OC’s Biggest Civic Headlines as Affordable Housing Construction Lags

Cities across Orange County are failing to build enough housing for low-income residents, with roughly 4,400 housing units classified as affordable – about 17% of the overall 25,000 new homes built over the past five years, far behind what state mandates call for.

In Orange County, a four-person household making less than $135,350 annually is considered low income.

County officials also announced a temporary pause on using chemical weedkillers in creek beds after a host of South OC residents began ringing alarm bells about herbicide use in San Juan Creek and Oso Creek…

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