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The Match-Up for Irvine Mayor

In addition to the new Council district races, which have yet to come into focus in the wake of the primary election, Irvine voters will weigh in on the one remaining citywide election in November, for Mayor. (Irvine’s current Mayor, Farrah Khan is terming out this year.)

The 2024 Mayoral race has been quietly underway for some time with two main candidates so far: Vice Mayor Larry Agran and Councilmember Tammy Kim.

Other candidates could enter the race — the filing deadline isn’t until August, more than four months from now. But Agran and Kim are likely to remain the leading contenders.

The two Mayoral candidates present a clear choice to the voters on many important City issues.

To review their voting records, click here.

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Irvine Celebrates the City’s 100th CERT Training Class

On March 20th, the latest crop of volunteer trainees graduated from the City’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, capping 28 hours of instruction and hands-on work spanning eight sessions.

The ceremony is more than a turning point in the trainees’ lives. As the culmination of Irvine’s 100th CERT class, it marks a milestone in the City’s 25-year disaster preparedness effort.

“CERT is dedicated to engaging the whole community in disaster preparedness by educating and training its members to be self-sufficient during a disaster and to effectively assist others and their families,” said Christine Tully, emergency management program specialist in the Irvine Police Department (IPD) and the City’s point person for CERT. “Our vision is to make Irvine a resilient city, effectively prepared to recover following a disaster, through preparedness training, education, and community outreach.”

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Sacramento Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal New Utility Tax

As we previously reported, a proposed new utility tax was snuck through the California State Legislature in just three days at the close of last year’s session with no public testimony.

If the Public Utilities Commission approves the tax as it currently stands, the monthly bills for millions of users who consume small amounts of electricity and solarized homeowners will go up while the bills of large consumers of electricity will go down.

After public backlash, a group of lawmakers in Sacramento has now introduced a bill to severely limit the new so-called “utility tax.”

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OCPA Continues to Mislead Existing & Potential New Customers

Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) recently issued a press release outlining the agency’s strategy for enticing new cities to join its ranks. The press release states the agency is offering price discounts along with increased renewable percentages of its energy products.

OCPA’s push for new members comes as Huntington Beach prepares to leave the embattled agency. 

The fact is, OCPA is not delivering what it advertises. OCPA is simply an energy trading house organized as a Community Choice Energy (CCE) agency. It competes against Southern California Edison (SCE) for the procurement of energy, while SCE continues to deliver everyone’s electricity.

OCPA’s operations are farmed out to a group of highly paid consultants who operate many of California’s CCE agencies using a template that hides sub-par results from naïve consumers. 

To read the full article, click here.

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