Buena Park, Fullerton and Irvine became the latest Orange County cities to declare states of emergency Tuesday in order to unlock state and federal emergency funding amid the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
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Irvine City Council Expands Bond Indebtedness For Great Park Neighborhoods
Irvine City Council members voted to establish a new tax district in the Orange County Great Park on Tuesday night, expanding the total potential bond amount in the park neighborhoods to just over $1.1 billion.
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Irvine’s Great Park Residents Often Times Don’t Know What Their Special Taxes Fund
While residents in the Great Park Neighborhoods are paying millions of dollars every year towards the development of infrastructure in the Park, many don’t know where their tax dollars are going.
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Irvine’s Great Park Fails Transparency Test
While city officials have touted the Park as the most transparent project of its type, questions still remain about how public money is being spent to develop Orange County’s largest public works project.
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The Great Park Tax: How Irvine Homeowners are Paying for the City’s Big Dreams
Homeowners in Irvine’s Great Park neighborhoods are currently on the hook for over half a billion dollars in debt to build Orange County’s most iconic public works project, and the total cost for the project could come out at as much as $2 billion according to projections.
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Irvine and Newport Join Fight Against New Housing Mandates
Irvine and Newport Beach officials started 2020 by pushing back against new state-mandates to zone for thousands of new homes, as California continues to grapple with a housing shortage.
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OC Cities Pushing Back Against Housing Target Increases
Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa pushed back last week with resolutions opposing the expansion by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as Irvine and Newport Beach gear up for similar votes Tuesday night.
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Irvine City Council Could Fire City Manager on Tuesday
City Manager John Russo could be fired at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, with no reason stated publicly yet, according to one City Council member.
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CA State Legislature Could Soon Back Planned Golf Course Site in Irvine for OC Veterans Cemetery
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva announced Tuesday she will amend her legislation to include a proposed golf course that could be the home Orange County’s first veterans cemetery after a five-month battle between state Legislators and Irvine City Councilmembers.
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Irvine Becomes Latest OC City To Adopt Controversial Agenda-Setting Policy
The Irvine City Council, joining at least six other Orange County cities, has adopted a controversial temporary policy that potentially shuts some council members out of holding public discussions on issues that others on the dais don’t want.
