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on The State-of-Play on San Diego’s Midway Rising Bill — SB958: “How about Kevin Faulconer? Republican former mayor who has enthusiastically embraced the YIMBY cause since at least 2019. https://www.city-journal.org/article/where-are-all-the-republican-yimbys” Jul 25, 14:12
on The State-of-Play on San Diego’s Midway Rising Bill — SB958: “We have an opportunity to speak out. We hope you will attend Town Hall to discuss SB958, NAVWAR and Midway…” Jul 25, 14:08
on A New Kind of Parking Shakedown in San Diego: “The annual cost of each permit is $11.50. Temporary permits which are valid for two weeks are available to Residential…” Jul 25, 12:52
on The State-of-Play on San Diego’s Midway Rising Bill — SB958: “Still looking for the group that identifies as YIMBY GOP of San Diego. Just saying…” Jul 25, 12:00
on A New Kind of Parking Shakedown in San Diego: “Makes for a pleasant ride for those of us that do use them.” Jul 25, 11:15
on The State-of-Play on San Diego’s Midway Rising Bill — SB958: “Dick – this is not a “liberal” thing. It’s a developer and profit-driven thing and the electeds that curry to…” Jul 25, 10:17on The State-of-Play on San Diego’s Midway Rising Bill — SB958: “Sorry but I feel the need to repeat a reply from a couple days ago (with an edit): Senator Akilah…” Jul 25, 09:53
on A New Kind of Parking Shakedown in San Diego: “During commute times 6-10 Am and 3-7 pm Monday to Friday the twenty bike lanes I’ve witnessed in diego are…” Jul 25, 07:31
on A New Kind of Parking Shakedown in San Diego: “Would really love it if those overseeing this issue would rather choose to allocate attention and resources to building a…” Jul 24, 22:01
on The 5 Neighborhoods of Clairemont San Diego: “I am a member of Clairemont’s first graduation Class of 1960. Sad that this high school will lose the “Chieftains”…” Jul 24, 21:46
on A New Kind of Parking Shakedown in San Diego: “I love the Field of Dreams analogy. Spot on!” Jul 24, 17:36
This particular cover is of special interest. The photograph, by grassroots photo-journalist Miriam Shipp (who later became a medical doc), was of a large condo or apartment building right on the cliffs while under construction, obviously. I was with Miriam that day to take the shot for the cover,as the accompanying article was all about how unstable the cliffs were, the erosion, how this building blocked access to the coast, was over the 30 foot height limit, etc. OB Ecology Action and later the Community Planning Group all were against it, protesting it to San Diego Planning Commission, probably to the Coastal Commission.
Of course, the building was built. But get this: during the early 2000s while I was on the OB Planning Board, the owners came before the Board asking permission to shore up the cliffs because erosion was making a dangerous situation for the building. It was granted.