OC Teen With Irvine Roots Making a Splash in German Professional Soccer League
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Month: January 2021
Irvine-Based Product Design Company, Esino Donates Masks & PPE Products
During the last three months of 2020, the Irvine-based product design company, Esino, donated 10,400 masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) products to support frontline workers.
Even though the pandemic has hurt our local businesses, companies like Esino are continuing to do their part to make sure frontline workers have the products they need to do their job and stay safe.
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With Ample Reserves, Isn’t It Time for the City of Irvine to Do More to Help Its Residents & Local Businesses?
Good fiscal management has resulted in the City of Irvine building up operational reserves to $100 million — roughly $50 million in an Asset Management Reserve Fund and another $50 million in a Contingency “Rainy Day” Reserve Fund.
Although accumulating these reserves is laudatory, the City’s reluctance to deploy the reserves to alleviate hardships caused by a global pandemic is troubling.
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When it Comes to Vaccines, We Need Bold Leadership!
After the previous Council missed their opportunity to get COVID-19 under control here in Irvine, I had hoped that our City’s new Mayor and Council would demonstrate bold leadership. So far, that has not been the case.
The human costs of COVID-19 continue to grow at a horrific rate. In fact, January was the deadliest month on record since the pandemic began. We are in the midst of a public health crisis! We must do everything in our power to save lives.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Isn’t Rolling!
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has not been rolling, even for our critical health care workers who were supposed to have been vaccinated by this point.
Since receiving the initial doses in December, by late January only one-third of the available 1.3 million vaccines in California had been administered. That’s unacceptable!
What we need right now are elected leaders who we can count on to take swift action to immediately establish a robust vaccination program.
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