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Mari Fujii3 Posts
Mari Fujii is a 35-year retired resident of Irvine. She is also chair of the city’s Transportation Commission. Mari holds a BS in Civil Engineering but spent most of her career working in IT/web development at an Irvine startup, Wonderware, a global manufacturing software company where she was employee #198. Note that the views expressed here are her own and are not the views of the city nor Mayor Larry Agran who appointed Mari to the commission.
[Opinion] Ranked Choice Voting In Irvine: Better Choices, Better Representation and More Democratic Elections
At the April 28 Irvine city council meeting, agenda item 5.2 Ranked Choice Voting Adoption was discussed by the councilmembers. Watch the council meeting video on the RCV agenda item here. The council voted 4-3 to have an ordinance drafted for the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for Irvine mayoral and city council elections […]
Opinion: Concerns on the Proposed Swyft Cities “Gondola” Project at the Great Park – Part 2 [Updated}
Updated May 25, 2025: At the April 22, 2025 Great Park board meeting, it was presented that “Swyft Cities has indicated their willingness to donate to the City the resources needed to install and operate an initial segment [in the Great Park].” And that the “value of this first operating segment is estimated to be $9.48 million.” […]
Opinion: Concerns on the Proposed Swyft Cities “Gondola” Project at the Great Park
Having spent +20 years working in IT/web development, I am familiar with how one should methodically and carefully assess and choose vendors and solution providers – especially for multi-million-dollar projects. At the April 22, 2025 Great Park board meeting, the City Council voted to have the city staff proceed with contract negotiations with Swyft Cities […]
