With a forensic investigation into contract spending at the park entering its final months, the city has hired the firm tasked with cleaning up Bell.
Tag: Jeffrey Lalloway
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Forde & Mollrich Investigates Great Park Investigation
The public relations firm, which is a target of a forensic investigation commissioned by the city of Irvine, submitted a Public Records Act request for records related to the probe.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Subpoenas Former Great Park Consultants
Public relations firm Forde & Mollrich and landscape architect Mia Lehrer were issued subpoenas earlier this month demanding they turn over thousands of records to the city’s forensic auditor.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Committee Will Identify Veterans Cemetery Site
The decision was accompanied by political bickering as the council’s Democrats, with support from some veterans, complained of being railroaded out of the process.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Effort to Befriend Vietnamese City Sparks Outrage in Irvine
City Councilman Larry Agran withdraws his proposal to establish ties with the city of Nha Trang after protests from the Vietnamese community.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories, Transportation
Anaheim Hotelier: Don’t Take My ‘Family Legacy’ for Streetcar
More than 50 years ago, a Sicilian immigrant built the Park Vue Inn across from Disneyland. Now his grandson says a streetcar project conceived primarily for Disney’s benefit is threatening the life of the family business.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Tom Tait Contracts With OCTA; Should He Be on Its Board?
Critics say the Anaheim mayor should not be a director of the transportation agency as long as his engineering firm is a contractor.
Posted inEducation, Irvine
Irvine Council Rejects Agran’s School Site Ballot Proposal
The Democrat requested an advisory measure on the June ballot, but Republicans accused him of using “our children as political footballs.”
Posted inIrvine
Irvine Council Approves Great Park Forensic Investigation
A forensic audit of Great Park contract compliance is now a full-blown investigation as the council OKs subpoenas to compel contractors to speak.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Auditor Details Waste and Abuse in Great Park Development
A forensic described double payments, political pressure, shoddy work and tens of millions of dollars in contract change orders.
