The loss means the city will have to either successfully appeal or create a new housing plan after city officials claimed Surf City was exempt from the housing mandates. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

While council members all said they needed to cut spending, no cuts were approved during their discussion on Tuesday night. Instead, many focused on a sales tax increase proposal and fees on local institutions. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

During the switch to district elections, city officials grappled with just how to split the city up into voting districts without breaking up communities – an issue that cities throughout Orange County have grappled with. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

In an effort to boost finances, some city officials in Orange County rely on taxes collected from cannabis to help maintain community services, along with providing funding for enforcement as city officials wrestle with regulating the substance. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

County residents got a rare peek behind the curtain at how county supervisors decide where to send millions of tax dollars, this time for a parking contract at John Wayne Airport. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

While a hotel worker’s union is backing her recall, Disneyland resort area interests are spending big to keep Rubalcava on the city council. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

Officials in one of OC’s smallest cities are researching publicly funded elections in the aftermath of a public corruption scandal in nearby Anaheim – the county’s largest city. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

Costa Mesa joins a host of Orange County cities requiring developers to build affordable homes in their residential projects amid state pressure to address a worsening housing crisis. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

City officials have long wrestled with maintaining roads in a town where residents routinely complain about potholes and other street conditions plaguing drivers. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more

City leaders said they were preparing to fight against Gov. Gavin Newsom and the attorney general in a Thursday press conference after state leaders sued to block voter ID implementation. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate ..read more