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The City’s Lowest Wage Earners Get a Pay Raise

3 weeks ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

“The basic question is what kind of workplace do we want to have?” said Mayor Larry Agran, who introduced the ordinance. “I want to know that in this City — known for our high quality of life — anybody working for the City of Irvine will be paid at least $20 an hour.
A Conversation with Irvine’s City Librarian

3 weeks ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

Setting up a new library system is no walk in the park — or browse in the stacks. Just ask Julie Zeoli. As Irvine’s first City Librarian, Zeoli has been charged with managing the changeover of the City’s libraries from County to City control. Zeoli has been doing everything from hiring staff to building a new computer and database system to planning new facilities in North Irvine and the Great Park — not forgetting to order some new books as well. “Pretty much just movin’ and shakin’,” she says.
City Considering Plan to Convert Oak Creek Golf Course into New Residential Village

1 month ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

The Irvine City Council has given City staff the green light to continue talks with the Irvine Company and begin detailed studies of a plan to convert the Oak Creek Golf Course and adjacent properties into a 3,100-unit residential village that would include a new elementary school.
Council Votes Unanimously to Have City Staff Study Property Exchange with the Irvine Company

1 month ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

The Irvine City Council has given City staff the green light to continue talks with the Irvine Company and begin detailed studies of a plan to convert the Oak Creek Golf Course and adjacent properties into a 3,100-unit residential village that would include a new elementary school.
Betty Martinez Franco Joins the Irvine City Council

1 month ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

Betty Martinez Franco was sworn in as the Irvine City Council’s newest member on May 13th, and got a good taste of what she’s gotten herself into during the meeting that followed. Martinez Franco was the winner of a special election last month to fill the District 5 Council seat left vacant when incumbent Larry Agran was elevated to Irvine Mayor in the November election last year.
Meet Betty Martinez Franco: Irvine’s District 5 Councilmember

1 month ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

When Betty Martinez Franco entered the City Council race in Irvine’s District 5 last December, she was given virtually no chance against two well-known former Councilmembers. “My thought wasn’t to run against anyone,” Martinez says. “I saw it as an opportunity for me to run and put myself forward.
Council Discusses Irvine’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan

2 months ago | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

Mayor Larry Agran called a special Council meeting on April 8th to discuss the City’s draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), a package containing nearly 200 proposed actions and programs, both large and small, to make Irvine carbon-neutral by 2040.
Mayor Agran Details His Expansive Vision & Specific Action Plan During “State of the City” Address

Mar 13, 2025 | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

During his March 11th “State of the City” address, Mayor Larry Agran laid out an expansive vision and a specific action plan for Irvine in front of a packed City Council Chamber. During the speech, Agran announced two major public-private partnerships — with Hoag Hospital and the Irvine Company — that could have generational impacts on healthcare and affordable housing.
Mayor Agran’s Plans to Address Food & Nutrition Insecurity

Mar 1, 2025 | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

Irvine Mayor Larry Agran has always been one to “think globally, act locally.” Agran has a long history of finding ways on the city level to bring solutions to wider problems and make progress in protecting our environment, defending civil rights, and advancing urban planning. So it was no surprise that Agran signed on with the National Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger immediately upon taking office in December.
City Council Votes to Cancel Massive Warehouse Project

Feb 22, 2025 | irvinecommunitynewsandviews.org | Roger Bloom

The City made a surprise move to cancel the development of a massive 540,000-square-foot warehouse (the size of four Costco stores!) in the Irvine Business Complex. Instead, the site will be used for residential development. The owner of the Von Karman Corporate Center at Alton Parkway and Von Karman Avenue had proposed and received Planning Commission approval to build the new warehouse development there.