We’ve written about the City of Irvine’s iCHP program before. It’s a terrific program where the city works with several organizations to identify families of limited income and kids under 19 access affordable or even free quality healthcare for their…
Tag Archive for Jeff Lalloway
Power Play at Irvine City Hall? Lalloway has a Chief of Staff; No One Else Does
by Dan Chmielewski • • 12 Comments
Social media tools like Facebook and Linked In are fantastic for networking and they are telling in making suggestions about who else out you might want to connect with. My LinkedIn account suggested I connect with a David Cordero, so…
CostaMesa-fication of Irvine Continues with Hiring of New Interim Law Firm
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
The Republican council majority in Irvine has awarded the Fullerton based law firm Jones & Mayer, LLP a no-bid contract to act as the interim city attorney after parting ways with Rutan & Tucker LLP which represented the city since…
Update: Irvine Fires City Attorney
by Dan Chmielewski • • 16 Comments
An Update: The Voice of OC has this story on the firing of Irvine’s city attorney and the political retribution tour continues. So who will the council majority give a no-bid contract to for serving as Interim city attorney? The Irvine…
Choi’s Folly: How to Pay for The Great Park Library
by Dan Chmielewski • • 20 Comments
Irvine Mayor Steven Choi’s central vision for Irvine’s Great Park includes the construction of a 200,000 square foot central library, and the library was a central theme in his State of the City address in late February. What’s missing from…
Is It Time for an “OC Weekly Deathwatch” column?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
I’m going to answer my own question right away and say “not now,” but last week the 50-year old Boston Phoenix ceased publication after a long history of alt-weekly excellence. The Phoenix’s death is attributable more to changing readers habits…
Why Won’t Mayor Choi Join “Mayors Against Illegal Guns?”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 18 Comments
Past Irvine Mayors Beth Krom and Sukhee Kang were members of the group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” with the key word in the group’s name being “Illegal.” So far, despite being urged by members of the public to join and…
