Get ready for tax hikes across Orange County

Dear Taxpayers of Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Placentia and Seal Beach:
In case you have forgotten, you only have a few weeks left before the cost of purchasing taxable items goes up in your city.
In the 2018 November election, voters in these four cities approved a general sales tax increase. The tax increases, 1.5 percent for Santa Ana and 1 percent in Garden Grove, Placentia, and Seal Beach, will go into effect on April 1. Yes that’s right, April Fools Day. Taxable purchases in Santa Ana w