The breakdown comes after a Voice of OC investigative series released in March raising troubling questions about oversight and the funding mechanisms for the Great Park.
Tag: Emile Haddad
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Voters to Decide Future of Orange County Veterans Cemetery
Voters June 5 could give Orange County its first veterans cemetery but in the political infighting leading up to the election, some veterans fear people have lost sight of who the cemetery is about—veterans.
Posted inIrvine
Anger Over Veterans Cemetery Rumblings in Irvine
The Irvine City Council is rumored to have scheduled a closed session discussion of the veterans cemetery during its Sept. 26 meeting. The discussion reportedly will include using 100 acres of the veterans cemetery land for hotels, homes or other commercial purposes until the land is needed to bury veterans.
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.
Posted inEducation, Irvine
Irvine Heads Into Final Stretch on Great Park Deal
The City Council directs its staff to finalize negotiations with FivePoint Communities to develop 688 acres at the park.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Great Park Homes Project Could Go Before Voters
The developer says that should negotiations with the city fail, a ballot initiative is still possible.
Posted inIrvine
Irvine City Council Majority Denies Closed Session Leak
The majority finds that communication between Mayor Sukhee Kang and a developer did not violate the state’s open meetings law.
Posted inIrvine
More Than Double the Number of Great Park Homes?
The proposal would increase the number of homes surrounding the Great Park in Irvine from nearly 5,000 to more than 10,000.
Posted inEducation, Irvine
Irvine Council Approves Great Park Neighborhoods
The approval of the nearly 5,000-home development paves the way
for significant funding of the Orange County Great Park.
Posted inGovernment, Irvine, Top Stories
PBS SoCal Reports on Great Pension Debate; Great Park
Reporter David Nazar checks in on two of Orange County’s hottest
— and long running — issues.
