Author: Franklin J. Lunding

November 5th is Election Day! If you are not registered to vote, you can register and vote at the same time at any Vote Center, right up to and including on Election Day.

The good news for Irvine voters is this: The two leading candidates running to become Irvine’s next Mayor — Vice Mayor Larry Agran & Councilmember Tammy Kim — have four years of votes that we can examine. We have a chart that displays major votes the two candidates have taken since they were elected to the City Council in 2020.

This past week, Irvine residents received their vote-by-mail ballot for the November 5th election....

October 1st marked the two-year anniversary since Irvine residential electricity customers were forced into the more expensive plan offered by the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA).

And, OCPA has not provided anyone in Irvine with greener electricity. Our electricity comes from the California electricity grid. There is not a separate transmission line pumping “100% renewable” electricity into the homes of OCPA customers.

As founding publisher and editor of Irvine Community News & Views, I’ve always made it clear...

Since being elected to the Council in 2020, Tammy Kim has made it her priority to advocate for those who will benefit her financially. Here are just a few examples:

Tammy Kim took a political contribution from the head of Business Affairs at Amazon and then voted against the Planning Commission’s request to place restrictions on massive warehouses being built near Irvine neighborhoods (one is the size of 5 Costco stores!).