Voice of OC

Controversial cameras that scan drivers’ license plates in Costa Mesa will remain despite an outpouring of residents who claim the cameras invade their privacy and the company who operates them isn’t trustworthy.

During a meeting on Tuesday night, Costa Mesa City Council members voted 6-1 to keep the city’s contract with Flock — who operates the 46 automated licenc...

A controversial plan by OC Public Works officials to abruptly trim large swaths of vegetation along the San Juan and Trabuco Creeks near Doheny State Beach has been delayed.

Following alarm bells rung by Creek Team activists last week, st...

A split Fullerton City Council couldn’t agree on a special tax to fix their crumbling roads or collapsing budget as recall efforts begin against the mayor and one councilwoman, but they all agreed on one thing – they’ve lost public trust.

“Accountability has to start with transparency,” said Councilman Ahmad Zahra, who supported asking voters for a sales tax measu...

Irvine leaders quietly spent millions of dollars remodeling their city hall in the years before revelations the budget faces a multi-million dollar structural deficit.

Now, city council members are debating trying to figure out where that money went.

It’s unclear exactly how much the remodel cost, but orders reviewed by Voice of OC obtained through a pu...

Mari Barke, one of Orange County’s top elected voices advocating for charter schools, just got cited by a judge for failing to report millions in dollars of income over her tenure in office by not reporting the money on her annual disclosures.

Barke is on the hook for over $81,000 in penalties and possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars more in legal fees.

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