Council members choose to close a $5.3 million budget deficit by raiding reserve accounts, but indicate future deficits will have to be eliminated by cutting staff and/or raising taxes.
Tag: Jerry Brown
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Westminster
Accounting Blunder Boosts Westminster’s Budget Deficit
The city’s budget deficit is $2 million more than city leaders anticipated, after a costly accounting mistake by the city’s now fired finance director came to light. Officials won’t explain the mistake and how it occurred.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Water Park Project Brings Hope, But Garden Grove Budget Picture Still Bleak
Officials had to once again draw from reserves in the current year to fill a $5.3 million budget hole and they are projecting a shortfall of just over $6 million for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness
Garden Grove Planners Envision a New-Look Downtown
A zoning amendment opens possibilities for a more walkable, bikeable downtown area patterned after those in Orange and Tustin. But overcoming the city’s big-box development strategy of the past will be difficult.
Posted inTop Stories
A Long and Winding Road Through Community College
Many students, and a disproportionate number who are Latino, have a difficult time earning an associate’s degree or transferring to a four-year university.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Newport Beach, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Brown’s New Water Mandates Put Scrutiny on Newport Beach
As Gov. Jerry Brown issues historic mandates on water use, records show the affluent coastal city uses four times as much water per capita as Santa Ana.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Westminster
Westminster’s Budget Shortfall Worsened by Lawsuit Costs
Two major federal lawsuits against the Westminster Police Department have made a bad budget situation worse, with the city spending $1.1 million more than it budgeted for this fiscal year.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Effects of Prison Reform Initiatives Felt at Santa Ana Civic Center
Homeless advocates and police say an influx of prison inmates released under Prop. 47 and Realignment are exacerbating issues among the homeless population at the county’s Civic Center.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
2014 Was a Banner Year for Political Prosecutions
“We do mean business,” said a spokesman after the state political watchdog agency reported prosecuting a record number of cases last year.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
County Issues Front and Center at Sacramento Inaugural
Orange County legislative leaders are preparing to address the area’s most longstanding problem: Lack of tax dollars from Sacramento.
