The roughly 260-acre Gypsum Canyon site in Anaheim Hills, which sits just off the 91 Freeway and the 241 Toll Road, has been endorsed by every city in the county as the spot where a veterans burial ground could go.
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After years in limbo, Anaheim council backs controversial veterans cemetery
The proposal to build the cemetery in the Gypsum Canyon area on county land in Anaheim Hills has gathered support from a host of politicians. Above, an artist’s rendering of the proposed project.
July 22, 2021 6:22 PM PT
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The Anaheim City Council showed unanimous support this week to build a controversial veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills after years of contentious debate and political inaction.
For about a decade, veterans fought to have the cemetery constructed in Irvine, but local politicians couldn’t agree on where it should be placed.
The proposal to build the cemetery in the Gypsum Canyon area on county land in Anaheim Hills has gathered support from a host of politicians, including Orange County supervisors Don Wagner, Katrina Foley and Andrew Do; Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer and Rep. Lou Correa, among other supporters.