IRVINE, Calif.—The Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on July 27 approved a $20 million spending plan for a veteran’s cemetery in Anaheim Hills. The cemetery was initially planned to be based at a former Marine Corps. Air Station in Irvine, but when those plans fell through after years of political controversy, the site moved to Gypsum Canyon. Veterans shared mixed feelings about the location during the BOS meeting, with some speaking in support of the move. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Nick Berardino, president of the Veterans Alliance of Orange County. Berardino compared the treatment veterans received from Irvine to returning from the Vietnam War and being verbally attacked by a crowd as they walked off a plane. Other veterans spoke out against the change. “This is very special to me and all the veterans who trained there when it was MCAS El Toro,” one public speaker said. …