While you're California dreaming, you might as well imagine Irvine Apartment Communities as your landlord. The property management company manages some 90 apartment communities totaling some 20,000 units in California's Orange County, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and San Diego areas. The company participates in affordable housing programs including HUD, Section 8, and below market-rate programs. Irvine Apartment Communities is a subsidiary of real estate investment firm The Irvine Company, which owns a portfolio of office, retail, hospitality, residential, and multifamily properties in California, including the master-planned community Irvine Ranch.