Here’s how the candidates answered key questions about what they’d do about challenges like homelessness, housing affordability and open space.
Category: San Juan Capistrano
Posted inGovernment
Tackling Catalytic Converter Theft: Some Orange County Cities Now Require Proof of Ownership
While local officials are trying to crack down on widespread catalytic converter theft, some cities will require people to prove they own converters that aren’t attached to a car.
Posted inOutdoors
San Juan Capistrano Looks to Build City’s First Skatepark
After residents pushed for over a decade, San Juan Capistrano City Council Members are moving forward with the city’s first skatepark, giving local skateboarders a place to finally call home.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
State Legislators, OC City and School District Officials Call For Ending State of Emergency
While nearly every state-imposed pandemic restriction has ended in Orange County, many are still calling for a total repeal of the governor’s state of emergency.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
What Will Orange County Cities’ Representation Look Like After This Year?
City officials will decide how to cut up their cities into voting districts based on new census data – a decision that will impact elections for the next decade.
Posted inGovernment
San Juan Capistrano to Spend American Rescue Plan Money on Roads, Supportive Housing
Money from the $1.9 trillion stimulus package was allocated throughout the United States
Posted inTransportation
Some South OC Cities Say They Were Left Out of The Loop on Freeway Expansions
The mayors of Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo both wrote letters to the county board of supervisors asking them not to approve the infrastructure expansions.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
New Housing Bills Allowing for Denser Neighborhoods Sharply Divide OC’s State Legislators
If signed into law, the bills would allow up to four homes per single-family parcel, and let cities and counties to waive environmental review for developments of up to 10 units.
Posted inEducation
OC Schools to Follow Mask Mandate as COVID Surges, Some Parents Rally Against Rule
Rallies are planned at school districts across the county this month as a parent group and the OC Board of Education moves to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom for the statewide school mask mandate.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Pays Out $195K to Teen Threatened at Gunpoint by Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy
The OC Board of Supervisors approved the settlement on July 13, which stems from a deputy drawing his gun on a South County teenager two years ago.
