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Fullerton leaders found out their budget is in much worse shape than they realized after city staff erroneously accounted for over $10 million in reserves that was actually money already spent. buff.ly/aMa7v1Q

As Orange County residents age, cities across the region are making service cuts to their local senior taxi services for residents 60 years and older. buff.ly/qs55Kyr

Costa Mesa officials will not start tracking their rental market through an online registry and local landlords won’t have to report at-fault eviction complaints filed in court after elected leaders backed away from both proposals this week buff.ly/QNXK7Sa

Huntington Beach leaders are considering changing how residents and local businesses ask for zoning changes on their property as a judge revokes their power to deny new housing projects. buff.ly/07C6Xxx

Orange City Council members are the latest in OC debating becoming a charter city, with one councilwoman proposing the idea as a way to dig the city out of a potential municipal bankruptcy by tying taxing increases to the proposal. buff.ly/DJ8KzQy

Garden Grove officials want to replicate Surf City's response to deter unsafe e-bike riding through a combination of fines, education and potentially charging parents with child endangerment under state law. buff.ly/SeYDzDc

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Orange County’s brand new mental health treatment facility is finished with construction in Irvine, but a lawsuit between county leaders and Mind OC, the nonprofit that helped build it, is keeping the center from opening. buff.ly/dEMBAbv

Santa Ana smoke shops may soon have to abide by new rules to sell cigarettes and vapes following concerns of underage smoking and some stores being hubs for illegal gambling and selling black market marijuana. buff.ly/9alRlJM

Mission Viejo officials greenlit the controversial Vista Del Lago six-story apartment expansion after resident concerns that it will impact traffic, parking and create more noise in the area. buff.ly/bErijtp

Newport Beach officials are considering replacing part of the city’s sculpture garden with a new police station amid questions on whether new construction on the site is feasible and resident pushback over losing part of a cherished park. buff.ly/r4HRA0R

Calls and efforts for elected officials to get a grip on rising rents and track evictions are growing across Orange County as a new push for a rent control ordinance kicks off in Anaheim. buff.ly/M0Sjrjg

OC leaders may have lost more money than they thought under the watch of former Supervisor Andrew Do according to a new audit that alleges Do steered a series of contracts without documenting what happened to them. buff.ly/AaelBCV

Candidates for the Orange County Board of Supervisors have spent over half a million dollars altogether on their campaigns at the end of 2025, and are sitting on a combined $1.4 million ahead of the June 2 Primary Election. buff.ly/Ak54YgG

Mission Viejo residents are rallying against the proposed expansion of the Vista Del Lago apartment complex that would add a six-story building with hundreds of new homes. buff.ly/bErijtp

About 450 apartments are expected to replace a vacant cinema in the Anaheim Hills Festival plaza despite fierce and persistent opposition from nearby residents raising concerns it will increase wildfire evacuation times. buff.ly/dEQh2Vn

South county residents asked OC Supervisor Katrina Foley and government bureaucrats hard questions at a tense three hour town meeting this week about cancer-causing herbicides being sprayed in local waterways – a practice officials say has been halted. buff.ly/kiuHCbE

Garden Grove officials are joining a host of Orange County cities banning the sale of whippets for recreational use. buff.ly/4FDJiVg

Older Mission Viejo residents might have a difficult time getting cheap rides to community centers, grocery stores and doctor visits as officials there become the latest in OC to dial back senior taxi services. buff.ly/AaauilI

Anaheim leaders are expected to consider requiring stores to staff their self-checkout lines in an effort to curb theft and customer anger while grocers argue the regulations will only leave customers paying more. buff.ly/UChwMVJ