The California city of San Clemente will officially allow Customs and Border Patrol to begin a controversial new surveillance project within its city limits. The plan, which involves installing cameras on a hill to overlook the Orange County city and its famous coastline, is moving ahead despite a torrent of pushback from locals, including many who attended a fiery, hours-long San Clemente City Council meeting on Jan. 20.
Orange County is much different and less fascistic than it used to be. There are still some holdout areas (looking at you, HB), but there are parts that are semi-civilized now. Not that I’d ever want to live there. But don’t write it off completely, there are some decent people there.