Year: 2021

After reviewing 150 nominations, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, whose district includes much of Irvine, has selected UCI Professor Barbara Finlayson-Pitts as Assembly District 74’s “Woman of the Year.”

Finlayson-Pitts is a Professor of Chemistry at UCI, who is also a researcher, mentor and community leader. She works on critical atmospheric research, and has authored/co-authored 180 scientific publications and two books on atmospheric chemistry.

Just minutes before the Council was scheduled to hear a report regarding the status of the Veterans Memorial Park, Mayor Khan publicly announced that the Council had received a letter from an attorney suggesting that Councilman Larry Agran had a possible conflict of interest and, therefore, shouldn’t be allowed to comment on the Veterans Cemetery.

Irvine Community News & Views has learned that the letter Khan referenced was sent by a disgraced attorney who is currently barred from practicing law in the state of California.