Citizens feel a sense of betrayal and a lost opportunity because botanical gardens seem to have disappeared from the Great Park. But the current city council has the chance to rectify that.
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.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Irvine
Martinez, Teeter and Jaffe: Concordia University Plans Expansion Without Consideration of Traffic or Neighborhood Residents
Home owners want safe neighborhoods and the ability to circulate without gridlock. Educational institutions, at times wish to expand. What happens when competing interests collide?
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Developer Sends Veterans Cemetery Proposal to Irvine City Council
Developer FivePoint Communities has sent the Irvine City Council its general proposal for moving the proposed Orange County veterans cemetery from the city’s Great Park to a site near the interchange of the 5 and 405 freeways.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Gov. Brown to Visit Proposed El Toro Marine Base Veterans Cemetery Site
Brown and two top Assembly Democratic leaders will visit the proposed veterans cemetery site at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Base in Irvine within the next several weeks.
Posted inIrvine
OC to Get a Veterans Cemetery, But Where?
One side favors a 125-acre site on the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station while the other wants to let a developer build it near the intersection of the 5 and 405 freeways.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Irvine, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Spitzer’s Proposal to Hire Lalloway Raises Conflict Questions
Supervisor Todd Spitzer is proposing the county pay Irvine Councilman Jeffrey Lalloway $190,000 to be his policy advisor, which is potentially controversial given that Irvine and the county often have opposing interests.
Posted inIrvine
State Levels Heavy Criticism on Irvine’s Great Park Audit
The city’s high-profile and controversial forensic audit of the Great Park was plagued by poor governance, a lack of auditing standards, and a compromised bidding process, according to a scathing report released by the State Auditor’s office Tuesday.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Outdoors, Santa Ana, Top Stories
OC Remains a Place of Park Haves and Have Nots
Irvine ranked eighth out of 100 big cities nationwide for the quality of its parkland, according to a study by The Trust for Public Land. Meanwhile, Anaheim and Santa Ana ranked 65th and 83rd, respectively.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, News Briefs, Top Stories
Irvine Council Decides to Hold Off on Short-Term Rental Regulations
As websites like Airbnb have created a boom in short-term rentals, council members want to update the city’s rules on when and how private homes can be rented out. But they want to study the issue first.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
The Drama Continues Over Irvine Councilwoman’s Consulting Work
Council members battled over whether they should release the city attorney’s legal opinion on Councilwoman Christina Shea’s controversial, and perhaps illegal, consulting work for KIA Motors America. The council ultimately chose not to release the opinion.
