Orange County veterans made their frustration clear with state representatives in town Friday for an informational hearing on the long-awaited Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills.

Updates, including the status of construction on the proposed cemetery, were discussed during the hearing at Anaheim City Hall organized by California Assembly Budget 5 Subcommittee on State Administration Chair and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, who has long been working at the state level to support the creation of Orange County’s own veterans cemetery — it is the largest county in California without one.

The cemetery site has been approved by the city for construction and the project has nearly $55 million secured toward what is needed to get started. It will use pa

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