Controversial AB 1217 sparks OCFA restructuring talk
South County officials warn they may quit the Orange County Fire Authority to form a new department if Assembly Bill 1217 passes. The measure would cut the OCFA board from 25 to 18 members, changing equal city representation. Senate discussions loom as Rancho Santa Margarita leaders convene to plan possible exits.
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Orange County
South County
Orange County Fire Authority
Ocfa Board of Directors
Assembly
Tom Daly
Anaheim
Board of Supervisors
OCFA
Sembly
Senate Governance and Finance Committee
Senate
Rancho Santa Margarita
Formation of Orange County Fire Authority in 1995
OCFA formed March 1 1995 to unify fire services for unincorporated Orange County and nine cities. Board of Supervisors oversees the county side while member cities appoint one voting member each. the county has two. Fifteen cities fund via structural fire tax, while cash contract cities Buena Park Placentia San Clemente Santa Ana Seal Beach Stanton Tustin Westminster pay per an agreed schedule.
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Orange County Fire Department
Board of Supervisors
Join Powers
Orange County Fire Authority
OCFA
Fire Authority
Structural Fire Fund
Buena Park
Placentia
San Clemente
Santa Ana
Seal Beach
Stanton
Tustin
Westminster
Ken Maddox
Orange County Firefighters Associa
Pacifica San Juan project revived by joint venture
Pacific Point Development, a Taylor Morrison Oaktree and DMB Pacific Ventures joint venture, bought the Pacifica San Juan luxury project in San Juan Capistrano. The bluffside community stalled after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy left 98 of 416 approved homes built. Construction restarts to welcome new and existing residents.
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Taylor Morrison
Oaktree
DMB Pacific Ventures
Pacifica
Pacific Point Development
Phil Bodem
Southern California
Sea Summit
Marblehead
San Clemente
Lehman Brothers
California Officials Fight San Juan Capistrano Water Ruling
California top lawyers and water officials seek to block an April ruling against San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water pricing from becoming statewide precedent. They urge the California Supreme Court to depublish the 4th District Court of Appeal decision, which held rates based on more than costs violated the state Constitution and could undermine tiered pricing as a conservation tool. If overturned, other agencies’ tiered rates may avoid similar legal challenges, officials say.
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San Juan Capistrano
Attorney General’s Office
California Supreme Court
4Th District Court of Appeal
Supreme Court
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Jeff Bowman
Bowman
Angelica Amezcua
ASSI
Melyman, Danaheim
Carol Gamble
Rancho Santa
Arita
Craig Green
Orange County Fire
Leonard Ortiz
San Juan
Hmadans
Ocregister
HannahMadans
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