The California Transportation Commission announced the funding, which will one day go toward Irvine’s citywide public transit vision.
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, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Tales of Official Overstepping in San Juan Capistrano
Mayor Londres Uso charges his predecessor and rival with circumventing the council on park improvements.
Posted inSan Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano Mayor Says New Policy Is Sneaky Politics
Mayor Londres Uso suspects political motives behind a policy
that clarifies how he can represent the city. But he votes for it
anyway.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Should the County Jump in When Tensions Run High?
The Orange County Human Relations Commission stepped up to defend UCI Chancellor Michael Drake’s handling of the events surrounding a controversial campus speech. Some are wondering whether the commission misstepped.
Posted inIrvine
Huntington Beach Council Gives Final Approval to Gas Fee
The franchise fee means higher natural gas bills for city residents and businesses and $1.7 million to the city’s general fund.
Posted inIrvine
Doubts Loom over Funding for Great Park
Construction on the preview park will begin this summer, but funding for building the rest of the park seems nowhere to be found, according to Register story.
Posted inMission Viejo
Mission Viejo Group ‘Suburban Political Terrorists,’ Says Ex-Mayor
Local group, which has for years worked to stack the city council with extreme fiscal conservatives, distorts the truth and engages in “petty financial fear mongering,” Lance MacLean writes in email.
Posted inEducation, Investigative, Irvine
Irvine Challenge Grant Controversy Continues
Councilwoman Christina Shea and Irvine Public Schools Foundation CEO Neda Zaengle are still at odds over the foundation’s handling of grant money.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Mission Viejo, Top Stories
They Wanted a Revolution, They Got an Audi Dealership
The group formerly known as the Committee for Integrity in Government helped launch a majority of Mission Viejo’s city council to power in hopes of starving government. Now the group’s leaders feel like they’ve been had by broken campaign promises.
Posted inEducation, Investigative, Irvine
Another Challenge Grant in Irvine, But Different Rules
The Irvine city council approved a new agreement that will get the money to schools within a strict time frame. An earlier challenge grant proved controversial.
