The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has elected a new slate of officers to serve one-year terms beginning May 6, but none are from Orange County. The regional group meets regularly to discuss and implement housing and transportation issues for 191 cities in six counties, including Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego. While the election was unanimous, local officials who are SCAG members told The Epoch Times the development likely stems from the county’s resistance to mandated housing allocations associated with the state’s Regional Housing Needs Assessments (RHNA). “This all goes back to RHNA, when Orange County just got slammed and outvoted and everything got pushed upon us,” Anaheim City Councilman Trevor O’Neil, who ran unsuccessfully for all three positions, told The Epoch Times. “And Orange County once again was just cast aside. We still don’t have an adequate voice within SCAG.” O’Neil said Orange County …
Orange County Officials Claim They’re ‘Shut Out’ of Leadership in SoCal Agency
April 10, 2021
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