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Residents urge city to revisit Orange Heights approvals, citing wildfire and environmental risks
Summary
Dozens of residents told the City Council that the Irvine Company’s Orange Heights proposal — referenced by speakers as roughly 1,100–1,180 homes — poses wildfire evacuation, traffic, insurance and habitat threats and asked the city to check permit expirations and require a supplemental EIR under newer state wildfire rules.
Dozens of Orange residents used the public-comment period on Jan. 28 to urge the City Council to re-examine approvals for the Irvine Company’s Orange Heights (East Orange) project, arguing the site is in a high fire-hazard area and that the environmental review is outdated.
“Has the city of Orange not updated their building codes in 20 years?” asked Tracy (public commenter), describing an evacuation during the 2017 Canyon 2 fire and saying, “It took us almost 50 minutes to go just a few miles.” Multiple speakers said the project proposes…
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