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Meet Larry
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.
Why I’m Running
Larry’s Priorities
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.
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.
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.
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.
Larry’s Supporters
Dr. Kevin Lien
I live in north Irvine and I support Larry Agran because he was the only member of the City Council to show a genuine interest in helping families like mine who had been left on our own to deal with the effects of a toxic asphalt plant in our neighborhood.
In large part because of Larry’s efforts, the asphalt plant has now been shut down and the land around the site is being restored to its natural state.
Michele Garcia-Juardo
I’ve known Larry Agran for decades. He never backs down from a seemingly impossible goal, if he’s convinced that it’s for Irvine’s good.
Larry not only moves mountains, he involves himself in the minutia of running a city. He makes it a point to know and listen to as many people as possible, so that he can build a strong team. No project is too small, and no resident or need is too insignificant. Those are the qualities we need in a Mayor.
Frank McGill
I’m an Air Force veteran and a retired urban planner who has supported Larry Agran since his first Council race. For decades, Larry has stood up to the developers for the better interests of Irvine citizens, and our veterans.
That’s why developers have spent millions in vicious attack ads against him. They know what I know — Larry Agran can’t be bought and he can’t be bossed!
Henry & Mary King
We have known Larry Agran for more than three decades. We’re voting for him because we have seen his “get-it-done” work ethic firsthand.
Irvine desperately needs the experience Larry brings to the Council. We have no doubt that he will get us back on track as the nation’s safest, smartest, greenest city!
Dr. Kev Abazajian
As Mayor, Larry partnered with Nobel Prize-winning scientists at UCI to create the nation’s first municipal ordinance to eliminate chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting chemicals. When other cities, states, and countries followed Irvine’s lead, the United Nations presented Irvine with an award for its contributions to global environmental protection.
The threat of climate change makes it more important than ever to have Larry’s vision and leadership on the Council!
Jaci Woods
I live in north Irvine. I’ve been a resident for nearly 50 years, and work as a real estate broker in town. I’m voting for Larry Agran for Mayor because I know his record and I trust his leadership.
Larry led the effort to defeat the County Supervisors’ scheme to build a huge, noisy airport — El Toro International Airport — right here in Irvine. With his leadership, we all won! By defeating the airport, Larry Agran protected Irvine’s quality of life … and our property values.
Richard King
The Solar Decathlon, an award-winning design competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, had been held over a 10-year period on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
In 2013 and again in 2015, Larry Agran’s bold, visionary leadership brought the event to the Great Park. Each event was a huge success, drawing thousands of visitors and highlighting Irvine’s commitment to excellence in education, innovation, and community engagement.