Senior citizens in two Orange County cities may not get as many free or cheap rides to community centers, grocery stores and doctor visits in the coming months.
Elected officials in San Clemente and Fullerton are dialing back their respective city-contracted taxi service programs for residents 60 years and older in an effort to save money and try to keep the programs running for the long term.
It comes as Orange County officials struggle to address what is being called a “silver tsunami” – an expected demographic change in a couple of decades when one third of OC residents will be older adults…