Orange County’s three largest cities are grappling with budget deficits this fiscal year as some officials wrestled with spending cuts.
Anaheim’s structural deficit is expected to eat half of the roughly $120 million in new tax revenue coming into the general fund, stemming from freed up money after the city pays off the $510 million Disneyland Resort expansion bonds issued in 1997.
Santa Ana officials made a host of spending cuts – including an after school program and city commissions – to balance the municipal budget while they are considering asking voters to make the temporary sales tax increase permanent to float the budget…