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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:

  • Oppose the more than 5,200 new housing units proposed in our community

  • Stop the expansion of the Frank R. Bowerman landfill/dump close to our homes

  • Support the needed retail center in our community

  • Stop the increased crime in our district

  • Support the smaller amphitheater, not the massive Live Nation Amphitheater

  • Create a local library for our families, children, seniors and community

 

Thank you for your support. I would be honored to have your vote.

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Selected list of Endorsements/Supporters:
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 Nelson

Gil Nelson

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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DELIGHT FUNDING INC

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United Regent Funding Inc

Penny Pioneer Corp

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E-mail: GangChen138@Gmail.com                  

Paid for by Gang Chen for City Council 2024, FPPC# 1435308​

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