The move is the latest in a power transition by Republican council members, who became the council majority after last November’s election.
Category: SOUTH COUNTY
South Orange County takes in Irvine, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and the master-planned cities around them, where growth and open space keep meeting at the council dais. Every story we have published about south county, newest first.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Council’s New Majority Terminates City Attorney’s Contract
The decision is the latest move by the Republican council majority to reshape the city’s bureaucracy.
Posted inLake Forest
Lake Forest Leaders Doubt Transparency of Housing Vote
One councilman says the public wouldn’t have known the council would vote on the issue. Another says he’s “puzzled and upset.”
Posted inCountywide, Lake Forest, Top Stories
GOP Campaign Cash Controversy Heating Up in Lake Forest
Orange County Republican leaders have introduced a new brand of politics to the small town of Lake Forest.
Posted inIrvine
Great Park’s External Affairs Manager Resigns
The resignation comes during the run-up to the 2013 Solar Decathlon, a green energy collegiate competition that some argue is in jeopardy.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Top Stories
A Window Into the World of Immigration Detainees
In recent months, group of local volunteers began visiting immigration detainees held in Orange County jails. Some of their and others’ discoveries have been alarming.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Great Park Board Orders Trimmed-Down Business Plan
The board wants staff to draft a five-year plan that cuts costs and identifies new revenue sources.
Posted inIrvine
Is Great Park Risking a Blunder With Solar Decathlon Event?
The Orange County Great Park Board will get an update Tuesday afternoon on planning efforts for the green energy collegiate competition that could attract some 300,000 visitors.
Posted inGovernment, Irvine
Agran: Taking Over Great Park Is ‘Self-Serving Fantasy’
In an exclusive interview with PBS SoCaL, the Irvine councilman says county Supervisor Todd Spitzer made “a fool of himself.”
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine City Council Majority Takes Great Park in New Direction
The new Republican City Council majority terminates contracts, pursues a forensic audit and removes some park board directors.
