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The county is transferring property on the eastern edge of Anaheim for potential development as a veterans and civilian cemetery. Supervisors clashed over whether it would let Irvine “off the hook” for a proposed veterans cemetery at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.
Orange County Fire Authority executives came under renewed criticism Tuesday for the slow response to the large Canyon 2 Fire, after a county investigation found numerous breaches of protocol caused an 80 to 85-minute delay in taking action.
“There are things we could have done differently,” Interim Fire Chief Patrick McIntosh told reporters at a news conference Wednesday.
Anaheim will scrap an existing fireworks program that Mayor Tom Tait says disproportionately benefits Anaheim Hills residents for a more limited program where only 16 nonprofits will participate each year.
A recently released city report challenges claims by activists that wealthy Anaheim Hills receives more than its share of city resources. Activists and others say the city report is fatally flawed.
The civil rights group asserts that Anaheim must carve out city council districts so poor neighborhoods are adequately represented.
The civil rights group says Anaheim must redistrict the city to ensure more Latinos are elected to the City Council.
The planning process in both cities is too heavily influenced by
out-of-town developers and needs to be more inclusive, says report
by an Orange County-based public policy advocacy group.