Why is the State Being Asked to Study 2 Sites for the Veterans Memorial Park … Even Though Only 1 Site is Legally Available?
Last May, three members of the current City Council (now-Mayor Farrah Khan and Councilmembers Mike Carroll and Anthony Kuo) voted to adopt the citizens’ initiative, signed by 19,790 Irvine residents, which officially rezoned the ARDA site exclusively for the Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery.
Khan, Carroll, and Kuo are now presenting a false narrative. They are suggesting that the City Council can ignore last year’s Council vote, have the State conduct a $700,000 study, and then select a completely different site based on the results of that study. The fact of the matter is, by law, they cannot do that.

