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OCTA Seeks Applicants for Taxpayer Oversight Committee

OCTA is seeking qualified volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Oversight Committee, which ensures transportation funds are being spent as intended.

The 11-member Taxpayer Oversight Committee (TOC) monitors OCTA’s use of funds for OC Go, the half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements. OC Go is also known as Measure M. The committee reviews the use of the local sales tax funds, ensuring that all revenues collected are spent on voter-approved transportation projects.

Applications for a three-year committee term, which runs from July 2025 to June 2028, will be accepted through May 4 for openings in the First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Supervisorial Districts. Applicants must be Orange County residents, at least 18 years old and live in the Supervisorial District that they will represent.

The First District consists of the cities of Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Westminster, a portion of Garden Grove and the unincorporated communities of Midway City and Rossmoor.

The Third District consists of the cities of Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, portions of Anaheim, Irvine, Orange, Tustin, the unincorporated communities of Modjeska, Silverado, Trabuco Canyon, Williams Canyon, and a portion of the unincorporated community of North Tustin.

The Fourth District consists of the cities of Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Stanton, and portions of Anaheim.

The Fifth District consists of the cities of Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Newport Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, portions of Irvine and the unincorporated communities of Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch, Las Flores and Rancho Mission Viejo.