Orange County’s Bankruptcy Could Have Been Avoided

Orange County’s Bankruptcy Could Have Been Avoided
A view from the Great Park Balloon in Irvine, Calif., on May 6, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Commentary

In 1997, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) released GASB 31, requiring municipalities to mark their portfolios to market for financial reporting purposes.

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.
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