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Below please find a listing of Orange County agencies and organizations, including a brief description and link to the corresponding website. Community ServicesCapistrano Bay Community Services DistrictContact Information: 35000 Beach Rd Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 | (949) 496-6576 Established in 1999, the Commission provides leadership, funding and support for programs that achieve the vision that all children are healthy and ready to succeed when they enter school. Orange County Housing & Community Development CommissionThe Commission advises the Board of Supervisors in all housing-related needs of the County's low-income populations, the neighborhoods preservation needs of the unincorporated target areas and advises the Board of Supervisors regarding the best usage of available funding to accomplish the County's housing and community development goals. Contact Information: 1770 N. Broadway Santa Ana, CA 92706 (714) 480-2900 The Commission deals with inter-group tensions, fosters mutual understanding and respect among all citizens of Orange County and promotes measures to eliminate prejudice, intolerance and discrimination against any individual or group because of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic status or marital status. Orange County Senior Citizens Advisory Council The Council ensures that older adults of Orange County have full opportunity to participate as active members of society for as long as possible and advises the Board of Supervisors, the Housing and Community Services Department, Office on Aging and other agencies. Contact Information: 1300 South Grand Ave. Bldg B, Santa Ana CA 92705 (714) 567-7411 Environmental AgenciesThe Air Quality Management District (AQMD) administers the California and Federal Clean Air Acts via guidelines set forth by State and Federal Agencies. Established by California's Legislature in 1967, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has the following programs: sets and enforces emission standards for motor vehicles, fuels and consumer products; sets health-based air quality standards; conducts research; monitors air quality; identifies and sets control measures for toxic air contaminants and provides compliance assistance for businesses The Commission protects the public from adverse effects of aircraft noise, ensures that people and facilities are not concentrated in areas susceptible to aircraft incidents, ensures that no structure or land use activities adversely affect the operational integrity of the airports or their navigable airspace.
Contact Information: 3160 Airway Avenue Costa mesa, CA 92626 (949) 252-5170 LAFCO serves the citizens of Orange County by facilitating constructive changes in governmental structure and boundaries through special studies, programs, and actions that resolve intergovernmental issues, by fostering orderly development and governance, and by promoting the efficient delivery of services. The Commission acts as an advisory board and makes recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding plans and policies for the acquisition, development, maintenance and operation of the regional harbors, beaches and parks of the county. The conservancy acquires and manages public lands within the Lower Los Angeles Rivers and San Gabriel Watersheds for recreational uses, water conservation, wildlife and habitat protection and watershed improvement within the territory and preserve of the San Gabriel River and the Lower Los Angeles River. Contact Information: 100 N. Old San Gabriel Canyon Rd. Azusa, CA 91702 County Governmental AgenciesOrange County Council of GovernmentsDirector: Dennis Wilberg Contact Information: City of Mission Viejo, 200 Civic Center Mission Viejo, CA 92691 | (949) 470-3000 SCAG is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for six counties: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and Imperial and is mandated by the federal government to research and draw up plans for transportation, growth management, hazardous waste management, and air quality. Public SafetyOrange County Emergency Medical Care CommitteeThe Committee studies, evaluates and makes recommendations on all aspects of emergency medical services in Orange County.
Contact Information: 405 W. Fifth St. Suite 301A, Santa Ana CA 92701 (714)834-3500 The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to 22 cities and the unincorporated areas of the county. The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department is a large, multi-faceted law enforcement agency composed of approximately 4,000 staff members and over 800 reserve personnel. The Department consists of five organizational functions divided into 20 divisions. In addition to patrolling the unincorporated areas of Orange County, 12 cities in Orange County contract with the Department to serve as those cities' police departments. Sanitation AgenciesOrange County Waste ManagementContact Information: 320 N. Flower St., Suite 400 Santa Ana CA 92703 (714) 834-4000 Transportation AgenciesThe California Department of Transportation, District 12 Orange County was created in 1988. The District monitors traffic and road conditions throughout Orange County and operates within a complex structure of relationships to address issues relating to the development, operation, maintenance and management of the transportation system in Orange County. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) began in 1991 with the consolidation of seven separate transportation agencies and is a multi-modal transportation agency serving Orange County. The Transportation Corridor Agencies is a Joint Powers Authority formed in 1986 by the California State Legislature to plan, design, finance, construct and operate the San Joaquin Hills, Foothill and Eastern Toll Roads in Orange County. Water Agencies Collaborating PartnersBuilding Industry Association/Orange CountyThe BIA/OC is a non-profit trade association representing more than 1,000 companies employing over 100,000 people affiliated with the home building industry. The BIA/OC is one of seven chapters and eleven councils that make up the BIA of Southern California. For more information please visit www.biaoc.com Orange County Business Council In providing a proactive forum for businesses, government and academia to join together, OCBC helps assure the prosperity of America's fifth largest county. For more information please visit www.ocbc.org Urban Land InstituteULI is a nonprofit research and education organization supported by its members. Founded in 1936, ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information and experience among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places. For more information please visit www.uli.org
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