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April 18, 2024 at 11:45 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachCurrently you can deduct more property taxes on an investment property than on your primary residence. That’s just insane. This is because of the $10K... April 18, 2024 at 11:40 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachWe should not be incentivizing any home ownership beyond your primary residence. It just increases the barrier for those who can’t afford 1 home. 
April 18, 2024 at 10:35 pm on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachI weep not for people who own second homes. We are so thankful to own our OB shack. We see people who do all sorts...
April 18, 2024 at 7:24 pm on OB Planners’ Project Review Committee: 20 Units at 4705 Point Loma Ave., — Wed., April 17Paul Webb If I read your numbers correctly seems like more than a small deviation @4X increased density. And OB NYC as a comparison seems...
April 18, 2024 at 5:59 pm on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingGreat analysis. Have you thought about sending your analysis to the Ivory Group? This ADU plan doesn’t deserve a prize. 
April 18, 2024 at 5:41 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesWe need to appeal by the deadline, and that means collaboration and planning based on the $1,000 appeal fee per applicant. btw, I want to...
April 18, 2024 at 5:31 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI think the 9 parking spaces is history; it is 3.5 parking spaces, or maybe 4 or maybe 3. April 18, 2024 at 4:44 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaAlso, the Coastal-certified code only allows 1 base ADU on a lot with a single-family-development. Even in a multifamily zone. This means any ADU over... April 18, 2024 at 4:39 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaThe city is violating noticing requirements on these projects near CPG boundaries. See section (b)(4) §112.0302 Notice by Mail (b) Persons Entitled to Notice. Except...
April 18, 2024 at 4:16 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI did need that spelled out for me, kh, thank you. That makes sense to me now. Single individuals, as in 1 person, with no... April 18, 2024 at 4:10 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI thought it was 40% of base density. It would be interesting to see how the affordable density bonus would apply to this project vs... April 18, 2024 at 4:06 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesOB is not on the SDA map because that code update has not been approved by the Coastal Commission. Nor have the zero-parking code updates...
April 18, 2024 at 4:01 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesIf you want to see what the future looks like, 3781 32nd Street at North Park Way a block from the North Park Library. A... April 18, 2024 at 3:53 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesCoke and strippers oriented 
April 18, 2024 at 3:37 pm on Open Letter to Councilwoman Campbell on ‘Complete Communities’ from Point Loma HomeownerKH, can you confirm the vote of the PRC. 
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C’mon Frank -there is no bad side. Can’t wait to see you.
My thoughts exactly! Ha ha…….You Go Frank!, A further comment forth coming!
Awesome babe!
Now we just have to remember to watch it……
Yea Frank, great to see you are still at it! I wish I could watch it, but can’t get it up here in Oregon. Haven’t seen you since ’77 and those great old days of OBCPG and creating the OB Planning Board. Glad to know OB is still OB. Also, now we have a president who also was a “Community Organizer” so maybe we’ll finally see some progress, So what do you all think of the success Richard Louv- who wrote “The Far End of America, a book about Ocean Beach, California” back in ’75, is having with his idea of “Nature Deficit”, to get kids back to nature? Great, get em to the tide pools, look but don’t touch…… Remember when they wanted to backfill from the beach to the top of Sunset Cliffs to save the houses, and we called it “Sloping in to the Sunset”?
Hurrah for all of you, Frank and others, for keeping the faith! Doug Card, now Eugene Oregon
well, shiver me timbers! faux noise comes to OB.
So….just so I’m clear on this. We aren’t going to let Sanders ride in our parade this year right??? Impeach Sanders….no Natzis in OB.
If that jerk closes my library…I got no place to post these wonderful comments.
obTony
-keepin it weird since ever since
Hey Doug Card, great to hear from you! Remember the Common Ground days? Didn’t you sit on the first OB Planning Board? Activism in OB goes up and down. Did you ever hear about Ocean Beach Grassroots Organization (OBGO)?
Dinner is calling – more later.
Hey Frank Gormlie, You seem to be everyplace, yes, save the OB community library for sure! Our period of 8 years of ignorance is about over. Yup, I was on that first OB Planning Board as part of the OBCPG 8-6 majority, along with some really great people–Tom Kozden, Rich Cornish, Mary Ann Zounes, Lars Tollefson, Doris Frank, Chris Bystrom, and Phil Elsbree (you were just a few votes short); with this majority and the support of the OB Rag we really were able to “Save OB” at that time 32 years ago; but it takes continuous work, so congratulations to all of you who are still working to keep it as that Very Special Place. We emigres will never forget it. Doug
Doug – okay, what a memory! Richard Lou went on to become a famous writer, but have not read his book. Is there an implied criticism of his point in your earlier comment?
I have visited Eugene a couple of times in last 5 years, but did not know you lived there.
Yes, the original Community Planning Group slate. I think our majority was larger though. Tom Kozden moved to the Bay Area, changed his name and now is big with the Mayor, Rich Cornish became an RN, married now with two grown daughters and lives in the South Bay; not certain what happened to Mary Ann – she did stay in OB for a long time, owned some units on Muir and Cable which her sons managed; Lars disappeared into career land; Doris Frank – god bless her – dunno; sadly Chris Bystrom died in some kind of accident in Australia, after he had made a career making surfing movies; Phil Elsbree and wife bought a local Bed & Breakfast on Niagara Street near the pier.
What are you up to these days?
Yo Frank again- Yes, Luov has gone on to become very successful, and I didn’t mean to imply any criticism of his writing, for I love his theme of getting kids back out in Nature, which has become a huge part of my life here in Oregon. I’ve been in Eugene for years,just retired from teaching sociology at the UO. Also just wrote a book on local history, “From Camas to Courthouse.”
Thanks for the update on all the old OBCPGers, those were heady times and fascinating people, sad to hear about Chris the surfer and Lars the careerist; maybe some of the other folks reading this will remember some of those days and those names. Our CPG 8-6 Planning Board margin over Pen-Inc is accurate, not because of my memory, but because I still have a bunch of CPG and PB material I brought with me to Oregon, even the tapes of some of the big hearings. I should get it down to the OB Historical society.
I do remember the Common Ground days, but more on the talking than the action, we lost big in the City Council Race with Ralph Anievis. And yes, I have been watching the OB Grassroots organization, great work, activism will never die in OB! Doug
Kristina Lee will do for now, im waiting for your spot on 60 minutes. haha!!