The official location of the proposed Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Irvine remains unclear after the California Senate Veterans Affairs Committee moves legislation naming one site, while Irvine is looking at another one.
Tag: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Voters to Decide Location of County’s First Veterans Cemetery
Irvine voters will decide June 5 whether Orange County’s first veterans cemetery will be near the heart of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro or on the edge of the onetime base near the interchange of the 5 and 405 freeways.
Posted inIrvine
Lawsuit Seeks to Return Irvine Veterans Cemetery to Core of Former El Toro Marine Base
The location of Orange County’s first veterans cemetery may be decided in Superior Court as the result of a lawsuit filed by former Irvine Mayor Larry Agran.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Brown: OC Supervisors Must Protect Great Park Property from Mindless Development
Elizabeth Brown, president of Laguna Greenbelt Inc, writes that Orange County supervisors are thwarting the will of voters by considering a commercial development Tuesday for 100 acres near Irvine’s Great Park, arguing the area should remain largely a wildlife corridor.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
OC Veterans Cemetery Dedicated at Irvine Strawberry Fields
Orange County’s first veterans cemetery was dedicated Friday at what is now strawberry fields near the 5 and 405 interchange, marking a milestone in a battle fought by county veterans for over 15 years.
Posted inIrvine
Petition Targets Vet Cemetery Decision
Although Irvine council members approved a land swap to move the veterans cemetery from near the Great Park to the 5 and 405 interchange, a petition started Oct. 13 could change that.
Posted inIrvine, State
Veterans to Immediately Get All 125 Acres for Cemetery in Irvine
Orange County’s first veterans cemetery will be 125 acres from the beginning, despite earlier uncertainties, after the Irvine City Council voted 3-2 to transfer all of the land, along with the deed, to the California Department of Veterans Affairs following a land swap with a developer.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
OC Veterans Cemetery: Strawberry Fields Forever?
During a Friday press conference at the Great Park, Gov. Jerry Brown spoke to reporters after touring two competing sites for a veterans’ cemetery. While supportive of local decision making, Brown remarked about a site near the I-5 Freeway saying he liked the Strawberry fields. A final decision on the location could be reached by June.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Gov. Brown to Tour Possible OC Veterans Cemetery Sites Friday
Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to be in Irvine Friday for a tour of two sites for a proposed veteran’s cemetery, but not all City Council members were invited and it’s not clear who he is talking to.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Developer Sends Veterans Cemetery Proposal to Irvine City Council
Developer FivePoint Communities has sent the Irvine City Council its general proposal for moving the proposed Orange County veterans cemetery from the city’s Great Park to a site near the interchange of the 5 and 405 freeways.
