Just as the City Council began to publicly grapple with a budget shortfall, the Irvine Public Library was wrapping up a Community Planning Meeting series for the proposed Irvine Main Library in the Great Park. Much to my surprise, California Gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter was in attendance at two of the three Community Planning Meetings, […]
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On February 4, 2026, the Community and Library Services Commission will discuss an item requested by Anita Bhat, who was appointed to the Commission by Councilmember William Go in August 2025. The request is for an ad hoc subcommittee to advise the Commission to support the development of the Irvine Public Library Master Plan. According […]
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In the interest of full transparency, I offer the following disclosures: I am a patron of University Park Library. At the Council Meeting discussed here, I spoke in support of a mix of library sizes. Between January and July 2021 I worked as a constituency assistant to then-Councilmember Larry Agran. On October 14th Chris Slama, […]
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I have been noticing recently that a lack of transparency at Irvine City Hall is happening. Here is an example: The recordings of commission meetings used to have an index below the recording (see the black box area in the image below) that would allow anyone interested to see what was discussed at that meeting. […]
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The Irvine Musical Chairs Game has been played for decades during election seasons. And various city council members, former and present, have played this game in Irvine. The main players are Irvine city council members. The secondary players are some of the candidates that these city council members have endorsed for the upcoming Irvine elections. […]
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This is the first article in a five-part series focusing on an Irvine Staff proposal to use a new coir-based artificial turf product on some Great Park Sports fields. The series highlights the artificial turf discussion that occurred at the May 8th Sustainability Commission meeting. The May 8th discussion included the pros and cons of using […]
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