IRVINE EATERIES WELL REPRESENTE IN O.C. RESTAURANT WEEK SPRING CONCERT GUIE O.C. SOCCER CLU PRO SPORTS IN THE HEART OF IRVINE MARCH 6, 2019 • No. 10 STATEOF THE MayorCITY Wagner addresses homelessness, traffic and the great park Food Service Manager: 2 yrs. wk. exp. req’d. Send INSIDE SALES REPS resumes to: Didim Food USA, Inc., 3460 W. 8TH ST., NEEDED! $$$$$$$ LA, CA 90005, Attn: J. Han. Hourly + Commission + Bonuses. M-F 9-4 part time and hourly positions Technical Publications also available please call Writer sought by Lark Seeds International 818-989-3175 in Pasadena, CA. NEWS CLASSIFIEDS ask for Dilan softball fi elds. With the city’s partnership Bachelor’s degree + 4 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ yrs exp. Send resume to: MARCH 6, 2019 • No. 10 Vassilis Aivazis, President, with FivePoint Communities, the mayor Lark Seeds International, Engineering Manager (Los 115 W. California Blvd., Angeles, CA): Bachelor's or stated they are currently in the process HIRING IMMEDIATELY!!!!! 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He also announced that the City Council has met with the IRVINEWEEKLY.COM American Museum of Natural History to explore a potential presence for them on the Cultural Terrace. MARCH 06, 2019 MARCH 06, Business Environment: | The mayor stated the city is expanding its job market through collaboration 2 with the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce and continued e orts to attract businesses. As an example, he mentioned that City Manager John Russo and a select group of council PHOTO COURTESY: OC SOCCER CLUB OC SOCCER COURTESY: PHOTO members recently returned from a third trip to the United Kingdom, in another e ort to attract life science companies from the U.K. and bring them to Irvine. NEWS... STATE OF THE IT Ten companies currently plan to come Mayor Wagner addresses homelessness, traffic and the to the city to explore potential opportu- Great Park. NICK WALKER nities. MAYOR AGNER ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS Mayor Wagner also took a moment to praise some of the corporations FOO... TRAFFIC AND THE GREAT PARK. that already exist in Irvine, including Plethora of local restaurants participate in this year’s O.C. Taco Bell (who catered the reception Restaurant Week. SA ACHAO BY: NICK ALKER before the State of the City address, and just renewed the lease on their Irvine USIC... PHOTOS COURTESY: CITY OF IRINE headquarters through at least 2030), Our spring edition of concerts you must see. PAUL Edwards Lifesciences (who this past ROGERS rom the newly remodeled attack “was not an attack on one small the latest FBI statistics on violent crime, year began construction on 7.6 acres of Council Chambers at the group, but was an attack on every one Irvine remains the safest city of its size in additional facilities in Irvine), and the OWN Irvine Civic Center on Feb. 26, of us,” ending with a promise that these America, and the 10th safest city in the Irvine Company (who recently com- ARTS... Mayor Donald Wagner deliv- types of attacks “cannot and will not be entire world. pleted their $200 million renovation Irvine Museum Director driving force behind California Fered his fi rst State of the City address tolerated in Irvine.” Education: of the old Macy’s space at the Irvine Impressionism. LI GOLNER since being re-elected last November. A Question of Representation: Mayor Wagner noted that with the Spectrum). THE His speech hit a similar tone to his prior Mayor Wagner touched on the critique opening of Loma Ridge Elementary Homelessness: annual city updates. We’ve broken that he or any of the council members School this August, Irvine will be home The mayor recognized that while NEWS... down most notable elements of his are unable to represent or understand to 45 public schools. He also took the signifi cant progress has been made Great Park is home to Orange County Soccer Club’s state- speech below: the extremely diverse community found time to praise many of the advanced on the issue of homelessness, more still of-the-art facility. ARIELLE ROUE SKIES Community Response: in Irvine. Calling this critique nonsen- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer- needs to be done, noting that homeless- The mayor opened his speech by sical, the mayor cited the number one ing and Math) programs found in ness has many causes and therefore reminding the audience of some darker thing he feels connects every member Irvine schools at all levels, including the cannot have just one overall solution. moments the city faced within the past of Irvine: the desire to live in a city with launch of the Irvine CubeSat satellite by According to Wagner, the homeless THE ULTIMATE IN PRIVATE AIRCRAFT year: The hate crimes committed at Ir- the high quality of life and many ame- high school students from schools across point-in-time count before he entered CHARTER AND MANAGEMENT vine Valley College and the Beth Jacob nities that Irvine provides. The mayor Irvine this past November. o ice was 199 individuals. Now, pending ONCOVERWPCI Congregation of Irvine. With this re- stated he and the council were very Parks: the announcement of o icial numbers minder, the mayor praised the response capable of representing the diverse The mayor provided updates on the of the count done a few weeks ago, that For all inquires: [email protected] of the community to these incidents, community “with great joy, and with advancements of the Orange County point-in-time count is supposedly set to 1.844.FLY.STA1 | [email protected] | www.stajets.com calling the response of city residents “a many, many common interests.” Great Park, with 194 acres of sports be under 50, meaning there has been strong showing of community resolve Public Safety: complexes opening in the park this past a 75 percent decrease in the homeless Irvineweekly.com and mutual support,” and stating the Mayor Wagner stated that according to September, consisting of 12 baseball and population over the last few years. NEWS | IRVINEWEEKLY.COM softball fi elds. With the city’s partnership MARCH 6, 2019 • No. 10 with FivePoint Communities, the mayor stated they are currently in the process of developing an additional 688 acres within the Great Park. Pretend City CONTENTS Children’s Museum will also be getting a larger, permanent home on the Great Park grounds. The mayor shared some of the future uses of the 248 acre Cultural Terrace, which will include a number of artistic, MARCH 06, 2019 MARCH 06, cultural and entertainment compo- nents, including a library, botanical gar- dens, community meeting centers and a concert venue. He also announced that the City Council has met with the American Museum of Natural History to explore a potential presence for them on the Cultural Terrace. Business Environment: | The mayor stated the city is expanding its job market through collaboration with the Greater Irvine Chamber of 3 Commerce and continued e orts to attract businesses. As an example, he mentioned that City Manager John Russo and a select group of council PHOTO COURTESY: OC SOCCER CLUB OC SOCCER COURTESY: PHOTO members recently returned from a third trip to the United Kingdom, in another e ort to attract life science companies from the U.K. and bring them to Irvine. NEWS... STATE OF THE IT Ten companies currently plan to come Mayor Wagner addresses homelessness, traffic and the to the city to explore potential opportu- Great Park. NICK WALKER nities. MAYOR AGNER ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS Mayor Wagner also took a moment to praise some of the corporations FOO... TRAFFIC AND THE GREAT PARK. that already exist in Irvine, including Plethora of local restaurants participate in this year’s O.C. Taco Bell (who catered the reception Restaurant Week. SA ACHAO BY: NICK ALKER before the State of the City address, and just renewed the lease on their Irvine USIC... PHOTOS COURTESY: CITY OF IRINE headquarters through at least 2030), Our spring edition of concerts you must see.