Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua is asking OC leaders to help pay for local crossing guards after county supervisors – including her predecessor – allocated funds for crossing guards in Orange.
Category: Orange
Orange, home to Chapman University and Old Towne, has about 141,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, development and traffic.
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OC Supervisors Help Fund Crossing Guards in Orange Amid City Budget Cuts
OC Supervisors Vicente Sarmiento and Don Wagner are supporting the program as city officials ask voters for a 0.5% sales tax increase in November to help keep their budget afloat.
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Orange Reinstates Crossing Guard Program After Budget Cuts
Orange City Council members voted unanimously to reinstate the crossing guard program with Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Vicente Sarmiento pledging to help the city with the cost.
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Orange Residents Call for Crossing Guards to be Funded Instead of Annual Halloween Event
An annual Halloween event that would have cost the city nearly $68,000 has been canceled amid a budget crisis in Orange. City officials are now considering bringing back crossing guards.
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Orange Cuts $1.3 Million in Spending to Shrink Deficit; Will Officials Forgo Pay?
Officials in Orange have brought a $19 million deficit to $6.7 million. Are city council members willing to forgo their pay and benefits as they continue to slash spending?
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Voters Across OC Are Considering Tax Increases This Year
More officials across OC are asking voters to pay more in taxes warning that if they don’t they’ll have to cut public services as they struggle to generate revenue and face deficits.
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Some OC Cities Privatize Parking Enforcement For Higher Ticket Revenue
Facing budget woes and difficulties enforcing parking rules on their own, some OC cities are looking for help from a private company to write more tickets and in turn generate more revenue.
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Will Orange Slash Over $1.4 Million More in Budget Spending to Help Shrink Deficit?
Orange officials are looking to make more cuts to their budget, months before voters decide if they want to raise taxes to bail out their city from a deficit millions of dollars deep.
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Orange Asks Voters to Raise Taxes To Bail Out City Budget
Voters will decide on a 0.5% sales tax increase in November that if approved would sunset in 10 years and generate $20 million annually.
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How’s Orange Going to Patch its Multi-Million Dollar Budget Gap?
As the window to put a sales tax increase measure on the November ballot quickly shrinks, Orange officials may have to resort to more public service cuts to address a budget shortfall.
