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Irvine vows to fight hate crimes

11/14/2018

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Irvine Council doubles hate crime reward

Council unanimously approves $5,000 matching reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of vandals who defamed Irvine Synagogue
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Mayor Don Wagner proposes matching reward to help find vandals who sprayed Semitic comments on the Beth Jacobs Congregation building on Oct. 31
By Irvine City News staff
The Irvine City Council, at Mayor Don Wagner's request, on Tuesday approved allocating a $5,000 matching reward in hopes of generating more leads that result in the arrest and conviction of vandals who on Oct. 31 sprayed anti-Semitic comments on the exterior walls of the Beth Jacob Congregation in Irvine. The funds will be drawn from the city's Community Impact Fund.
 
The approval doubles the reward made available by the Anti-Defamation League for information that leads to an arrest for the hate crime.
 
"This community came together in a very big and heartening way right after not just Pittsburgh, but after we were visited with the anti-Semitism written on the walls of the Beth Jacob Congregation," Mayor Wagner said, "and in one voice said,' No, not here.'"
 
He added, "The IPD is working closely with leadership to aggressively investigate this hate crime."
 
Council member Fox called the hate crime a very personal attack. She thanked the mayor for his leadership on this issue and said, "We are so lucky to live in a community that values diversity...The future will only bring more unity and not division..."
 
Councilmember Shea shared that during the press conference held after the hate crime, she invited leaders from various faiths to join the city council in January to pray for the city and community as the year opens.
 
"I look forward to having our faith-based groups coming together with the council and community to stand together against hate," Councilmember Shea said.
 
“If you do something to the least of us, you do it to all of us, and we’re coming after you,” Mayor Wagner warned.
 
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Irvine election results

11/7/2018

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Mayor Don Wagner overwhelmingly
​re-elected

Anthony Kuo earns a seat on the city council; Carrie O'Malley and Farrah Khan neck-and-neck for the second open council Seat
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Mayor Don Wagner will serve a second two-year term as Mayor of Irvine.
By Irvine City News staff
In a sweeping victory, incumbent Mayor Don Wagner was re-elected by Irvine voters to lead the city as mayor for a second two-year term. At post time, Anthony Kuo had clearly received the most votes for city council and Carrie O'Malley and Farrah Khan traded places over the course of the evening for the second seat on the Irvine City Council, replacing Councilmembers Jeff Lalloway and Lynn Schott who did not run for re-election.

Wagner received 46.6 percent of the 43,274 votes cast for mayoral candidates by Irvine residents. Challenger Ed Pope lagged well behind with 32.3 percent of votes. The remaining two candidates, Katherine Daigle and Ing Tiong, earned 15.3 percent and 5.8 percent respectively.

Newcomers to the Irvine City Council are Anthony Kuo (14.7 percent) and Farrah Khan (14.5 percent). In a close race with O'Malley ahead of Khan through all updates until 1:00 a.m., Khan pulled ahead of candidate Carrie O'Malley (14 percent) by just 389 votes.

The Registrar of Voters will continue to count votes received through the mail, at polling places, and provisional ballots cast by voters who lost or misplaced their ballots. As of 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, the estimate of ballots to count countywide were 418,600. It is impossible to guess how many are Irvine ballots, but the Registrar will continue to count and update results every day at 5:00 p.m. until they are final.

The election was a clear message that a majority of Irvine voters support Wagner's mandate to manage the city's future growth based on the long-held master plan. Irvine is widely acclaimed as a model city with a healthy mix of residential, commerce and lifestyle that has produced one of the safest and most desirable places to live in the world. Wagner has been a staunch proponent of staying the course in terms of the city's measured approach to build out, and he now has two more years to make sure that happens.

Kuo and Khan or O'Malley will bring new blood to the five-member council as they join council members Christina Shea and Melissa Fox. A longtime planning commissioner, Kuo has been a vocal advocate of protecting Irvine's quality of life through proper planning and strong support for Irvine schools, some of the best in the nation. Khan has been visible in civic affairs for many years and was an active Community Services Commissioner.

Stay tuned to Irvine City News for updates.
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