Author: Roger Bloom

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.)

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.
 

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On October 8th, the Irvine City Council voted 4-1 (with Vice Mayor Larry Agran voting NO) to move forward with a plan to add some 15,000 housing units in the Irvine Business Complex (IBC), next to John Wayne Airport.

An amendment to the City’s General Plan to implement the state mandate by building up to 57,656 units passed the City Council back in August on another 4-1 vote, with Larry Agran voting against it.

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