BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250213T170000Z DTEND:20250213T181500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Business Advocacy Speakers Series - Irvine Mayor Larry Agran DESCRIPTION:The Business Advocacy Speaker Series monitors legislation\, environmental statutes\, and political issues of concern that may impact the business environment in Irvine and neighboring cities. Speakers provide insight on issues and projects affecting businesses\, members\, and residents in greater Irvine.\nFebruary 2025 Guest Speaker: Irvine Mayor Larry Agran\n\n\n\nLarry Agran first served on the Irvine City Council from 1978 to 1990\, including six years as Mayor. Under his leadership\, Irvine received national recognition for its pioneering programs in child care\, affordable housing\, recycling\, and open space preservation. As a highly respected public interest attorney and public policy expert\, Mayor Agran founded and led several non-profit organizations: the Local Elected Officials Project\, the Center for Innovative Diplomacy\, and CityVote. As the founder and volunteer chair of Project '99 from 1994 to 1999\, he was especially active in establishing the Orange County Great Park at the former Marine Corps Base at El Toro.\n\nMayor Agran returned to service on the Irvine City Council in 1998. He was elected Mayor of Irvine in 2000. After completing two consecutive terms as Mayor\, he was elected to two consecutive terms as an Irvine City Councilmember\, serving until 2014. Following a six-year hiatus\, Irvine voters returned him to the City Council in 2020. He was re-elected to the Irvine City Council in 2022. He was elected Mayor in 2024\, marking his eighth nonconsecutive term in this role.\n\nMayor Agran is the Vice Chairman of the Great Park Corporation\, which oversees a 1\,300-acre municipal park owned by the City of Irvine. The Great Park Corporation is the entity designated by the Irvine City Council to help bring about the design\, construction\, and operation of the Great Park America's first great metropolitan park of the 21st century. He is the City of Irvine representative to the National League of Cities\, the League of California Cities\, the California Big City Mayors Coalition\, the Orange County City Selection Committee\, and the Irvine Ranch Water District/City of Irvine Coordinating Committee.\n\nMayor Agran graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966\, majoring in history and economics. In 1969\, he graduated with honors from Harvard Law School\, where he specialized in public interest law. He has served as Legal Counsel to the California State Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. He has taught legislation and public policy at the UCLA School of Law and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Business Advocacy Speaker Series monitors legislation\, environmental statutes\, and political issues of concern that may impact the business environment in Irvine and neighboring cities. Speakers provide insight on issues and projects affecting businesses\, members\, and residents in greater Irvine.\n

February 2025 Guest Speaker: Irvine Mayor Larry Agran

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Irvine Mayor Larry Agran
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Larry Agran first served on the Irvine City Council from 1978 to 1990\, including six years as Mayor. Under his leadership\, Irvine received national recognition for its pioneering programs in child care\, affordable housing\, recycling\, and open space preservation. As a highly respected public interest attorney and public policy expert\, Mayor Agran founded and led several non-profit organizations: the Local Elected Officials Project\, the Center for Innovative Diplomacy\, and CityVote. As the founder and volunteer chair of Project &rsquo\;99 from 1994 to 1999\, he was especially active in establishing the Orange County Great Park at the former Marine Corps Base at El Toro.

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Mayor Agran returned to service on the Irvine City Council in 1998. He was elected Mayor of Irvine in 2000. After completing two consecutive terms as Mayor\, he was elected to two consecutive terms as an Irvine City Councilmember\, serving until 2014. Following a six-year hiatus\, Irvine voters returned him to the City Council in 2020. He was re-elected to the Irvine City Council in 2022. He was elected Mayor in 2024\, marking his eighth nonconsecutive term in this role.

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Mayor Agran is the Vice Chairman of the Great Park Corporation\, which oversees a 1\,300-acre municipal park owned by the City of Irvine. The Great Park Corporation is the entity designated by the Irvine City Council to help bring about the design\, construction\, and operation of the Great Park &ndash\; America&rsquo\;s first great metropolitan park of the 21st century. He is the City of Irvine representative to the National League of Cities\, the League of California Cities\, the California Big City Mayors Coalition\, the Orange County City Selection Committee\, and the Irvine Ranch Water District/City of Irvine Coordinating Committee.

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Mayor Agran graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966\, majoring in history and economics. In 1969\, he graduated with honors from Harvard Law School\, where he specialized in public interest law. He has served as Legal Counsel to the California State Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. He has taught legislation and public policy at the UCLA School of Law and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.

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