Irvine voters will decide June 5 if they want to keep the ability to vote on city development projects after Mayor Don Wagner proposed two ballot questions, including one that would exempt developments approved by the City Council from voter approval.
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State Accountancy Board Issues Critical Report of Irvine Great Park Audits
The California Board of Accountancy issued a scathing report on two separate audits of spending and contracts for Irvine’s Great Park and is recommending the accountant firm that performed the audits have its license suspended.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Voters to Decide Location of Orange County Veterans Cemetery
Irvine voters will decide the location of Orange County’s first veterans cemetery after a contentious meeting that pitted members of the public and City Council against each other over whether to overturn a land swap ordinance between the city and a developer.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
The 2017 Battle for Orange County’s First Veterans Cemetery
Orange County’s long-anticipated veterans cemetery took a big step forward in 2017 with a developer’s land swap that moved it from the heart of the former El Toro Marine Air Corps Station to strawberry fields near the junction of the 5 and 405 freeways. But enough voters signed a petition to move it back to the main base that the city council will have to decide Jan. 9 whether to reverse itself or put the issue on the ballot.
Posted inEconomy, Irvine, Transportation
Irvine Council Overrules Commission, Allows Two 15-Story Buildings Near John Wayne Airport
A 15-story office building and 15-story hotel will be built across the street from John Wayne Airport after the Irvine City Council sided with the Federal Aviation Administration and overrode local and state decisions that had labeled the project a potential air hazard.
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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 inEconomy, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Top Stories
County Opts For Hotel, Shops, and Market-Rate Homes, Not Homeless Shelter on Irvine Land
The impending legal battle with the city of Irvine could answer a question: Are government agencies subject to a local city’s land use authority when the agency builds a large commercial project on land it owns inside the city?
Posted inEconomy, Government, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine City Council Votes to Sue County Over Big Commercial Development Near Great Park
The Irvine City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to sue the County of Orange over a huge development plan on 108 acres south of the Great Park, hours after the Board of Supervisors moved forward with the project.
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Backers of Veterans Cemetery Near Center of Former El Toro Marine Base Turn In Signatures For Election
Supporters who want to build Orange County’s first veterans cemetery near the heart of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station rather than on strawberry fields near the 5 and 405 freeways, turned in more than 18,500 signatures Thursday to call a special election on the issue.
Posted inIrvine, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Placentia
Three OC Cities Contract With Irvine Firm 5 Bars To Keep Control of Wireless Transmitters on Street Lights
Irvine-based 5 Bars Communities won contracts with at least three Orange County cities, saying it could protect them from impacts of state legislation taking away city power to say where wireless transmitters are installed. Lake Forest may opt Nov. 7 to handle the issue itself.
