The City of Orange might be seeing a new ban on smoking in public parks, mirroring recent moves by city officials in Garden Grove.
When the idea originally surfaced earlier this year, Orange Mayor Dan Slater said it could be a way to curb homelessness in the city.
“I have an ulterior motive for this, quite frankly,” Slater said at a February council meeting. “Would this give our police another tool in the toolbox to deal with vagrants and transients?”…