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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon will return to Irvine in 2015

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Editor Posted in Great Park, Irvine, News, Solar Decathlon Leave a comment

City of Irvine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #14-02-12

Subject: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon to Return to Irvine

City Council approves a second visit of the major international event to the Great Park in 2015

IRVINE, CA (February 12, 2014): The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon will return to the City of Irvine’s Orange County Great Park in 2015, the City Council determined Tuesday night.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produces the biannual event; the City Council vote affirmed an amended agreement with the DOE to ensure that the 2015 event will be held at the Great Park at no cost to the City of Irvine. Continue reading→

Great Park audit reveals that Agran handed $174K a month to his political operatives

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Editor Posted in Beth Krom, Crime, Great Park, Larry Agran, News Leave a comment

Over the high-pitched squeals of Agran and his robotic council sidekick, Beth Krom, the new Irvine City Council majority ordered an independent audit to answer a question the Democratic political machine didn’t want answered: How did Agran spend more than $200 million in Great Park funds, but yet after more than eight years of alleged planning there was (and is) no park? (As reported by R. Scott Moxley at the OC Weekly).

Well now we know how Agran and Krom blew the Great Park money and it isn’t pretty. Continue reading→

Agran caught redhanded trying to regain control of the Irvine School Board

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Editor Posted in Beth Krom, Education, Irvine, Larry Agran, News Leave a comment

Larry Agran in 1992

It would appear that liberal Irvine Councilman Larry Agran is up to his old tricks again. This time he stands accused of fomenting a petition drive to void the recent appointment of an Irvine School Board Member and force a special election.

Chris Nguyen, over at the OC Political Blog, did a great job of catching Agran, and his fellow liberal Beth Krom, in the act. Here is Nguyen’s accounting of what this sordid pair is up to now: Continue reading→

Details about the Irvine City Council’s Great Park deal

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Editor Posted in Civic Affairs, Great Park, Irvine, News Leave a comment

FivePoint Rendering of Great Park

City of Irvine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #13-11-27

Subject: Irvine City Council Approves Proposal

Vote moves forward a 688-acre Orange County Great Park development

IRVINE, CA (November 27, 2013): The Irvine City Council this morning approved three motions: Continue reading→

Leaders react to the passage of the Great Park deal with FivePoint

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Editor Posted in Great Park, Irvine, News 1 Comment

The Irvine City Council’s Republican majority approved the Great Park development deal late early this morning. Here are a few reactions from city and community leaders, on Facebook:

Mayor Steven Choi – We did it!!! The OC Great Park is on its way. After 9 hours and 50 minutes of debate and public hearing, Irvine City Council approved – 3:2 – the Five Point’s proposal to construct the Park substantially, 688 acres, in 5 years. The remainder will be covered green by terra forming and hydro seeding. To me, that’s 100% of the Park!!! The Council meeting ended at 1:50 am. I’m home now at 2:48 am. Continue reading→

Great Park Construction Deal Is Approved

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Editor Posted in Great Park, Irvine, News Leave a comment

Officials Approve Construction Deal for Great Park

By ADAM ELMAHREK and NICK GERDA, Voice of OC

In a meeting that stretched well past midnight Tuesday, Irvine council members approved a controversial deal for a home developer to build more than half the Orange County Great Park in exchange for the right to build thousands of additional homes around it.The council votes broke down along partisan lines, with Republican council members Jeffrey Lalloway, Christina Shea and Mayor Steven Choi voting for the deal and democrats Larry Agran and Beth Krom voting against. Continue reading→

Sukhee Kang urges Council to approve the FivePoint Great park plan

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Editor Posted in Great Park, Irvine, News, Sukhee Kang Leave a comment

Irvine Great Park’s best chance

The City Council should approve a proposal from FivePoint Communities to build and maintain it.

By Sukhee Kang, Op-Ed in the L.A. Times on November 26, 2013

One of the most important decisions in Orange County history comes before the Irvine City Council o Tuesday: Whether to make the long-promised Great Park a reality.

The council is scheduled to vote on a $191-milllion proposal from FivePoint Communities. In exchange for a zoning change that would allow the company to convert industrial land to home sites, FivePoint would build and maintain 688 acres of the Great Park, with a guarantee to complete the work in five years. Continue reading→

Councilwoman Shea asks her supporters to come to the Council meeting tonight

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Editor Posted in Christina Shea, Civic Affairs, Great Park, Irvine, News Leave a comment

Image credit: Richard King.

Please Join Me Tuesday November 26th! – On the Agenda is Five Point Community Plan for the Great Park

By: Irvine Council Member Christina Shea

Tuesday night more than ever I want you to join me at City Council Meeting!

Tuesday November 26th 4pm, City Council will be discussing Five Point Communities Plan for the Great Park. Continue reading→

Lalloway explains why he delayed the Great Park development vote

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Editor Posted in Civic Affairs, Development, Great Park, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, News Leave a comment

Great Park’s builder’s good offer needs more scrutiny

By: Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway, from his Facebook Page

I ran for Irvine City Council in 2010 because I care about my community and because I believe that many important decisions in government take place at the local level. One of the most important local issues relates to the future of the Orange County Great Park. While lofty promises were being made to the public about the Great Park, the previous council majority wasted an opportunity to start construction of important features for the benefit of the public. Continue reading→

Shea’s histrionics about the Great Park development delay are uncalled for

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Editor Posted in Beth Krom, Christina Shea, Development, Great Park, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, Larry Agran, News 3 Comments

Following a meeting that stretched past midnight, the Irvine City Council voted Wednesday to delay for two weeks a decision on whether to allow a developer to build 688 acres of the Orange County Great Park in exchange for the right to construct thousands of additional homes around the site’s perimeter, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Lalloway joined his Council colleagues Beth Krom and Larry Agran in voting for the temporary delay. Staff has done only “a partial analysis” of the deal’s implications, said Lalloway, according to the Voice of OC. “I need to do my due diligence.” Lalloway also said according to the LA Times that “It is clear from staff’s presentation tonight that they have conducted just a partial analysis of the impacts of this offer and more work is required.”

As you might imagine, some folks are upset. The surprise is that Republicans are ripping one of their own – Lalloway. In fact the loudest dissenter has been Council Member Christina Shea, who posted this diatribe on her Facebook page: Continue reading→