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Most OC Cities Financially Stable, While One Seeks Sales Tax Increase

Most OC Cities Financially Stable, While One Seeks Sales Tax Increase
An employee takes money from a customer at a cash register in California, in this file photo. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
John Moorlach
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Of Orange County’s 34 cities in Southern California, the six with the strongest balance sheets maintained their positions in the annual fiscal rankings for the year ending June 30, 2023. However, the other 28 cities were a little more interesting.

John Moorlach
John Moorlach
Author
John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.