ANAHEIM, Calif.—Orange County officials celebrated a groundbreaking for a new veterans cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills on Dec. 8 with the planting of a flagpole. To further advance the project, State Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) amended a Senate bill to order a feasibility study on the Gypsum Canyon site, which is a necessary step in getting the state’s approval of the project. “The purpose of the bill is to determine the feasibility of a cemetery in Anaheim Hills, and it’s been my hope and desire all along that we would have a veterans cemetery in Orange County and this expedites the process,” Umberg told City News Service. “It also provides that the funding is expedited. Now we will wait and see what happens. I assume the county will fund the study and we’ll wait and see what the feasibility is.” In July, Anaheim City Council members voted to support the Gypsum Canyon site. Orange County supervisors …
Veterans Cemetery Breaks Ground in Anaheim
December 9, 2021
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