Orange County to open offices Saturday for gay marriage licenses

The Orange County clerk-recorder will open its doors Saturday because of the demand for same-sex wedding licenses.

Orange County may be the closest place for Los Angeles-area residents to get a marriage license before Monday. Los Angeles County issued only one same-sex marriage license on Friday -- to two plaintiffs who filed the federal lawsuit that eventually struck down Proposition 8.

At least one gay couple were upset that L.A. County wouldn’t reopen its offices until Monday.

But in Orange County, Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen said his offices in Santa Ana, Fullerton and Laguna Hills would be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“We’re listening to what our customers tell us they want,” Nguyen said. “We’ll continue to find ways to help make things easier for them.”

Nguyen’s office urged license applicants to fill out applications online at www.ocrecorder.com before arriving at the office.

San Francisco and Sacramento counties extended their hours late into Friday evening to accommodate the demand for same-sex marriage licenses. The court order lifting the ban on gay marriage in California was made public about 3:30 p.m.

San Bernardino County did not issue any same-sex wedding licenses Friday because the assessor-recorder-county clerk’s office did not receive official word until 5:10 p.m., after the offices had closed.

“We will commence with the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday ... and will also perform same-sex marriages on that day,” the office’s Dan Harp said in an email.

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