The proposal – slated for a vote on July 27 – is the latest move since supervisors this month publicly doubled down on their support of the cemetery site in Gypsum Canyon just east of Anaheim Hills, which would move the planned site from former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine.
Tag: Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County’s five supervisors run a $10.5 billion county government, from public health and jails to the unincorporated areas no city covers. We cover their votes, their budget and the decisions that reach every city.
Posted inGovernment
Officials Shut Down Public Presentation of Multi-Million Dollar Mile Square Park Plan
When a county supervisor tried this week to have staff publicly present where taxpayer money would be going at Mile Square Park, she got shut down.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Sacramento Readies Bail Out for Embattled County Supervisors in Places Like San Bernardino, Orange County
San Bernardino voters decided last November to revolutionize local politics, creating a one-term limit for county politicians and limiting their pay to $60,000 annually. Now, legislation in Sacramento seeks to prevent that from ever happening again in places like Orange County.
Posted inGovernment
OC Supervisors Axe Email Public Comments Despite Uptick in COVID Cases and Hospitalizations
Residents with medical conditions say the new policy means their voice will no longer be heard at the supervisors’ public meetings because it’s too risky to go in person.
Posted inOutdoors
One of OC’s Most Popular Parks is Up for Big Changes; Some City Officials Have Concerns
Mile Square Regional Park is up for a revamp that would shift 93 acres of golf course into a nature camp, play area, amphitheater, meadow and other uses. City officials say there wasn’t enough public input, while the county says it already did major outreach.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County Supervisors’ Chairman Could Get More Say Over Delaying Action Items
The changes would grant the chair the sole power to let supervisors delay or delete an agenda item that they’ve already delayed or deleted once before.
Posted inGovernment
Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
Posted inIrvine
Is the Dream of an Irvine Veterans Cemetery on the Way Out the Door?
State Senator Tom Umberg pulled a bill this week that would have cemented Irvine as the site of the cemetery, opening room for veterans’ new favored site in Gypsum Canyon.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
OC Halts Controversial Term Limit Extension Measure, Saying it’s Now Illegal Under State’s New Recall Ballot Law
The county’s elections chief plans to halt work on putting the measure on the upcoming governor recall ballot, after the state passed a law banning local measures from that ballot.
Posted inCountywide
OC Supervisors Term Limit Extension Push Imperiled by New Law Signed by Gov. Newsom
A new state law blocks any new local ballot measures on Gov. Newsom’s upcoming recall election.
