For some parents, the thought of their children returning home from college to start their adult life back in their hometown, seems an impossibility, due to the area’s high cost of living.
One Irvine father hopes to change that if he is elected to the Irvine City Council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election.
Scott Hansen is an intellectual property attorney, member of the city’s transportation commission and president of his homeowner’s association. After seeing no other candidates advocating for solutions that concern him, he announced his candidacy in the beginning of the year.
Irvine City Council Candidate Scott Hansen in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2022. (Hau Nguyen/The Epoch Times)
His daughter is a college student in Illinois who will most likely struggle to return to the city without parental help….