In addition to breaking nearly every campaign promise she made in 2022, what I find most disturbing — and dangerous — about Kathleen Treseder is her long-documented history of attacking those who disagree with her.

In 2024, she wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars by claiming that she had received death threats. The Irvine Police Department investigated and determined she was lying.

The Irvine Community Land Trust removed Treseder as a board member after she conditioned her support for a new affordable housing project on the removal of a director she disliked, then she stopped attending meetings after the Board refused her demand. A day after her removal, Treseder viciously attacked the Land Trust during an Irvine City Council meeting.

These are not two isolated instances.