Councilmembers Kim & Treseder Continue to Skip Out on Council Meetings During Public Comments
Under California state law, City Council meetings are required to allow for public comments on...
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Author: Franklin J. Lunding
Publisher’s Perspective: 2024 Brings New Possibilities for Irvine
As we head into 2024, I want to acknowledge and applaud the three big things our City accomplished last year.
Irvine’s largest industrial polluter — the All American Asphalt plant — was shut down. Construction began for our long-promised Veterans Memorial Park. And, the City Council placed a measure on the March 5th ballot that, if approved by Irvine voters, will expand the Council from its current five members to seven members and transition Irvine to the more democratic system of “District Elections” so that every part of town will have a representative on the City Council.
As for district elections, if Irvine voters pass Measure D in the March 5th election, all parts of town will be assured of their own elected representative. And, grassroots candidates will have a chance to compete fairly for a seat on the Council. That’s what local democracy is supposed to look like!
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Two Major Green Projects Moving Forward
After years of political battles, two major projects are moving forward here in Irvine. Both...
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Happy New Year to Our Readers
As we head into the new year, I want to thank our readers for your continued support.
Over the past eight years, our community newspaper has become a trusted source of information for residents across the City.
Thousands of Irvine residents read our twice-weekly email messages and nearly 60,000 follow us on Facebook.
Our goal for 2024 is to continue to inform our readers regarding policies coming out of City Hall while also spotlighting events and human interest stories from within our wonderful Irvine community.
We want to wish all of our readers a very happy New Year!
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Publisher’s Perspective: The More We Learn about OCPA, the Clearer it is that the City of Irvine Must Cut Ties with the Agency
Last year, all Irvine electricity customers were automatically enrolled in the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA), without a vote of the people.
OCPA promised to deliver greener electricity at lower monthly rates, and to be fully transparent with the public. But, even before OCPA had officially launched, the agency had broken all three promises.
From day one, Irvine electricity customers have been charged higher monthly rates than we paid to Southern California Edison (SCE).
And, the agency refuses to release all records that show OCPA’s purchase of system power (dirty brown power); and OCPA’s resale of wind and solar power — demonstrating actual delivery of advertised renewables to OCPA ratepayers.
Promising to do a positive thing and then doing the exact opposite is called “bait-and-switch.”
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