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Newport Beach city council members don’t support state plans for nearly 5,000 affordable housing units but under state law have to keep spending taxpayer money to implement the plan.
Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa pushed back last week with resolutions opposing the expansion by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as Irvine and Newport Beach gear up for similar votes Tuesday night.
Newport Beach Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill writes that reform of civil asset seizure is an issue that unites many Americans from The Heritage Foundation and ACLU, to the Los Angeles Times editorial board and noted conservatives George Will and Steven Greenhut.
Many Orange County cities are struggling to maintain budgets that keep, or minimally cut services and employees, while trying to keep up with growing law enforcement and fire pension spending.