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There are a ton of candidates running for the Irvine City Council this year. We have done our homework – we will break them down here and endorse a few of them.
The Irvine City Council candidates include: Continue reading
Irvine Mayor Steve Choi missed making the top two in yesterday’s 2016 Primary Election in the 68th Assembly District when he was edged out by a fellow Republican, former Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu. Choi tallied a total of 13,532 votes while Sidhu netted 14,247 votes, according to the O.C. Registrar of Voters.
The top vote-getter was a Democrat, Sean Jay Panahi, who received 22,965 votes. Panahi and Sidhu will now face off again in the November General Election. Continue reading
Irvine has officially repealed Larry Agran’s living wage ordinance 4 to 1, according to Irvine Finance Commissioner Allan Bartlett’s Facebook page. The only vote in support of the living wage ordinance came from liberal Irvine City Councilwoman Beth Krom.
GOP consultant Jon Fleischman had this to say about the repeal: “It will take many, many years to undo the damage that Larry Agran and his far-left liberal majority did on the Irvine City Council over a decade of ruling the city. The fact that Irvine is the ONLY city in all of Orange County with a goofy “living wage” law should say something. Kudos to the Republican supermajority in Irvine for laboring here.” Continue reading
The City of Irvine, in partnership with the Orange County Transportation Authority, is hosting a bike ride and community event in celebration of National Bike Month on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Cypress Community Park.
The event will feature a bike ride along the Jeffrey Open Space Trail departing at 11 a.m., led by Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway. The day’s festivities will also include giveaways, bike safety tips from the Irvine Police Department and gourmet food trucks. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 12, 2015
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joel Zlotnik (714) 560-5713, Eric Carpenter (714) 560-5697
Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Lalloway Selected as OCTA Board Chairman
Director Donchak will serve as vice chairman of the board
ORANGE – Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway was unanimously selected today as the new chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
Lalloway served as the OCTA board’s vice chairman for the last year. He replaces outgoing Chairman Shawn Nelson, also the county’s Fourth District Supervisor, who remains on the board. Continue reading
City of Irvine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #14-12-02
Subject: Swearing-in Ceremony is December 9
Mayor Choi, Councilmember Lalloway and Councilmember-elect Schott
Contact : Craig Reem 949-724-6077, pio@cityofirvine.org
IRVINE, CA (December 2, 2014): The community is invited to the City of Irvine’s Swearing-in Ceremony at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 9, at the Irvine Civic Center.
A public reception will begin at 5 p.m. in the Civic Center’s lobby. Continue reading
City of Irvine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #14-11-17
Subject: Mayor Pro Tem Lalloway re-elected to OCTA
Irvine’s seat on the transportation agency filled for a second term
Contact: Public Information Office , 949-724-6077, pio@cityofirvine.org
IRVINE, CA (November 17, 2014): Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Lalloway has been re-elected to a second term on the Orange County Transportation Authority Board.
Lalloway, whose term was to expire next month, was re-elected to a two-year term beginning January 2015 by the City Selection Committee. The committee met November 13 to appoint six members to the OCTA Board of Directors. Continue reading
Longtime Irvine Councilman Larry Agran and his sidekicks Mary Ann Gaido and Melissa Fox tried to fool the voters of Irvine into thinking that the over-development of their community was somehow the fault of the current Irvine City Council majority. Well it didn’t work, in great part because of the brilliant Agran Audit campaign, which gave the people of Irvine access to the OC Great Park audit information which was a stunning indictment of Agran’s wasteful ways.
The Republican majority on the Irvine City Council was bolstered by the addition of conservative Lynn Schott, who turned out to be the top vote-getter on Nov. 4. Councilman Jeff Lalloway also won, in a squeaker, over Fox. The dreadful Agran came in almost last – a spot that was reserved for Evan Chemers, who has now lost badly in two unsuccessful City Council campaigns. Continue reading
Newly obtained evidence reveals Larry Agran–the Irvine political boss who wrecked the Great Park plan by diverting millions of dollars to his pals in no bid contracts and lost control of the city in the 2012 elections–is hoping his November campaign slate with Melissa Fox and Mary Ann Gaido will retake power based on a lie, according to the OC Weekly, which also reported that:
Worse for the dwindling number of residents still clinging to hope that Agran can be an honest politician is this alarming fact: At the same time, he, Gaido and Fox are advocating a moratorium on building, they are privately winking otherwise at wealthy real estate developers in exchange for campaign contributions.
Pam Sapetto is a highly successful, real estate developer lobbyist. In her promotional materials, Sapetto boasts that she is responsible for “over 60 million square feet of commercial and industrial development and over 45,000 residential units” mostly in Irvine and approved while Agran presided. She is tied to traffic-increasing projects such as Park Place, Irvine Spectrum, Jamboree Research Center, University Research Park, Irvine Technology Center, Colton Plaza, Koll Center, Jamboree Center, Irvine Plaza and Jeffrey Office Park. Continue reading
This voter guide addresses the Orange County local and legislative races as well as the State and Local ballot measures.
Irvine City Council
Mayor:
Endorsed Candidate: Steven Choi
Other Candidates: Mary Ann Gaido, Katherine Daigle
Note: Choi has done a fantastic job leading the Irvine City Council majority. The OC Register endorsed Choi again this year, writing that “Under Mr. Choi’s leadership, the council has done much to further long-awaited progress in the city. He has been a responsible steward of the city’s finances and he has begun to fulfill a longstanding promise past mayors and councils have not lived up to: building the Great Park.” Click here to see Choi’s other endorsements, which are significant. Continue reading