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.
Irvine Councilman Larry Agran refers to backup plans if the park
loses redevelopment funds. Yet no one else seems to know what those
plans are.
The Great Park Board of Directors Thursday approved a no-bid
contract with a $25,000-per-month consultant to do something that
its $100,000-per-month consultant is already being paid to do.
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Council majority lukewarm to Republican Councilman Jeffrey
Lalloway’s proposal to mimic a county ordinance.
City Manager Sean Joyce presented a balanced budget to the
finance commission Monday night that revealed efforts to close a
smaller budget gap than in recent years.
Councilman Jeff Lalloway wants the city to emulate a law the
Orange County Board of Supervisors passed last month for county
parks.
An Irvine couple that acquired a now defunct Laguna Hills-based
sports apparel and equipment company say its previous owners paid
out as much as $700,000 in taxpayer money from slush funds, some of
which went into coaches’ pockets.
In a 3-2 vote cast along partisan lines, Council signed-off on
an ordinance that extends prevailing wages to all city
projects.
Council is set vote on an ordinance that would require city
projects to pay prevailing wages and the giveaway of 2,400 citrus
trees.
Irvine City Council members vote to renew City Manager Sean
Joyce’s contract ending speculation that his job was in
jeopardy.
School Board of Trustees signs off on a needs analysis that is
hotly disputed by local building industry association.
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