Crossing guards will help kids in Orange cross the street safely once again with the help of over $120,000 in taxpayer dollars from the Orange County Supervisors as the city continues to face a multi-million dollar budget deficit.
The funding from the county comes after Orange city officials decided in June to ask voters in November to increase their sales tax by 0.5% to help bail them out of their budget shortfall.
At their Tuesday meeting, Supervisors voted 4-0 to allocate a total of over $120,000 in discretionary funds – a majority of which came from the second district represented by Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento…