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In a 3-2 vote, the council approved a transfer of $30,000 from Carroll’s staff budget to cover costs on a series of mailers he sent out from July through October.
The City Council race has also been a stiff competition, with each party backing three candidates apiece and an additional eight candidates throwing their hat in the ring.
Irvine City Councilman Mike Carroll spent $70,000 on mailers over the past year, drawing from his staff budget to finance the postage.
Carroll says the accusations are electioneering and the mailers were sent to inform the public about Irvine’s response to the pandemic.
Council members who strongly criticized FivePoint Holdings just months ago praised the company on Tuesday for recent donations to the city.
Agran is one of the most controversial figures in Irvine politics and his return to the main stage of Irvine politics could see a 4-1 Democrat majority take over.
The suit continues the debate over what control elected officials have on their public social media pages.
In a unanimous decision, the panel removed a 30-year-old piece of legislation that refused to define sexual orientation as a human right.
This is the city’s second attempt at establishing a testing regimen after earlier talks with a different contractor broke down in May.
The reversal came after broad community support for the flag raising and the City Council’s decision to recognize June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.