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Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen updates Garden Grove on flood control, animal shelter and kratom ordinance
Summary
Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen briefed the Garden Grove council on county projects affecting the city, including a $139 million storm channel investment, a design agreement with the U.S. Army Corps for the East Garden Grove flood project and county actions on animal-shelter operations and kratom restrictions.
Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen (First District) provided a legislative update to the Garden Grove City Council highlighting county infrastructure projects, animal-shelter changes, public-health initiatives and an ordinance banning certain kratom products in unincorporated areas.
Nguyen said the Board of Supervisors approved a $139 million, seven-year investment for storm channels in the First District and noted recent completions of $18 million in bridge replacement work at Warner, Springdale and Edwards. She said the Board approved a design agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the East Garden Grove–Wintersburg Flood Risk Management Project, a project she said will be cost-shared 65% by the Army Corps and 35% by the county. "The project will upgrade and expand the flood channel to improve capacity and flow," she said.
Nguyen said the county will fund interior refreshes at Garden Grove Chapman and other branches in 2027–28 and highlighted a $102 million taxiway rehab and a $589 million capital improvement program at John Wayne Airport.
On public services, Nguyen said the county re-opened the animal shelter full time, will report intake and outcome statistics monthly (rather than annually), and added a community liaison position focused on outreach and transparency. She said the county is increasing outreach through events including a pet-adoption expo and a free clinic health expo in October.
Nguyen urged cities to partner on a county ordinance she described as banning sale, distribution and possession of certain synthetic kratom products (and restricting kratom sales to persons 18 and older in county-controlled locations). "We have passed at the county side for the unincorporated area that now it is banned," she said, and asked cities to consider similar restrictions.
She also discussed voter-roll integrity efforts after reports of an individual registering a dog to vote, and she described ongoing forensic audits and litigation related to a former county supervisor’s embezzlement case. Nguyen closed by encouraging residents to contact her office for constituent assistance and listing district events including a pet-adoption expo and a free-clinic health expo.
