Orange County Register "OC Watchdog" Terri Sforza reported a handful of local governments in California spent more than a half-billion dollars dealing with lawsuits over two years - including $14.2 million spent by the County of Orange and $4.4 million by the city of Anaheim.

Ms. Sforza also reported that of the nine counties examined, Orange County had the fourth-highest total spending on lawsuits - much more than similarly-sized San Diego and Santa Clara counties.