Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Vicente Sarmiento pledged $225,000 March 28 to help with the reconstruction of Plaza Park in the city of Orange, California, after the driver of a suspected stolen car crashed into it last month during a high-speed chase.
“When we saw what happened here, it was a pretty easy call for us to say we have some resources that are available for the people in my district,” Wagner said during a press conference March 30.
Both supervisors are donating from their discretionary funds. Wagner will be giving $200,000, while Sarmiento has chipped in $25,000.
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner discusses upcoming repairs for the damaged historic fountain at Plaza Park in Orange, Calif., on March 30, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Sarmiento recalled during the same press conference standing in the plaza in January for the candlelight vigil remembering Elliot Blair, a California Public Defender from Orange who died in Mexico….