Who's Funding Irvine City Council Races?
With two weeks to go before Election Day, campaigning is heating up in Irvine with big last-minute spending from candidates and the interests supporting them.
The spending will help shape the outcome of one of Irvine’s most consequential elections in years, marking the city’s shift to district voting and a guarantee of at least three new council members joining the dais.
This year, the biggest spenders in town are the county firefighter union, the Lincoln Club conservative donor group and a coalition of McDonalds franchise owners, who’ve collectively spent nearly $800,000 on their favored candidates.
Last month, candidates gave their views on how to best run the city in a forum held by the Irvine Watchdog.
https://voiceofoc.org/2024/10/whos-funding-irvine-city-council-races/