Irvine Watchdog

01/07/2025

Opinion: Why Irvine Residents Should Say NO To SoCalGas’s Dangerous Hydrogen Blending Proposal At UC Irvine

City of Irvine

27/06/2025

Many residents recognize the project’s contributions: expanded open space, critical infrastructure enhancements such as the Jeffrey Road Parkway linkage, and housing solutions that reflect Irvine’s long-term growth needs. My goal is to focus on established facts, clarify the public policy, and examine the actions that followed to determine if the project aligns with Irvine’s longstanding planning principles.

City of Irvine

23/06/2025

Irvine residents face a pivotal moment in the city’s waste management strategy as the City Council prepares to vote on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, on a crucial one-year extension to its Waste Disposal Agreement (WDA) with Orange County Waste & Recycling (OCWR).

While the WDA provides the City more time to negotiate, uncertain still is the need for a viable long term plan to prevent hundreds of additional trash trucks on our neighborhood roads along Sand Canyon Blvd.

City of Irvine

22/06/2025

Is this in the best interest of Irvine residents?

What Carroll and Go are proposing is to redesignate the already-planned library as the Central Library for the entire City of Irvine. This proposal raises questions of whether the Great Park is the best site for such a facility, and whether the Great Park Board has the authority to decide that issue.

City of Irvine

11/06/2025

Since November of 2024, all other City Councilmembers have demonstrated perfect or near perfect attendance.

Irvine’s municipal code has clear attendance rules for its City Manager and Commissioners, but notably, not for its City Councilmembers. It’s time to update our Municipal Code.

City of Irvine

26/05/2025

“The staff report indicates that significant design work is nearing completion in several areas, yet strong community voices are now advocating for a pause to assess current expenditures.

This push for “fiscal clarity and public confidence” is underscored by serious concerns regarding City Manager Oliver Chi’s reported expenditure of over $700,000 on the Great Park gondola project.”

City of Irvine

23/05/2025

BREAKING: City Manager Oliver Chi May be on His Way Out

City of Irvine

23/05/2025

May 22, 2025 — Former Irvine City Councilmember Tammy Kim Charged with Multiple Felonies for Lying about Her Residency while Serving on City Council, Running for Mayor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 22, 2025 Case # 25HF1196 ...

19/05/2025

Opinion: Former Irvine Mayor Opposes Irvine Company Development in Oak Creek Golf Course. Heres why.

City of Irvine

16/05/2025

Breaking New: Mayor Larry Agran, flanked by Council-member James’s Mai and Betty Martinez-Franco, threw out the first pitch of the UCI (12th ranked nationally) baseball game. It’s confirmed. He has a cannon and it was a strike.

13/05/2025

Opinion: Swyft Cities Gondola project reveal additional concerns

City of Irvine

09/05/2025

Settlement Confirms City Violated Public Process Forcing Irvine to Revisit Controversial Lobbyist Ordinance

City of Irvine