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Wesley Oliphant, who lives in Portola Springs in Irvine, writes that city leaders aren’t keeping a good balance of infrastructure development and building in Irvine, arguing an ongoing ballot initiative to put voters in charge of development is needed to protect Irvine’s quality of life.
Irvine City staff are asking questions about the future of idle portions of a proposed 125-acre veterans’ cemetery – possibly eyeing vacant parcels for commercial development. Veteran leaders are publicly worrying that an expected Tuesday vote to finalize a controversial land swap for the vets cemetery could be in doubt along with key aspects of the deal to bring a state veterans’ cemetery to Irvine.
Irvine residents Karen Jaffe and Joe Martinez are urging Irvine City Council members to reduce entitlements and consider traffic in the Veterans’ Cemetery decision slated for this Tuesday