Orange County won't be getting its 35th city
An effort to turn a suburban neighborhood into Orange County's 35th city appeared headed to failure Tuesday in early voting as Rossmoor residents lined up on the side of remaining an unincorporated county island.
The 1.6-square-mile sliver of land between Seal Beach and Los Alamitos would have been a self-sufficient entity supported by a new utility tax.
Proponents of Measure U argued that cityhood meant local control and better services. Opponents said that the measure would mean an extra burden for taxpayers and that Rossmoor's commercial sales tax revenue -- only $317,00 last year -- was too small to support cityhood.
Rossmoor, a 1950s-era suburb with 10,500 residents and one small retail center, would have been the second-smallest city in Orange County, and the first to achieve cityhood since Aliso Viejo incorporated in 2001.
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-- Christopher Goffard and Tony Barboza
Photo: Roosmoor Car Wash. Credit: Los Angeles Times
