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With a massive budget deficit that could bankrupt the city by 2018 looming, a divided city council traded shots this week over whether service cuts or taxes increases are the solution.
Due to a fragile budget, Santa Ana officials have been using a federal grant to fund city services instead of the nonprofit sector.
The city has been transferring millions of dollars dedicated toward water expenses to the city’s general fund to pay for public safety costs.
The San Bernardino city attorney said city officials falsified budget documents when Fred Wilson was San Bernardino’s top bureaucrat.
Irvine is already on the list of biggest losers from the end of redevelopment, but its reality could end up being even worse than many think.
The $196.5-million general fund budget for fiscal year 2012-13 was balanced primarily through the outsourcing of the fire department and concessions from police officer and service employee unions.
Some in the business community want the City Council to resume a national search for a permanent city manager.
The proposal for the Orange County Fire Authority to take over the department has put young firefighters seeking job security against those who want to maintain tradition.
In Santa Ana, will interim City Manager Paul Walters — who is
also police chief — be appointed permanent city manager?
The Orange County Fire Authority could be providing services to
the county’s second largest city by April 6.