What’s changing in Orange County

The next one on the calendars is Transportation & Circulation Commission (Fullerton) on Monday, September 7 - one of 64 meetings currently scheduled across Orange County's covered cities. Each meeting page links to the city's own agenda.

Cities set their own rules - sign-up forms, comment periods and time limits differ - so every agenda page here shows that city's own participation instructions when the record includes them, and 7 written-comment windows are open right now.

792 land-use and permit cases are on record across Orange County's covered cities, each mapped from official records and linked to the city page it belongs to. Enter an address to see what's within a mile of you.

Most of Orange County's covered cities rate Good on community safety: 5 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Low of 8 scored cities, by reported crime against similar-size communities. In 2025, police agencies across Orange County's covered cities reported 6,410 violent offenses (about 1 for every 313 residents) and 29,157 property offenses (about 1 for every 69 residents) to the FBI. Counts are what agencies reported; practices differ between agencies and years.

Violent offenses are up 128% since 2021 and property offenses are up 69% since 2021, by the rates the covered cities' police agencies reported to the FBI (population-adjusted, complete reporting years only).

In FY2022, Orange County's covered cities spent $2,187 per resident. The biggest shares went to general government & administration (25%), police (20%), roads, transit & parking (11%). Figures are the Census Bureau's own survey of local government finances, summed across the covered cities.

In FY2022, Orange County's covered cities raised $2,106 per resident, mostly from sales & other taxes (27%), utility revenue (18%), charges & fees (17%).

61 (Good) - city scores weighted by the records behind each, from the 5 cities with a full record base. It describes what official records show about responsiveness, safety and spending; it never ranks governments or predicts anything.

12 of 27 covered cities have enough official records for a number: 2 Good and 10 Limited. A Limited band means the records show gaps or there are not yet enough records to say - never a judgement.

From the governments themselves: city meeting portals and agenda documents, city and statewide land-use records, reported crime and government finance files. Every item names its official source, and pages refresh every 12 hours.