3 Orange County Cities Vote to Exit League of California Cities over Its Support for Prop. 1

In March, three Orange County cities held discussions on leaving the League of California Cities after its board voted to support a statewide measure that they say will proliferate sober living homes in their neighborhoods. “This is unforgivable. … We can no longer be part of an organization that’s supposed to be advocating for us and did the exact opposite, in such a high-profile way,” Huntington Beach Councilman Casey McKeon said during a March 19 City Council meeting. Orange voted March 26 to immediately leave the league—if the city can be refunded this year’s $40,000 in membership dues—or leave no later than next year. Newport Beach was the first to leave after a majority vote by its council on March 12....