Irvine Battle Over Veterans Cemetery at Great Park
Irvine residents and officials debate placing a veterans cemetery at the Great Park amid land constraints Five Point Communities land deals and a Cultural Terrace plan. Advocates urge action near El Toro MCAS while district trustees fear school impacts and seek affordable veteran housing alternatives. Local leaders push for state and federal cooperation despite planned site restrictions and development timelines.
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Great Park
Five Point
Irvine
Fifth
Irvine Unified School District
Mike Parham
Marine Way
Bill Cook
Gettysburg
MCAS
el Toro
Irvine seeks state approval for veterans cemetery at Great Park site
Assembly Bill 1453 faces Senate and Gov. Brown approval by August 31 or it dies. If enacted, California would seek federal grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs, requiring land and 10 percent upfront costs with later reimbursement. The VA has about 46 million dollars annually for 22 projects.
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Irvine
Larry Agran
Great Park
Jeff Lalloway
Steven Choi
Agran
Lalloway
Orange County
Christina Shea
Park
Lallo- Way
State Senate
Jerry Brown
Department of Veterans Affairs
George Eisenbach
Veterans Cemetery Grant Service
San Juan Capistrano eyed as veterans cemetery site
Orange County veterans eye potential cemetery sites if El Toro Great Park proves unworkable. Five Point Communities notes San Juan Capistrano as promising while Joint Forces Training Base and Naval Weapons Station in nearby areas are ruled out. Local officials praise Rancho Capistrano land for its beauty though access and road plans pose hurdles.
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Orange County
el Toro Marine Base
Great Park
Five Point
San Juan Capistrano
Joint Forces Training Base
Los Alamitos
Naval Weapons Station
Gregg Smith
Brian Myers
Bill Cook
David Arnold
Saddleback Church
Rancho California
Cook
Sam Allevato
Rancho Capistrano
Allevato
Irvine
Gettysburg
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Andy Zelinko
Marine Corps Air Station
California
Los Angeles Nation
S. Sepulveda Blvd
Parham
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Bakersfield National Cemetery
East
Bear Mountain
Miramar National Cemetery
Nobel
KERN
Riverside National Cemetery
van Buren Blvd
Arras
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Riverside
SAN Diego Sperial
San Diego
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Cabrillo Memorial Dr
Naval Base
Point Loma
U.S
Buenss
Quirk-Silva
Heritage Fields
Five Point Communities
Forest Lawn
Myers
Kpierceali
Ocregister
San Juan
Kimberly Pierce
Tom Lasser
Tustin
the Great Park
Todd Spitzer
Spitzer
Tal
Crystal Cathedral
Schuller
Hobby Lobby
Laguna Niguel
Cosmetic Dentistry
Cdgo.org
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