Irvine City Manager, Sean Crumby, has announced his retirement within 90 days, in a memorandum obtained by Irvine Watchdog. In the memo, headed “Dear City Team,” Crumby stated that his final day of employment would be August 14, 2026. Crumby has served as City Manager for less than a year. The City Council named […]
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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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In a tense Tuesday evening session on April 14, 2026, the Irvine City Council grappled with a looming fiscal crisis, the first of this magnitude in the city’s 54-year history. Tuesday’s meeting took place against a sobering backdrop, as recent city staff briefings revealed: $6 million overspend in the past fiscal year. $9 million shortfall […]
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Council agenda item 5.1 for the October 28, 2025 meeting asks the council to approve the employment agreement for the current Interim City Manager, Sean Crumby, as a permanent city manager with a salary of $434,242 per year, which was the same salary as the previous city manager, Oliver Chi received. Chi came to the […]
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