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Category: NORTH COUNTY
North Orange County covers Fullerton, Brea, La Habra, Buena Park, Placentia, Yorba Linda and their neighbors, where city budgets have been the recurring story. Every story we have published about north county, newest first.
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.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Officials Consider More Oversight For Their Controversial Tourism Promotion Agency
Anaheim officials will discuss Tuesday creating an advisory board to oversee how tourism tax dollars are being spent after a scathing state auditor’s report earlier this year.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Anaheim Pays Out Nearly $6 Million to Settle Brandon Lopez Shooting Lawsuit
The city will pay $5.8 million to Lopez’s kids and their attorneys to settle a federal lawsuit over the police shooting of their father, who was also the cousin of Santa Ana City Councilman Johnathan Hernandez.
Posted inEconomy
Heading Off a Fiscal Cliff: How Are OC Cities Planning For Budget Shortfalls?
Officials in a host of OC cities are struggling to balance municipal budgets as sales revenue decreases and COVID federal bailout money dries up. How will they stay afloat?
Posted inAnaheim
Election Night Results in Anaheim Councilwoman Rubalcava Recall
Initial results show Rubalcava keeping her council seat after a corruption probe report accused her of misconduct and she criticized a union initiative that would have increased pay for local hotel workers.
Posted inAnaheim
Will Anaheim Recall its First City Councilmember This Century?
The first results in a controversial recall election that has raged over the past year are set to be released tonight.
Posted inStanton
Stanton City Leaders Dream of a New Downtown
City Council Members adopt new plans to redevelop downtown in a city grappling with problematic motels on Beach Boulevard.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Spending Rockets in Anaheim City Council Recall Ahead of Election Day
Hoteliers, unions and other special interests have dumped over a million dollars into deciding the future of Anaheim City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava.
Posted inOrange
Can Orange Leaders Make The Hard Choices To Tame a Looming $19M Budget Deficit?
Officials in Orange can’t seem to decide on what services they want to cut to address a $19 million deficit and continue to eye a sales tax measure.
