As it has become more likely that the park will lose funding totaling $2.2 billion over 40 years, its leadership has been privately exploring other fundraising ideas. One city councilman wants to have a more public discussion.
Tag: Jerry Brown
Posted inIrvine
Behind Irvine’s $2.2 Billion Fight for the Great Park’s Future
Irvine is already on the list of biggest losers from the end of redevelopment, but its reality could end up being even worse than many think.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Community Editorial: Trying to Let Go in a Special-Interest Era
Board of Supervisors Chairman John Moorlach discusses the politics of budget balancing.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Government, Top Stories
Fair Board OKs Farm Worker Monument
Board authorizes a $100,000 life-sized sculpture, but split evident between Brown and Schwarzenegger appointees.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Orange County Grapples With Wave of State Parolees
Law enforcement officials tell county supervisors how new state policy is changing policing and probation at the local level.
Posted inGovernment
Brown Names Three From Orange County to Judicial Posts
The judges will fill slots on the 4th District Court of Appeal and Orange County Superior Court.
Posted inGovernment, Transportation
OCTA Unfriendly to High-Speed Rail
One after another, board members tell high-speed rail official that they don’t trust cost estimates for the bullet train program.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Encouraged by Likelihood of OK for Great Park Funding
The Department of Finance’s pending decision could put to rest worries that Irvine would lose an estimated $1.4 billion in future tax revenue.
Posted inGovernment
Private Law Firm Will Help Supervisors With Tax Battle
More than $73 million in property tax is at stake.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
Old Battles Revive on Fair Board
Monthly meeting features skirmishes on citizens oversight committee, California attorney general representation and fairground’s equestrian center.
