In 2020, Mayoral candidate Farrah Khan made the Veterans Memorial Park a campaign issue, promising Irvine voters that she fully supported the voter-approved project at the Great Park.

In November, Irvine voters will have the final say as to whether they are ready to “move past” Khan and Kuo.

Independence Day, also called Fourth of July, is America’s annual celebration of nationhood. It’s a time to come together as Americans to honor our revolutionary history —  and our military — through parades, concerts filled with patriotic music, and awe-inspiring fireworks.

Here at ICNV, we want to take this opportunity to reaffirm our continuing commitment to honor local veterans and their families through our steadfast support for a Veterans Memorial Park & Cemetery on the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station here in Irvine.

For five decades, beginning with the first Irvine City Council meeting in 1971, individual members...

For many veterans and their families, the words spoken by public officials at Memorial Day ceremonies here in Irvine rang hollow.

Let me be blunt. Four members of the Irvine City Council continue to disrespect veterans and voters through their lack of interest in history — and their disregard for the law.

On April 1st, the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) debuted with much fanfare, initiating electricity service to business customers in Irvine and elsewhere.

According to sources at the PUC, the Power Authority is appealing the fine — saying the unusually large penalty would cause OCPA “financial difficulties.”

For more than four years, the national non-profit Non-Toxic Neighborhoods (NTN) and an Irvine resident-led organization, Stop Toxic Air Pollutants (STAP), have been fighting for air safe to breathe for north Irvine residents from what the South Coast Air Quality District says is the largest polluter of carcinogens in Orange County — the All American Asphalt plant.

Councilman Agran is a Harvard-educated public interest attorney who served as Chief Legal Counsel for the California State Senate Health Committee and later wrote a book, The Cancer Connection, which includes two chapters on a very similar situation where residents were exposed to industrial carcinogens.

Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan sent a 2020 end-of-the-year recap to her supporters claiming that she “had created and implemented a Climate Action Plan.” That statement was false.

Khan also claimed that the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) would “reduce costs & create environmentally sustainable programs.” That statement was also false.