisal, the sale of city-owned lands, and whether or not the city’s laws actually empower Mayor Harry Sidhu to informally limit his colleagues’ speaking time.
Westminster City Council members are approaching another debate over whether they should subject themselves to term limits.
The entire Westminster City Council is looking at a possible recall.
Orange County transportation officials are moving ahead with more public bus service cuts to cope with a years-long ridership decline, but backed off plans to slash some bus routes after objections from riders.
The Orange County Fairgrounds’ business dealings with a private religious university are under state investigation over a possible violation of anti-discrimination laws.