““The ground they defend was never theirs—but the noise they make is.” — unkown In major civic debates, the truth often struggles to be heard over the noise of misinformation. In the case of the proposed redevelopment of Oak Creek Golf Club into the Spectrum District Village, that noise didn’t build gradually—it was there from […]
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Piece 2 of “Irvine at the Crossroads” – a multi-part series unpacking truth, growth, and open space in our city. When it comes to Irvine’s past, present, and future, no private entity looms larger than the Irvine Company. Depending on who you ask, they’re either stewards of open space or villains of suburban sprawl. But if […]
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On August 13, 2024, Irvine City Council held a public hearing on the General Plan update to identify capacity for up to 57,000 units of housing as part of state housing requirements. State law requires cities to identify enough housing capacity such that it is likely that the city will actually build a target number […]
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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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This is the first article in this series in which we will zoom in and zoom out to look at Irvine housing issues. This will involve looking at the micro and macro factors of Irvine housing. The Micro of Housing: Irvine Home Prices At the micro level, we will zoom in on Irvine’s most recent […]
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On separate 3-1 votes, the Irvine City Council approved proposals to acquire the Toscana and Royce apartment complexes in the Irvine Business Complex (IBC) for use as middle-income “workforce housing,” giving staff a green light to negotiate the final details of the still-unfinished deals. Mayor Farrah Khan, Vice Mayor Anthony Kuo and Tammy Kim voted […]
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