City council members approved the purchase of two buildings in the Irvine Business Complex that are slated to be developed into a homeless shelter with medical care and case management services.
Tag: City of Irvine
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Is a Homeless Shelter Coming to Irvine?
Irvine City Council members will consider purchasing property to create transitional housing for the homeless at their meeting Tuesday night – a move residents pushed county officials to nix six years ago.
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Irvine Rejects Airport Commission, Wants New Housing Near John Wayne Airport
Irvine officials once again voted to overrule the Airport Land Use Commission’s noise and safety concerns about housing planned near John Wayne Airport.
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Irvine Officials Backtrack Approving New Lobbying Rules
Irvine officials were set to approve changes to their lobbying law in a final vote Tuesday night. Instead, they ended up making additional changes and reintroduced the new rules.
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Irvine Tightens Lobbying Rules
The Irvine City Council voted unanimously to broaden the scope of lobbying in the city, meaning more people will have to register as lobbyists when attempting to influence city decisions.
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Will Irvine Tighten Lobbying Rules?
The Irvine City Council kicked their item about increasing lobbyist regulations to Aug. 13 after concerns of “unintended consequences” sparked further review.
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Irvine Looks to Tighten Lobbyist Rules
The council is set to take action on potentially strengthening the city’s lobbying regulations at its meeting Tuesday night.
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Stockstill: A Short History of the Irvine General Plan
Irvine residents recently learned that more than 50,000 housing units could be built in town in the future. That’s a lot of new houses, and at 1.5 persons per unit, close to 80,000 more residents.
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Perley: District Elections Change Irvine
Effective prior to the November election the City of Irvine will have added two Council Member positions and switched to District Elections, rather than at-large members. Here is a commentary on how it came about, and the result, all to the detriment of the City’s voters.
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Schiff: Facts Irvine Voters Should Consider (But Weren’t Provided by the City Council) Before Voting to Adopt By-District Elections
Creation of voting districts poses risks of harm because (a) there is no definitive evidence that moving to by-district voting will result in greater minority representation; (b) other remedial alternatives to by-district elections can be applied; and (c) adoption of by-district elections opens the door to unintended consequences, including self-segregation.
