Week in Review : MAJOR EVENTS, IMAGES AND PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEWS : CITIES : Study Supports Cityhood for Mission Viejo
The move to incorporate Mission Viejo as the county’s 27th city got its biggest boost so far with release of a consultant’s report that found the community not only could pay for itself but could operate with hefty surpluses.
The study, released last Monday by Christensen & Wallace Inc. of Oceanside, found that Mission Viejo, as a city, would only spend 56% of the income it would generate.
“What this report says to me is that incorporation is absolutely of necessity for the taxpayers of Mission Viejo,” said William Craycraft, chairman of a committee studying incorporation.
Craycraft said the incorporation committee now will formally ask the Local Agency Formation Commission for cityhood. If the commission approves, the matter then would go to the Board of Supervisors.
State law provides that the supervisors hold a hearing, and if the proposal is not opposed by more than 50% of the registered voters in the community, the supervisors must put the question to voters.
Craycraft said the earliest the matter could be on the ballot for Mission Viejo voters would be November of this year.
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