Lawsuit keeps massive Wilderness Crossing project on hold

Since March, Orange County has paid law firm $60,000 in taxpayer dollars to defend board's rezoning decision

In April 2023, the Orange County Board of Supervisors defied the wishes of many local residents and voted 4-1 to rezone 2,600 acres of land at the eastern end of the county. In its approval of the largest rezoning in county history, the board green-lighted a sprawling commercial and residential development called Wilderness Crossing.

But a month later, …