City Council Backs Out of Property Purchase, Voting to Forfeit $1 Million in Irvine Taxpayer Money
Councilmember Tammy Kim took a few minutes out of campaigning for Mayor on Election Day to pop...
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Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Receives $8 Million Grant
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, which is scheduled to open at the Great Park in 2026,...
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City Council Meeting: Residents of “The Meadows” Mobile Home Park Discuss Concerns for Their Future
Irvine’s mobile home park for seniors, The Meadows, near Jeffrey Road and Walnut Avenue, is...
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State Launches Investigation of Tammy Kim After Kim Takes $300,000 From Firefighters (Union) She’s Supposed to Regulate
The state’s campaign finance watchdog has confirmed a formal investigation has been opened into Irvine Councilmember Tammy Kim’s fundraising and spending in her mayoral campaign.
Under the City’s campaign finance ordinance, candidates for City Council or Mayor can receive a maximum of $620 per person, business or organization for a given election.
Yet, Kim accepted a $150,000 political contribution from the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association, which represents firefighters of the OC Fire Authority.
Just as the state opened its official investigation into that contribution, the firefighters union contributed an additional $143,281 to Kim’s mayoral campaign.
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City Council Rushes to Approve a Plan that Could Add 57,656 Apartments & Housing Units
The City Council voted 4-1 to adopt an amendment to the City’s General Plan that would allow up to 57,656 apartments and housing units to be built in Irvine. (Vice Mayor Larry Agran voted NO.)
The action came in response to a state mandate on all local jurisdictions to drastically increase housing stock, and especially affordable housing stock.
In making the motion to adopt the amendment, Councilmember Tammy Kim called the plan “smart, sustainable planning.”
Vice Mayor Agran disagreed, noting that the state deadline is still six months off. Agran urged the Council to spend that time hammering out a creative approach to meeting the state mandate by drastically lowering rents in existing apartment units in town rather than building tens of thousands of new housing units.
Who’s Funding Irvine’s Mayoral Campaigns?
The latest campaign spending reports in Irvine’s Mayoral race continue to show that...
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Voting Resources for Irvine Residents
So you’ve gotten your ballot for the big election in the mail. Now what? There are several ways to...
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Council Rejects Airport Commission’s Warning: Moves Forward on 4-1 Vote with Plan to Build 15,000 Housing Units in the IBC
On October 8th, the Irvine City Council voted 4-1 (with Vice Mayor Larry Agran voting NO) to move forward with a plan to add some 15,000 housing units in the Irvine Business Complex (IBC), next to John Wayne Airport.
In doing so, the Council majority ignored safety & noise warnings from the state’s Airport Land Use Commission.
Irvine was directed by the state to increase its affordable housing stock.
An amendment to the City’s General Plan to implement the state mandate by building up to 57,656 units passed the City Council back in August on another 4-1 vote, with Larry Agran voting against it.
Final List of Candidates Running for Irvine Mayor & Council
The candidate field is set and the races are on for Irvine Mayor and for four City Council seats...
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Councilmembers Kim & Treseder Refuse to Support a Pay Raise for Irvine’s Lowest Paid Workers
A profoundly dishonest political stunt by Councilmember Tammy Kim means that the City’s part-time employees and contract workers will have to wait indefinitely for a restoration of the City’s “living wage” ordinance that ensures those employees earn $20 per hour.
Some of the City’s 150 seasonal and part-time workers (such as janitorial and maintenance workers, childcare workers, and grounds-keeping workers) make about $16.50 to $17 per hour.
The reinstatement of the living wage ordinance had seemingly been sailing through the City’s decision-making process, with Irvine’s Finance Commission endorsing it, 4-1.
But, when it came before the City Council for final approval, Councilmembers Kim and Treseder refused to support it.
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