Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Receives $8 Million Grant
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, which is scheduled to open at the Great Park in 2026,...
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Author: Roger Bloom
City Council Meeting: Residents of “The Meadows” Mobile Home Park Discuss Concerns for Their Future
Irvine’s mobile home park for seniors, The Meadows, near Jeffrey Road and Walnut Avenue, is...
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State Launches Investigation of Tammy Kim After Kim Takes $300,000 From Firefighters (Union) She’s Supposed to Regulate
The state’s campaign finance watchdog has confirmed a formal investigation has been opened into Irvine Councilmember Tammy Kim’s fundraising and spending in her mayoral campaign.
Under the City’s campaign finance ordinance, candidates for City Council or Mayor can receive a maximum of $620 per person, business or organization for a given election.
Yet, Kim accepted a $150,000 political contribution from the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association, which represents firefighters of the OC Fire Authority.
Just as the state opened its official investigation into that contribution, the firefighters union contributed an additional $143,281 to Kim’s mayoral campaign.
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City Council Rushes to Approve a Plan that Could Add 57,656 Apartments & Housing Units
The City Council voted 4-1 to adopt an amendment to the City’s General Plan that would allow up to 57,656 apartments and housing units to be built in Irvine. (Vice Mayor Larry Agran voted NO.)
The action came in response to a state mandate on all local jurisdictions to drastically increase housing stock, and especially affordable housing stock.
In making the motion to adopt the amendment, Councilmember Tammy Kim called the plan “smart, sustainable planning.”
Vice Mayor Agran disagreed, noting that the state deadline is still six months off. Agran urged the Council to spend that time hammering out a creative approach to meeting the state mandate by drastically lowering rents in existing apartment units in town rather than building tens of thousands of new housing units.
Who’s Funding Irvine’s Mayoral Campaigns?
The latest campaign spending reports in Irvine’s Mayoral race continue to show that...
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