SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—San Clemente city officials are considering withdrawing the city’s public library from the county’s library system, citing the city’s taxpayers has been paying hundreds of thousands more than the cost of services received from the county. Meanwhile, residents are worried that withdrawal means fewer resources and services at the San Clemente Library. “I’m not interested in throwing the baby out with the bathwater,” Mayor Gene James told The Epoch Times. “I’m interested in San Clemente getting what it’s paying for.” According to James, the latest County Library Analysis report from 2021 indicated that San Clemente Library’s operation and furnishing costs approximately $889,000 annually. However, Orange County Public Library system takes $1.3 million a year from the city’s property tax revenue, leaving approximately $400,000 in excess funds. Because the city pays more than the cost of library operation, the county’s library system dubs San Clemente a “donor city”, according …