The Great Park Has Reopened: Explore It This Weekend!
The 1,300-acre Great Park has now reopened, with a wide variety of amenities and attractions for the whole family to enjoy.
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Author: ICNV Staff
An Unlikely Friendship is Formed in the Midst of the Pandemic
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of our lives, this past year has been especially difficult for many of our local seniors who have been stuck at home, alone. To help provide encouragement and hope, lots of our Irvine neighbors began dropping off cheerful cards and letters for residents at senior living communities.
Irvine Community News & Views has learned about one young letter-writer who has spent the past 15 months forming a real friendship with his pen pal at Regents Point senior living community. 89-year-old Bea Baker and 11-year-old Julian Abazajian have spent more than a year corresponding.
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Safest City in America? Not for Those Living in North Irvine
For the past 15 years, Irvine has been recognized as “The Safest City in America” based on FBI data for violent crimes.
However, many residents in north Irvine will tell you that they do not feel safe in their own neighborhoods.
Not because of violent crime, but because the All American Asphalt Company operates a major plant in north Irvine that generates dangerous toxic emissions and noxious odors.
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How the “Rule of Two” Has Silenced Irvine Residents by Keeping Critical City Matters Off the Council Agenda
For five decades, individual members of the City Council have been able to place items of concern to citizens on City Council meeting agendas for Councilmembers and the entire Irvine community to discuss.
However, the Council has now adopted a “Rule of Two,” which requires a second member of the Council (or the Mayor) to sign-on to an item before it can be placed on the agenda.
From a political standpoint, the Rule of Two has been an effective maneuver to silence Councilman Agran. But, in doing so, tens of thousands of Irvine residents have also been silenced.
Costly Legal Battle Ahead? Irvine Refuses to Voluntarily Transition to District Elections
The City of Irvine has hired a large law firm in anticipation of a costly legal battle over the City’s refusal to transition to district elections.
An at-large election system allows voters from across the City to elect all members of the City Council. District elections would divide Irvine into six geographic districts, with voters in each district electing their own City Councilmember, who must also live in that district.
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