Author: Franklin J. Lunding

The beginning of a new year offers a fresh start.  On the COVID-19 front, the challenge for 2021 will be getting life-saving vaccines into the arms of Irvine residents.  So far, Orange County and Irvine are off to a slow start.  But we look for City Council leadership in the weeks ahead to dramatically accelerate vaccinations in Irvine.

2021 promises to be the year that construction begins — by this Spring — for our long-promised Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the originally-approved 125-acre “ARDA” site at the Great Park.

Building a beautiful Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the ARDA site at the Great Park will not only serve to honor our veterans, but will also honor veterans’ families who have repeatedly expressed their desire to have their loved ones buried close to home.

Irvine Community News & Views will be watching the new Council to see if they are willing to work together to finally deliver on the City’s promise to our veterans and veterans’ families.

In the critically important “down-ballot” City election on November 3rd, Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) recommends and endorses: Farrah Khan for Mayor, and Larry Agran, Tammy Kim, and Lauren Johnson-Norris for Irvine City Council.  (You have 3 votes for City Council.)