Efforts to establish an Orange County veterans cemetery took a significant step forward Thursday when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill authorizing studies of two potential sites in Irvine.
The governor signed a bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, that authorizes feasibility studies of a so-called Amended and Restated Development Agreement (ARDA) site and a golf course site, which are both near the Orange County Great Park.
If voters choose the ARDA site then that will be where state and federal officials focus on developing the cemetery, Quirk-Silva said.
“It isn’t a matter if, it’s a matter of which site now,” Quirk-Silva said. “I’ve made statements in support of the golf site as the funding is there. It would speed up the project by at least a few years.”
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