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.
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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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?
Posted inEconomy
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.
Posted inGovernment
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.
Posted inOrange
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.
Posted inOrange
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.
Posted inOrange
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.
Posted inOrange
Orange Residents May Soon Vote on Effort to Raise Sales Tax to Keep City Budget Afloat
As city officials grapple with a multi-million dollar budget deficit, city council members are expected this week to ask voters to increase sales tax on themselves.
Posted inEconomy
New Taxes? Increasing Revenue in Orange County Amid Budget Shortfalls
As a host of cities struggle with dim financial outlooks on their budgets, officials across OC are considering new taxes to bring in more money.
Posted inTop Stories
City of Orange Marches Closer to Sales Tax Increase to Patch Bleeding Budget
City officials are grappling with a multi-million dollar deficit and after slashing roughly $4 million in spending, city council members are moving forward to ask voters for a sales tax increase.
