The Orange County Third District spans 258 square miles and goes from Irvine (portions of) to Yorba Linda including Orange, Villa Park, Tustin, parts of Anaheim and the Cleveland National Forest. There are five districts in Orange County and the third district comprises 32.3% of the area and 19.6% of the population in Orange County. While the geographical size varies, all five districts are approximately 600,000 residents. The five Supervisors are elected by the voters of their district to four-year terms.
Don Wagner represents District 3. Wagner assumed office in 2019. Wagner’s current term ends on January 6, 2025.
Orange County Board of Supervisors Functions
The Board of Supervisors oversees the management of Orange County government and many special districts including the college, school and water districts. The OC board makes decisions relating to public utilities, land use, and transportation, both directly and indirectly through its power over budgets and appointments to boards, committees, and commissions. Services that are ultimately managed by the board include regional parks, water, sewers, animal control, buses, freeways, and commuter rail.
OC Supervisors oversee a $6.5 billion budget funding the sheriff’s department, the district attorney’s office, and the health care agency, among other departments. The county acts as a local arm of state government, delivering public benefits, and administering federal and state programs. The board also decides how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes.
The Board’s legislative and executive activities are conducted at public meetings with certain personnel and legal matters discussed in closed sessions. Board meetings are held at the Hall of Administration in Santa Ana.
The Board of Supervisors, as authorized under California law, functions as both a legislative and executive body. In its legislative duties the Board adopts ordinances, resolutions and minute orders within the limits prescribed by State law. As an executive body, the Board:
- Establishes policy
- Approves the annual budget
- Appoints a County Executive Officer, County Counsel, Clerk of the Board, Internal Auditor, Public Defender and Public Guardian
- Approves contracts for projects and services
- Conducts public hearings on land-use and other matters
- Makes an appointments to boards, committees and commissions
- Legislative and executive activities of the Board are conducted at public meetings. Certain personnel and legal matters are discussed in closed sessions.
The Third District is composed of
- Anaheim Hills
- Irvine (Excluding Quail Hill, Shady Canyon, and Turtle Ridge)
- Mission Viejo (Skyridge Only)
- Orange
- Tustin
- Villa Park
- Yorba Linda
The unincorporated areas of
- El Modena
- Fairlynn
- North Tustin
- Cowan Heights
- Crawford Canyon
- Lemon Heights
- Panorama Heights
- Olive
- Orange Park Acres
- The Canyons
- Modjeska Canyon
- Santiago Canyon
- Silverado Canyon
- Trabuco Canyon (north of Trabuco Creek Rd.)
Orange County Third District Demographics
| City | Population (2010 Census) | Percent | Registration (2012) | Percent of Third District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim (portion) | 70,614 | 12.0% | 43,142 | 13.1% |
| Irvine (portion) | 198,938 | 33.7% | 106,929 | 32.3% |
| Mission Viejo (portion) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| North Tustin CDP | 24,917 | 4.2% | N/A | N/A |
| Orange | 136,416 | 23.1% | 70,937 | 21.4% |
| Tustin | 75,540 | 12.8% | 35,039 | 10.6% |
| Villa Park | 5,812 | 1.0% | 4,528 | 1.4% |
| Yorba Linda | 64,234 | 10.9% | 43,592 | 13.2% |
| Unincorporated | 14,132 | 2.4% | 26,566 | 8.0% |
| DISTRICT TOTAL | 590,603 | 100.0% | 330,733 | 20.5% of County |
| COUNTY TOTAL | 3,010,232 | 100.0% | 1,612,145 | 100.0% |
College Districts in 3rd District
- North Orange County Community College District (Yorba Linda and Anaheim north of the Santa Ana River)
- Rancho Santiago Community College District (Orange, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills south of the Santa Ana River, Orange Park Acres, Modjeska Canyon, Santiago Canyon, Silverado Canyon)
- South Orange County Community College District (Irvine, North Tustin, Tustin, and Trabuco Canyon)
School Districts in 3rd District
- Orange County Department of Education
- Anaheim City School District (Anaheim west of the Santa Ana River and south of Lincoln Avenue)
- Anaheim Union High School District (Anaheim west of the Santa Ana River and south of Lincoln Avenue)
- Irvine Unified School District (Most of Irvine and portions of Tustin)
- Orange Unified School District (Orange, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills south of the Santa Ana River, Orange Park Acres, Modjeska Canyon, Santiago Canyon, and Silverado Canyon)
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (Yorba Linda and Anaheim north of the Santa Ana River)
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District (Trabuco Canyon)
- Santa Ana Unified School District (Portions of Irvine and Tustin)
- Tustin Unified School District (Most of Tustin and portions of Irvine)
Water Districts in 3rd District
- East Orange County Water District (Portions of Orange and Tustin)
- Irvine Ranch Water District (Irvine, Orange Park Acres, and portions of southeastern Orange, southeastern Tustin, and the Canyons)
- Municipal Water District of Orange County
- Orange County Water District
- Serrano Water District (Villa Park and portions of Orange)
- Yorba Linda Water District (Most of Yorba Linda)
Orange County Districts
- 1st District – Fountain Valley (Portions of), Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Westminster
- 2nd District – Buena Park (Portions of), Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley (Portions of), Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Stanton
- 3rd District – Anaheim (Portions of), Irvine (Portions of), Orange, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda
- 4th District – Anaheim (Portions of), Brea, Buena Park (Portions of), Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia
- 5th District – Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine (Portions of), Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano