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Month: June 2025

The City’s Urban Forest Master Plan

Irvine is currently ranked No. 1 in California and No. 2 in America in the Public Land Trust’s ParkScore Index, which is recognized as the national gold-standard comparison of park systems across the 100 most populated cities in the United States. 

Years ago, Mayor Larry Agran and other environmental activists got the City of Irvine to set a goal to plant 500,000 trees, which has been reached.

Now, the City is setting a new goal to plant thousands more trees to provide shade, help clean the air, sequester carbon, cool the City, and help reach Irvine’s Climate Action Plan goals.

Residents are encourage to view the Urban Forest Master Plan and then let City officials know where you want new trees planted in Irvine.

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The City’s Lowest Wage Earners Get a Pay Raise

The Irvine City Council approved a “living wage” ordinance, setting wages for the lowest paid City employees and contract workers well above the state minimum wage.

The measure, approved during the Council’s June 3rd meeting, sets a minimum wage for the City’s part-time and seasonal workers at $20 per hour. Full-time employees will be paid a minimum hourly wage of $25.

These City minimums will also apply to employees of City contractors doing more than $200,000 annually in business with the City. The state’s minimum wage is currently $16.50 per hour.

“The basic question is what kind of workplace do we want to have?” said Mayor Larry Agran, who introduced the ordinance.

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