Save Orange County is a local grassroots advocacy group that formed to oppose unchecked development and urban sprawl in Orange County. The organization says its mission is to promote \"smart growth\" that protects open space, reduces traffic congestion, preserves quality of life, and holds local elected officials accountable to residents rather than development interests.
Local land use and growth management, zoning and permitting reform, open space and environmental protection, infrastructure capacity and traffic mitigation, and government transparency/campaign finance accountability at the county and municipal level
Small-dollar donations and grassroots fundraising (crowdfunding, individual contributions); volunteer labor and in-kind support
Local community activists and organizers (notably Kelly J. Kocaman and Bill Lutz), neighborhood coalitions and allied conservation groups
Grassroots civic advocacy group / local nonprofit-style organization
