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Oct 19, 2026
What California’s Housing Targets Mean for Its Cities | James Mai
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Siyamak KhorramiHOST
Can you tell us your story, your background, and how did you get involved with public service? Sure.

James MaiGUEST
Bit of the backstory in Vietnam is that my family was from Northern Vietnam in the early days.
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Siyamak KhorramiHOST
it like to do the public service you're doing right now? Is it different than when you got in?
State of Gaza and Israel, Paramount merger finalized, Irvine ranked-choice voting and more
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James MaiGUEST
And one of the main reasons that I'm opposed to this is basically it comes down to logistics.

Larry MantleHOST
So if other smaller communities could afford to do this, why couldn't a comparatively large city like Irvine be able to budget for this?