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May 26, 2024 at 8:59 am on Application for Construction of Large Church in Del Cerro Was Properly DeniedThe sprawl of these ironic castles is breathtaking. How is there that much available land so near SDSU? Does anybody know how well visited the... May 26, 2024 at 8:41 am on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseThere are so many tears for landlords here. Some worries about rising expenses are legitimate to an extent, but Prop 13 protections that limit property...
May 26, 2024 at 7:16 am on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseReal Estate Investment Trusts on Wall Street. the birthplace and sole driver of the agonizing runaway inflation of the last 4 years. 80% of Americans...
May 25, 2024 at 11:24 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseIt is actually and you are not sincerely of the opinion that is isnt. So why did you make the statement that you did? 
May 25, 2024 at 10:55 pm on It Was Always the Plan: City Council Votes 8-1 to Silence Critics of Over-Development in UptownRight you are, kh. We repeatedly pointed out that all of our neighborhoods are notional, with widely different demographics not connected to any census or...
May 25, 2024 at 9:20 pm on We Need an Independent Auditor to Review City’s Data on Housing Units and Population of Mission Beach to Ensure Correct Numbers for Short Term Rental LicensesGary, these StR owners are business people and have better things to do particularly with something that was decided well over a year ago. When...
May 25, 2024 at 8:14 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseAllow me to add one more legislated discriminatory law passed to favor the big boys. San Diego City has rent control passed two years ago....
May 25, 2024 at 8:00 pm on We Need an Independent Auditor to Review City’s Data on Housing Units and Population of Mission Beach to Ensure Correct Numbers for Short Term Rental LicensesWhat I believe is interesting is the smaller and smaller response from the short term rental community to my kinds of statements. The SDSTRA barely...
May 25, 2024 at 3:52 pm on It Was Always the Plan: City Council Votes 8-1 to Silence Critics of Over-Development in UptownThere’s zero chance those 6 neighborhoods within Uptown are similar in population or # of businesses. How many people reside in “Medical Center”? Who even... May 25, 2024 at 3:18 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseIt is not Pollyanna thinking. However the focus needs to be shifted. As a commercial property owning Californian you are not just getting squeezed. You're...
May 25, 2024 at 10:51 am on Update on Hells Angels Accused of Racist Assaults on 3 Black Men in Ocean Beach in 2023HA's have been notorious in OB since my family moved there in 79'. African American family dad fought in Korean War, mom was a Principal...
May 25, 2024 at 9:45 am on Quilting Event for Uvalde, Texas 2nd Anniversary at San Diego’s Chicano Park Museum — Friday, May 24The commemorative quilt of the Uvalde massacre, now at the Chicano Park Museum is a moving exhibit we should all experience. Anyone who would like...
May 25, 2024 at 9:45 am on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent Increase“where landlords can charge whatever they want“ Frank, if you owned a coffee shop and if the nearby coffee shops sell their coffee for $5,... May 25, 2024 at 7:52 am on We Need an Independent Auditor to Review City’s Data on Housing Units and Population of Mission Beach to Ensure Correct Numbers for Short Term Rental LicensesThere ya go again Gary! Hammering STRs (although you owned rentals yourself). If you consider a 30% of your redone number would be a couple...
May 25, 2024 at 7:47 am on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseSmall Mom and Pops are getting squeezed more than you can imagine. Our insurance on our 30 YO (to us) building has been cancelled and...
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Great job, Charlie Landon!
Yup, this is an incredible video.