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Larry Agran is a proven leader with a long record of getting good things done! The policies and programs that Larry created and implemented literally changed Irvine forever.

Larry’s long list of accomplishments include:

  • Strengthening Irvine’s Master Plan by instituting growth control policies
  • Advocating for strict controls on massive warehouses near Irvine neighborhoods
  • Authoring the successful 2024 ballot measure so that every Irvine neighborhood is represented on the City Council
  • Bringing restaurants, museums, live music, botanical gardens, and our voter-approved Veterans Memorial Park to the Great Park
  • Preserving more than 10,000 acres of Open Space which will remain forever free of development
  • Closing the City’s largest industrial polluter and establishing in its place a 700-acre nature preserve, at no cost to Irvine taxpayers
  • Bringing diversity & the nation’s highest standards to our Police Department
  • Drafting and passing Orange County’s first Human Rights Ordinance
  • Leading Irvine in becoming the first city in the nation to ban CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals
  • Building our beautiful Community Parks system (ranked the best in California!)
  • Defeating the County’s scheme to build an international airport, safeguarding our property values and our quality of life
  • Establishing thousands of attractive affordable housing units
  • Creating Irvine’s “Rainy Day” Contingency Fund with tens of millions of dollars in reserves
  • Establishing Irvine’s Curbside Recycling Program

Raised in Southern California, Larry attended Harvard Law School, where he specialized in public interest law. He and his wife Phyllis and their young son, Ken, moved to Irvine in 1973 so that Phyllis could attend UCI Medical School.

Larry has a long record of achievements, getting good things done for Irvine residents.

While on the Council, Larry has pioneered policies to strengthen the Irvine Master Plan; establish a 700-acre Gateway Preserve in North Irvine; ensure every Irvine neighborhood is represented on the City Council; bring restaurants, museums, live music, botanical gardens, and our voter-approved Veterans Memorial Park to the Great Park; establish affordable housing; draft & implement the County’s first Human Rights Ordinance; successfully stop an airport, and then win public approval of a sweeping Open Space Preservation plan — setting aside more than 10,000 acres of wilderness in a natural open space preserve that surrounds the City and will remain forever free of development.

Larry and Phyllis continue to live in the same modest University Park home they purchased in 1976. Their son, Ken, and daughter-in-law Kerrie reside in West Irvine with their two children, Morgan and Benjamin.

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Larry’s Priorities

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CAREFUL PLANNING

Larry has always put Irvine residents first! He’s working to protect our local neighborhoods and prevent gridlocked traffic and overcrowded schools.

He has a proven record of supporting careful planning and placing strong restrictions on warehouses and overdevelopment. Larry’s leadership led to our beautiful parks system (ranked the best in California!) and lots of green space for families to enjoy today and for generations to come.

Larry does not take money from land developers and corporate special interest groups that want to control our City. Unlike his opponent in this race, Larry opposes the latest developer scheme to jam 57,000 additional housing units in Irvine that would dump another 100,000 cars onto our City streets every day, resulting in more traffic, more potholes, more pollution … and a diminished quality of life for everyone.

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PROTECT TAXPAYERS

While Larry is a proven environmental leader, he also believes strongly in protecting Irvine taxpayers and electricity ratepayers. That’s why Larry is the only candidate running for Mayor who has spoken out against the forced enrollment of all Irvine businesses and households in the disastrous Orange County Power Authority (OCPA).

As Larry has stated: “To force every Irvine resident and business into a new, more expensive electricity plan without a vote of the people is flat-out wrong!”

Larry has been raising red flags about OCPA since rejoining the Council in late 2020. Since that time, a scathing Orange County Grand Jury report has been released along with a County and State audit. All three investigations revealed gross mismanagement, deception, and financial instability at OCPA.

As Irvine’s Mayor, Larry will get us back on track. He will implement effective measures to help speed our City toward carbon-neutrality, without gouging Irvine residents and business owners.

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BUILDING OUR GREAT PARK

As Vice Chair of the Great Park Board, Larry Agran has spent the past four years working to bring a number of resident-requested amenities to our Great Park.

As a result of Larry’s collaborative work with the Chair of the Great Park Board and thousands of Irvine residents, the City is currently building museums, restaurants, and retail shops as well as a manageable outdoor amphitheater, two lakes, walking paths and botanical gardens. And, Larry was the driving force in returning the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to its home here in Irvine.

Also under construction right now is our big, beautiful, voter-endorsed Veterans Memorial Park honoring Irvine’s nearly six-decade military history. Our long-promised Veterans Memorial Park will include trees, trails, and memorial gardens . . . with installations and exhibits that honor the history of service and sacrifice of our veterans and their families.

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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Good leadership and citizen activism make a difference! As Irvine’s Mayor years ago, Larry worked alongside our City’s residents to pass an historic ballot initiative that preserved more than 10,000 acres of Open Space for families to enjoy, forever free from development … at no cost to Irvine taxpayers.

Since rejoining the City Council in late 2020, Larry has once again joined forces with Irvine residents. Through their work, the City has shut down a dangerous asphalt plant in North Irvine and is now restoring the land to its natural form.

The “Gateway Preserve” will provide new recreational and environmental opportunities to connect Irvine residents to tens of thousands of acres of open space.

As Irvine’s Mayor, Larry will make sure that our City continues to be a beacon of environmental stewardship through thoughtful planning and citizen involvement.

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