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TopicSourceStatus
Business directoryOverture Maps Foundation places (release 2026-10-21.0, CDLA Permissive 2.0) and OpenStreetMap via Overpass (ODbL), filtered to the City of Yorba Linda boundary; 1,944 listings. Permanently-closed and low-confidence records are excluded. Real estate agents, brokerages and property managers are deliberately excluded (Aaron Zapata is the site's only real estate professional). Other escrow companies are excluded; Beacon Escrow, Inc. is listed using details from beaconescrow.com (checked Oct 27, 2026). Other mortgage brokers, lenders and loan officers are excluded; Crosswalk Mortgage, Inc. (NMLS #1752641) is listed using details from crosswalkmortgage.com (checked Oct 28, 2026). A few newer restaurants (Pizza Guys, Kimukatsu Express, SHO Handroll Bar, Sushi Mura) were added by hand from their own websites, news and public listings (checked Oct 28, 2026).Live (snapshot Oct 2026)
Map points (parks, schools, churches, libraries, restaurants, police/fire)OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, same snapshot.Live (snapshot)
Fire Hazard Severity ZonesCAL FIRE / OSFM ArcGIS feature services: fhsz24_5 (FHSZ for Real Estate Inspections) and FHSALRA25_v1_All (LRA 2025, map dated Mar 24, 2025).Live (snapshot Oct 2026)
City boundaryOpenStreetMap administrative boundary relation for Yorba Linda.Live (snapshot)
Housing market statsRedfin Data Center housing market tracker (Yorba Linda and ZIPs 92886/92887, rolling 3-month windows), through Sep 2026, updated Oct 7, 2026. Data provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.Live (monthly file)
UtilitiesCity utility and waste pages; Yorba Linda Water District FAQ (checked Oct 27, 2026).Hand-checked
Nixon Library, Library, Community Center, Police, Fire, SeniorsOfficial pages linked on each page; summaries are original.Hand-checked; hours marked to verify
EventsLink-outs to official calendars. No City content mirrored.Link-outs; verified-event list empty
NewsTwo hand-checked City News Flash items (headline, link, own summary).Minimal; automated feed planned
New developmentsSearch-result snippets about public-record items.To verify
School boundariesNot mapped; links to PYLUSD lookup.Placeholder
Restaurant openings and closuresTwo-source rule; nothing verified yet.Placeholder
Chamber of Commerce dataMember info courtesy of the Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. "(Chamber Member)" tags and links to members’ Chamber pages come from the Chamber’s public online directory (yorbalindachamber.us/directory), used with the permission of Chamber CEO Susan Wan-Ross. Matched by name, phone, website and address; re-synced with scripts/chamber_sync.py. Real estate, mortgage and escrow members are not listed (site exclusivity), except Aaron Zapata, Crosswalk Mortgage and Beacon Escrow, Inc. The Chamber logo is not used.Live (synced Oct 28, 2026)
MLS stats and Aaron’s market reportNot connected.Placeholder

Member info courtesy of the Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. See the Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce member directory and Best of Yorba Linda.

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