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The Irvine City Council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the city’s Asian American community against coronavirus-related discrimination during a late April meeting.
In an effort to handle the loss in tax revenue, the money allocated to the cemetery by the state could be revoked to help the projected $54 billion deficit.
After learning that the antibody tests were not FDA approved, Mayor Christina Shea revoked her approval of the measure and asked for city staff to schedule a revote.
Also known as serology tests, the antibody tests currently have a high rate of false positives and immunity, experts say, with county health officials cautioning they’re not yet recommended for individual tests and immunity is not yet understood for COVID-19.
After a Voice of OC investigation looked into how local Irvine homeowners are financing one of Orange County’s most iconic regional public works projects, city officials sent out several public critiques, both directly to homeowners and on the city website.
The Irvine council approved the initiative without sending it to the ballot and can now search for funding, but the city attorney raised concerns that the initiative is not binding.
After verification by county election officials, the council could decide to approve the initiative tonight or send it to the November ballot.
Irvine’s Tanaka Farms, working with local businesses and nonprofits, formed an initiative named Helping Farms Feed Families.
Nearly a decade after the water park closed in 2011, the Irvine City Council voted to approve a new lease agreement for the Orange County attraction.
With nearly 13,000 verified signatures, the initiative now moves to the Irvine City Council, who can approve the motion as written or place it on the November ballot.