The City Council will vote on whether to continue dipping into reserve funds, this time to the tune of $14 million, to maintain core services.
Category: SOUTH COUNTY
South Orange County takes in Irvine, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and the master-planned cities around them, where growth and open space keep meeting at the council dais. Every story we have published about south county, newest first.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Social Services Group’s Time in San Juan Capistrano Comes Up for a Vote
The San Juan Capistrano City Council is set to vote tonight on a controversial lease of a city-owned building to a group that has taken heat from anti-illegal-immigration activists.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
A Small Group Wields Big Influence in San Juan Capistrano
About a dozen members of a grassroots political group, called
SJC Americans, have managed to influence city politics with a
combination of pressure at City Hall and a community
newsletter.
Posted inMission Viejo
‘Right to Vote’ Initiative Stays Hot in Mission Viejo
Voters will decide today whether to strip the city council of some of its zoning powers. The debate continues, however, on how much impact the initiative would have.
Posted inInvestigative, Irvine
OC Grand Jury Finds Significant Problems with Great Park
Grand jury report released today finds conflict of interest issues and financing problems with the massive project.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
More Tales of Official Overstepping in San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Londres Uso says city staff bluffed when it took the fall for making improvements to a trail-head access site without council member direction.
Posted inLaguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel Might Extend Temporary Ban on Pot Shops
City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on extending a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. The city says it needs more time to study possible prohibition or regulation of the stores.
Posted inCorrections, Investigative, Irvine, Transportation
Irvine to Get $121 Million for Citywide Public Transit
The California Transportation Commission announced the funding, which will one day go toward Irvine’s citywide public transit vision.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Tales of Official Overstepping in San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Londres Uso charges his predecessor and rival with circumventing the council on park improvements.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano Mayor Says New Policy Is Sneaky Politics
Mayor Londres Uso suspects political motives behind a policy
that clarifies how he can represent the city. But he votes for it
anyway.
