Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/tag/2016-17-budget/)
Council members last month approved a $186-million budget that requires the city to tap into reserves for $5 million to pay for the hiring of five more police officers and a raise for firefighters.
Orange County supervisors followed in the tradition of their predecessors Tuesday in beefing up law enforcement spending over other services as they prepared to pass a $6.1 billion county budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Santa Ana City Council Tuesday night approved a $229 million 2016-17 budget that includes funding for hiring more police officers, park improvements and extended hours for community centers, among other things.
