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April 19, 2024 at 7:45 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean Beach"The rich get richer and we are all supposed to.... leave OB, unless we've lucked out by owning from long ago, found a cheap-ish rental,... April 19, 2024 at 7:41 am on Why San Diego Should Not Be Awarded Anything for Its ‘Bonus ADU’ Program — Not One ADU Unit Has Been Built as Low-Income HousingHmmm....what, exactly, is "Ivory Innovations"...? 
April 19, 2024 at 5:35 am on 2 New Projects Proposed for West Point Loma Boulevard in Ocean BeachI think you meant schedule E. Your comment is otherwise correct. I agree that it is insane. 
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 $1,000 appeal fee per applicant. btw, I want to...
April 18, 2024 at 5:31 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI think the 9 parking spaces is history; it is 3.5 parking spaces, or maybe 4 or maybe 3. April 18, 2024 at 4:44 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaAlso, the Coastal-certified code only allows 1 base ADU on a lot with a single-family-development. Even in a multifamily zone. This means any ADU over... April 18, 2024 at 4:39 pm on 8 ADUs in 3-Story Complex Proposed for 4500 Block of Pescadero in Point LomaThe city is violating noticing requirements on these projects near CPG boundaries. See section (b)(4) §112.0302 Notice by Mail (b) Persons Entitled to Notice. Except...
April 18, 2024 at 4:16 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI did need that spelled out for me, kh, thank you. That makes sense to me now. Single individuals, as in 1 person, with no... April 18, 2024 at 4:10 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesI thought it was 40% of base density. It would be interesting to see how the affordable density bonus would apply to this project vs... April 18, 2024 at 4:06 pm on Proposed 20 Units on Point Loma Ave Will Only Have 3 ‘Affordable’, Only 9 Parking SpacesOB is not on the SDA map because that code update has not been approved by the Coastal Commission. Nor have the zero-parking code updates...
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Is that the feminine gender of San Antonio?
LOL, okay I was dead tired. “San Antonio”.
I finally guessed that after f*&$@#!g with my computer for an hour. Finally dawned on me to try my phone…
From our provider yesterday (4-18-18): At 1:17pm CST today, a major network connection to Pressable’s data center was severed, resulting in an outage for all WordPress sites hosted by Pressable. The connection was restored by Pressable’s upstream provider at approximately 6:06pm CST and all sites hosted by Pressable have been online since.
We believed that carrier redundancies would prevent this type of outage but the measures in place did not work. We know that you expect better from us, and we’ll do everything necessary to ensure that this unacceptable outage doesn’t happen again.
6:10pm CST: The fiber repair has been completed and everything is back online.
Why contract out to a company from Texas?
Keep it local, guys!!
I did a lot of fiber optic cable installation in the 90s and the fiber is built in rings. If a part of the ring is damaged, the data is not supposed to be interrupted, it is supposed to reroute on the undamaged section. Redundancy they call it. And, if power goes out in the data centers, two of which I was involved in building, it is also not supposed to interrupt service. They built uninterruptible power supplies into the system, first a small system that immediately continued the signals in a fraction of a second and then huge battery banks designed to work for some time to maintain service. It is unusual to have service interrupted like this, very unusual, I’m sure there is more to this story.
Ring topology is not practical for long-haul fiber . . . I recall sometime in the early 90s when the main MCI cable was severed just North of Oceanside and San Diego suffered a major outage . . . lots of them run on the railroad right of ways.
Good point Peter.