Dear Friends and Neighbors,
My name is Gang (pronounced "Gong") Chen. Irvine is a great city, however, there is definitely room for improvement. The quality of life has gone down in the past few years. The main reasons are the recent crime issues, traffic problems and increased housing prices.
I graduated from USC in 1993 with a Master’s degree. I have lived in Irvine since 1997. Irvine gave me and my family great opportunities, and I want to give back to my community. This is why I am running. I am a licensed professional architect, a LEED AP BD+C, and a real estate broker (DRE#01232392). I have served on the City of Irvine’s Green Ribbon Environmental Committee.
My campaign platform is one vision with three focuses. The vision I have for Irvine is to become a first-class city while still maintaining its unique features. My focuses are safety, traffic, and managed growth.
Irvine belongs to all of us. Let us work together to make Irvine better. As your city councilmember in District 2, I will:​
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Stop the expansion of the Frank R. Bowerman landfill/dump close to our homes
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Support the needed retail center in our community
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Create a world-class library in the Great park for our families, children, seniors and community
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Support the creation of safe bike lanes and related bike infrastructure
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Develop a comprehensive school bus system
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Oppose the more than 57,000 new housing units proposed in our city
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Stop the increased crime in our district
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Support the smaller amphitheater, not the massive Live Nation Amphitheater
Thank you for your support. I would be honored to have your vote.
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Selected list of Endorsements/Supporters:
Mike Carroll, Chairman of the Great Park and current Irvine city council
Christina Shea, Former Irvine Mayor and Irvine Councilmember
Steven Choi, former Mayor and City Councilmember of Irvine, former member of the 68th State Assembly District
Scott Peotter, Former City of Irvine Planning Commissioner, Former Newport Beach City Council
The Republican Party of Orange County (OCGOP)
Irvine Republican Assembly (IRA), a chapter of California Republican Assembly, the Party of Ronald Reagan
California Republican Assembly (CRA)
Steven Shen, Former City of Irvine Finance Commissioner
Diane Dixon, Assemblywoman Diane Dixon, 72nd State Assembly District
Lisa Bartlett, former Orange County supervisor for district 5
Denis Bilodeau, former Director, Orange County Transportation Authority, former Councilman, City of Orange
Tim Shaw, Orange County Board of Education, City of La Habra, Mayor in 2012 and 2018 City Council (elected in 2008 an 2020)
Nick Dunlap, Mayor, City of Fullerton
Amy Phan West, City of Westminster, Council Member, District 1
Mike Munzing, Mayor, City of Aliso Viejo
Rhonda Shader, City Council / Mayor, City of Placentia
David Pan, Professor at UC Irvine and Editor of Telos
Baron Night, 65th Assembly District Central Committee, OCGOP
Mark William Bucher, 68th Assembly District Central Committee, OCGOP
Mike Tardif, 68th Assembly District Central Committee, OCGOP
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Friends and neighbors and business:
Jack Oh
June Oh
May DePriest
Gary Depriest
Alex Rodriguez
Megan Czirok
Arthur Doering
Peter Sun
Valora Benhar
Erik Muniz
Gang Ding
Lianyu Chu
Steve Shen
Jennifer Chen
Mandy Chen
Suiping Huang
Gordon Li
Ying-Min Li
Michael Chu
Wen Ke
Xiang Wang
Michael Wang
Linda Kuo
Shampa Chakraborty
Anirban Chakraborty
Rita Chen
Michael Kim
Alla Samardak
Hiapweng Eng
Anton Dolzhenkov
Torin Nelsen
Gil Nelsen
Rob Nelsen
Cassandra Napoli
Jenna Wood
Emma Woodman
Linh Phung
Kent Lew
Haixia Yang
Qinwen Li
Haiying Chen
Guoneng Wang
Chun Li
Xiaoping You
Markisha Barnes
James Zhan
James Wu
Penny Chen
Sherry Cui
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E-mail: GangChen138@Gmail.com
Paid for by Gang Chen for City Council 2024, FPPC# 1435308​
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