Jeff Lalloway signs pledge regarding campaign signs, but not under the terms his opponent, Larry Agran (and the rest of the City Council), is asking for.
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, Investigative, Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, Top Stories
A Tale of Two Very Different City Halls
Laguna Niguel and Newport Beach are building new civic centers, but their approach and philosophy show the difference between a contract city and a full service city.
Posted inMission Viejo
Mission Viejo Incumbents Show Early Fundraising Advantage
Council candidates are already busy building their campaign war chests for the November election.
Posted inInvestigative, Irvine, Newport Beach, Politics & Elections
A Sign of a Double Standard
An Irvine councilman has taken strong positions against placing signs in his city, but he leaves his campaign signs up in a neighboring city way, way after Election Day.
Posted inEconomy, Investigative, Irvine, Politics & Elections
An Answer to the Great Park Tax Question
A tax expert weighs in on whether a levy that Irvine residents might have to pay relating to the Great Park should be considered a new tax.
Posted inInvestigative, Irvine, Politics & Elections
Larry Agran’s Tax Headache
Irvine councilman presses city staff over whether a tax to fund the Great Park was a “new tax.” He doesn’t get the answer he was looking for.
Posted inInvestigative, Irvine
Irvine Officials and Grand Jury Members Battle Over Great Park Report
They disagree over the very nature of the grand jury’s report on the Great Park’s financing.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
Controversies Over City Manager Money Not New in San Juan Capistrano
City Manager Joe Tait is collecting two salaries totaling $324,000 annually. Two decades ago, the city gave its then manager $400,000 in loans.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Investigative, Politics & Elections
IRS Agents Get Tax Break in Aliso Viejo
The city granted its lone hotel, the Renaissance ClubSport, a
hotel bed tax break because it didn’t want to lose the business of
the Internal Revenue Service.
Posted inLaguna Hills
Is the Laguna Hills Mall Getting a Facelift or Not?
A Laguna Hills city official says the mall’s owner has plans to renovate, but the owner denies that’s the case.
