On August 15th, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the Conditional Use Permit and Master Plan Modification renewing the approval of applications to expand Diamond Jamboree Center located at 2550-2750 Alton Parkway in Planning Area 36. Per the staff report, “the approved project consists of a six-story parking structure with 23,000 square feet of retail and […]
Read MoreMayor Farrah Khan’s newest Planning Commission appointee and endorsed candidate for Irvine City Council, Parrisa Yazdani, had $900,000 in State and Federal back taxes and fines forgiven through Chapter 7 Bankruptcy on April 12, 2024. Yazdani, an active Great Park resident since 2018, is also defending allegations of fraud and embezzlement by a small business […]
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“We were told originally that that area was to be for commercial use. Sounds like a bait and switch to me, just to fill the pockets of the developers!” — Irvine Resident, Brian Woo Over three years ago, Irvine residents spoke out in historically high numbers to block Irvine Company’s request to change land use […]
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Irvine Then and Now I moved to Irvine as a kid in 2009. At this point, it was a city in flux. No longer a patch of suburbs between orange groves, it was a growing city renowned for safety and good schools. The city had just hit 200,000 people, and it has been growing rapidly […]
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Irvine has been working on its General Plan Update to incorporate statutory requirements that have occurred since the General Plan was last updated in 2000. The update takes into consideration changes in State law and our Housing Element which was reviewed by a previous Planning Commission and adopted by the City Council in May 2022. […]
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Control of Commission Agendas Does anyone have any insight into how Irvine commission agendas were handled in the past and how they are handled now? My impression is that in the past Irvine Commissioners were in charge of what goes on the commission agendas and what would not make an agenda. However, my current impression […]
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