Best known as the birthplace of former President Nixon, Yorba Linda is home to lush golf courses, equestrian trails and ranch-style homes with backyard stables. It has more houses of worship per capita than anywhere else in Orange County.
Residents move to the conservative suburb in search of safe neighborhoods, clean parks and open space. The city, whose motto is "Land of Gracious Living," is largely removed from many of the crime problems that grab headlines in California's denser cities.
Yorba Linda, population 68,000, had eight robberies last year, up from three the year before, and 71 residential burglaries, up from 59 in 2020. It hasn't had a homicide in eight years, crime data shows. But even in one of the safest cities in the state, concerns about crime are on voters' minds in an election that will determine the balance of power in Congress.
