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County Government
Ratings of county government performance in solving problems have improved
significantly from a year ago. However, ratings of the responsiveness
and fiscal performance are unchanged.
Forty-three percent of residents think the county government does an
excellent or good job in solving problems in Orange County, compared
with 29 percent a year ago. The current ratings are similar to perceptions
in 1998 and 1999 and considerably higher than in the years immediately
following the 1994 county-government bankruptcy.
Nevertheless, only about one in 10 residents believe that county officials
pay a lot of attention to what the people think when making policy decisions.
About half think they pay some attention, and four in 10 think they
pay very little or no attention to what the people think. This perception
of county officials' responsiveness has not changed over time.
About four in 10 residents believe that the people who run county government
waste a lot of the money paid in taxes. This perception has declined
slightly from a year ago, but it has changed very little since we began
asking this question in the 1996 Orange County Annual Survey.
Table: County Government
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