Have You Voted? Learn Where the Candidates Stand on the Issues … and Then Make Plans to Vote!

Where do the candidates for City office stand on the leading issues? What promises have they made … and kept … or broken? Are they leaders we can trust to listen to the City’s residents?

The good news for Irvine voters is this: The two leading candidates running to become Irvine’s next Mayor — Vice Mayor Larry Agran & Councilmember Tammy Kim — have four years of votes that we can examine. The chart shown below displays major votes the two candidates have taken since they were elected to the City Council in 2020.

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On the City Council side, ICNV has endorsed Irvine Planning Commissioner Michelle Johnson in Council District 1, which includes Northpark, Orchard Hills, Eastwood, Stonegate, Northwood Point, and West Irvine. Johnson is focused on preserving the City’s Master Plan and stopping Tammy Kim’s wild scheme to build 57,000 MORE housing units in town. Instead, Johnson wants to fully fund our schools and public safety agencies; accelerate construction of amenities at the Great Park; implement a Wildfire Management & Evacuation Plan; expand City-supported school bus services; and stop Bowerman Landfill trash trucks from traveling through Irvine neighborhoods.

ICNV has endorsed Irvine Community Services Commissioner Tom Chomyn in Council District 3 — which includes Northwood, Walnut Village, El Camino Real, and a portion of Westpark. Chomyn has lived in the district for 27 years and has a long record of community leadership. He was instrumental in getting the Veterans Memorial Park & Gardens under construction in the Great Park. Now, Chomyn is working to refurbish & expand Heritage Park Library; reinvest in our community parks; budget additional resources to keep our neighborhoods safe; and transform the Walnut Trail (along the railroad tracks) from an eyesore into an attractive pedestrian parkway by planting many hundreds of trees.

What I like best about Agran, Johnson and Chomyn is the fact they have proven records of working on pro-resident policies to improve the lives of Irvine residents. And unlike their opponents, their campaigns are not funded by big business and out-of-town special interest groups that want to control City Hall.