Irvine’s first City Council with more than five members took office on December 10th in front of a celebratory overflow crowd at the Irvine City Council Chamber.

New Mayor Larry Agran, re-elected Councilmember Mike Carroll, and new Councilmembers William Go, Melinda Liu and James Mai took their oaths and joined incumbent Councilmember Kathleen Treseder on the Council dais.

These six Councilmembers will be joined by a seventh and final colleague after a special election next April 15th to fill the Council seat vacated by Agran upon his elevation to Mayor.

It is the first seven-member Council — with six Councilmembers elected by district and the Mayor elected by a citywide vote — in the City’s history. It’s a change approved by Irvine's voters in the March primary election this year.