Plans for Anaheim Hills Veteran’s Cemetery Move Forward
IRVINE, Calif. The Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on July 27 approved a $20 million spending plan for a veteran’s cemetery in Anaheim Hills.
The cemetery was initially planned to be based at a former Marine Corps. Air Station in Irvine, but when those plans fell through after years of political controversy, the site moved to Gypsum Canyon.
Veterans shared mixed feelings about the location during the BOS meeting, with some speaking in support of the move.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Nick Berardino, president of the Veterans Alliance of Orange County.
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OC veterans hope $20 million boost will lead to a long-awaited military cemetery Listen 6 min MORE A military cemetery might be built in Orange County, pending a Board of Supervisors vote on funding. Photo by Pixabay.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote this Tuesday on whether $20 million from the county’s general fund will go toward building a veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills. Local military groups have been pushing for a veterans cemetery in OC for years, and the major sticking point has been its location.
“Orange County, for all of its conservative bluster and love of the military, we do not have a cemetery for veterans,” says LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano. “We never have because real estate is just too expensive here, and we d rather turn it into housing.”