Raise Your Voice (or Keyboard) to Get San Diego City Council to Reform Downtown Parking Meter Rates — Thursday, April 16 — UPDATED
The City continues to charge $10 per hour at downtown parking meters during Padres’ games and other “special events”.
Padres’ fans are definitely not the only ones subject to this outrageous fee, which starts two hours before the event, and continues for four hours from the event’s start time, for a total of six hours.
The area subject to this $60 per event fee extends well beyond any logical boundaries, all the way north to Broadway, and east to 17th Street and the I-5.
Worse, it’s a devastatingly regressive tax, because it penalizes renters who don’t have off-street parking, and can only park at meters. It hurts downtown’s restaurants and small businesses, who lose customers who can’t or won’t pay $10 an hour to buy groceries, mail a package, or eat a meal.

Here’s more on the District 2 candidates — first in a video of the April 7 Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting where 3 candidates were questioned, and second, in interviews of 3 candidates by the editor of Explore Clairemont, an online platform.
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By Joni Halpern
On the beach at the end of Cape May in the sand has stood what locals call “The Lifeguard Chair” — a neighborhood treasure that has been maintained and repaired by people who live on those sandy blocks.
The new owner of The Black has been finally revealed!
The San Diego Community Coalition publishes this email bulletin to keep our members and the general San Diego public informed about important Council and Planning Commission hearings and other city public meetings.
Here’s what’s happening baby around Point Loma this month of April. Thanks to our friends at
Please join Ocean Beach Historical Society, Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 7:00 pm, for “What Ever Became of Dutch Flats“- an eye-opening excursion into the hidden history of the boggy estuary that once stretched between Old Town and Loma Portal – Dutch Flats.
There are still water quality advisories in effect at Dog Beach in OB all the way to 300 feet south of the River outlet, according to the County of
Belmont Park in Mission Beach is unveiling a multimillion-dollar revamp just in time for the busy summer season, featuring upgrades to its historic Giant Dipper roller coaster and new attractions for visitors.
Rag intrepid reporter Geoff Page checked out what was going on at the foot of Narragansett.
Letter to City of San Diego & Mayor Todd Gloria 
Today, we’re having fun and games with Richard Bailey, a candidate for District 2 of the San Diego City Council.
By Mandy Havlik, Candidate for San Diego City Council District 2




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