Community events have taken an unexpected turn for William Go, Irvine Councilmember and newly elected Chair of the Great Park Board. Allegations have surfaced regarding the distribution of free event tickets to members of the public, including sitting City Commissioners, Community Leaders, and City Committee Members, since Go took office in December 2024. At the […]
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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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Melahat Rafiei, a onetime influential political kingmaker and campaign manager to former mayor, Farrah Khan and Beth Krom, will receive her criminal sentence on August 22 relating to a bribery scheme involving two former Irvine City Councilmembers. Although Rafiei accepted a plea deal resulting in one count of attempted wire fraud, the prosecution is proposing […]
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Irvine is taking comments on its new Urban Forest plan. A survey on this plan, part of the City outreach, needs to be completed by July 18th. “The City is developing a 30-year Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP), which contains measurable goals and recommended actions to help the City achieve 30% canopy cover and realize […]
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Irvine residents face a pivotal moment in the city’s waste management strategy as the City Council prepares to vote on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, on a crucial one-year extension to its Waste Disposal Agreement (WDA) with Orange County Waste & Recycling (OCWR). While the WDA provides the City more time to negotiate, uncertain still is […]
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At the May 27, 2025, Great Park Board meeting, staff will present an update on aggressive progress being made across multiple districts of the Great Park, marking a significant milestone for many projects adopted as part of the March 2023 Framework Plan. According to the staff report, “the design for many of the projects has […]
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