Multiple cities are considering eviction moratoriums for tenants impacted by coronavirus, meanwhile county court closures also likely impact any evictions from moving forward in the near term.
Category: Irvine
Irvine, home to UC Irvine and the Great Park, has about 318,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the Great Park and development.
OC Cities Begin Declaring States of Emergency
Buena Park, Fullerton and Irvine became the latest Orange County cities to declare states of emergency Tuesday in order to unlock state and federal emergency funding amid the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Irvine City Council Expands Bond Indebtedness For Great Park Neighborhoods
Irvine City Council members voted to establish a new tax district in the Orange County Great Park on Tuesday night, expanding the total potential bond amount in the park neighborhoods to just over $1.1 billion.
Irvine’s Great Park Residents Often Times Don’t Know What Their Special Taxes Fund
While residents in the Great Park Neighborhoods are paying millions of dollars every year towards the development of infrastructure in the Park, many don’t know where their tax dollars are going.
Irvine’s Great Park Fails Transparency Test
While city officials have touted the Park as the most transparent project of its type, questions still remain about how public money is being spent to develop Orange County’s largest public works project.
Irvine Council Prepares To Authorize More Debt For Future Great Park Homeowners
Irvine’s city council members tonight will vote to consider whether to establish a new tax district in the Orange County Great Park, pushing the total amount of potential bonds to over one billion dollars if approved by the council.
The Great Park Tax: How Irvine Homeowners are Paying for the City’s Big Dreams
Homeowners in Irvine’s Great Park neighborhoods are currently on the hook for over half a billion dollars in debt to build Orange County’s most iconic public works project, and the total cost for the project could come out at as much as $2 billion according to projections.
Winner-Take-All Battle For Orange County’s 3rd District
OC Supervisor Don Wagner faces off against attorney and OC Fair Board member Ashleigh Aitken to represent canyon communities and cities like Irvine, Tustin, Orange and Yorba Linda on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Shakespeare OC Announces Its Demise
BREAKING NEWS: After a few tumultuous years of trying to keep Shakespeare Orange County alive, the current leadership is shuttering this long-standing Orange County institution.
UCI’s Art Museum is a Dream Deferred, but Should Be Worth the Wait
Despite delays, the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art looks toward the future under the guidance of its new museum director, Kim Kanatani.









