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Author: Roger Bloom

Election for City Council Seat in District 5 Set for April 15th

Turning the page on 2024, we can finally put the seemingly endless elections in the rearview mirror and have a year ahead without overblown rhetoric, overstuffed mailboxes and garish signs everywhere, right? Well … not quite.

Residents of Irvine’s Council District 5 — which includes Woodbridge, Westpark, University Park and Rancho San Joaquin — brace yourselves.

Since Councilmember Larry Agran was elevated to Mayor last month in the middle of his Council term, there will be a special election on April 15th to determine who will serve the last two years of Agran’s term, representing District 5.

In accordance with Measure D — the City Charter Amendment, adopted by Irvine voters last March to expand the City Council and transition to district elections — special election ballots to fill the vacancy in District 5 will be sent only to registered voters in the district.

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OCPA Asks Council to Opt-Down to Lower Renewable Electricity Plan

The City of Irvine will be paying about $60,000 less each month for the electricity that runs its many operations. This savings is a result of a vote by the City Council to opt-down to the lowest-cost plan offered by the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA).

The City government, like other electricity customers in Irvine, is currently enrolled in OCPA’s most expensive tier, which the agency claims to be 100% renewable energy.

However, the City recently received an urgent request from OCPA to opt-down the entire City to the agency’s mid-tier plan, called “Smart Choice,” which OCPA says provides 55% renewable energy.

The agency stated the request was being made because of steep increases in the cost of renewable energy in the past 12 months.

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