King Tides for San Diego’s Coast — December 2023
Here is a chart of the King Tides for December 2023, with tidal predictions from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reporting station at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla:
Month: December 2023
Hapless and Shameless: the Big Lies Behind ‘Housing Action Plan 2.0’
By Mat Wahlstrom
On Tuesday, December 12, the City Council will be pressured to approve the same “Housing Action Plan 2.0” amendments to the “Complete Communities Housing Solutions,” without changes, that the council rejected less than a month ago amid community uproar, due in part to lack of any data presented to demonstrate what it has accomplished so far.
And all for no better reason than that our current “strong-arm mayor” form of government enables authoritarian refusal to take “no” for answers rendered in democratic process.
This is reason enough for the council to reject them, and I encourage you to tell councilmembers that. (It’s Item #335 on the agenda.)
But in case you want to know more:
Money Stolen from ‘Pennies for Pets’ Fundraising by Point Loma Students Replaced by Strangers
By Michael Chen/ 10News / Dec. 7, 2023
Some grateful students in Point Loma are reflecting on a rollercoaster journey after money from a fundraiser was stolen.
For much of October, the fifth grade classes at High Tech Elementary led a school-wide fundraiser, ‘Pennies for Pets,’ as students and families filled jars with spare change and cash to benefit the San Diego Humane Society.
ACLU Pushes for Transparency and Inclusion of Community Stakeholders in Hiring of Most Powerful Non-Elected County Position, Chief Admin Officer
Unelected CAO’s Powerful Role in the County’s Future Demands a Hiring Process Consistent with Our Shared Values as a Democracy
By Norma Chávez-Peterson, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
On December 5, I joined with several of our ISDF coalition partners to testify before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors regarding the process of hiring the county’s next chief administrative officer (CAO).
The nonprofit, nonpartisan American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has a 103-year legacy of protecting and expanding civil rights and ensuring full and equal access to education, jobs, housing, voting and more. The ACLU fights to guarantee that “We the People” means all of us.
San Diego Planning Commission Approves Compromise Proposal to Redevelop Northeast Mission Bay
By David Garrick / San Diego Union-Tribune / Dec. 7, 2023
Plans to transform much of northeast Mission Bay into climate-friendly marshland took a key step forward Thursday, December 7, when the San Diego Planning Commission approved a comprehensive proposal to redevelop the area.
Geneviéve Jones-Wright Enters Mayoral Race Against Incumbent Todd Gloria
Geneviéve Jones-Wright, a former San Diego public defender and proclaimed advocate for justice and social equality, has officially launched her bid for the 2024 mayoral seat against incumbent Todd Gloria.
Historic Irony: While We Commemorate Dec. 7th Pearl Harbor Day, Trump Insults All Those Americans Who Fought Against Fascism During WWII
Today, December 7th, we commemorate Pearl Harbor Day, 82 years ago – the day the US entered World War II and fought against the Empire of Japan and the German fascists.
While my mother lived in San Diego during World War II, both her husband – my father – and her brother were in the US military fighting Japan, along with millions of other Americans fighting the Hitler Nazis and the Fascists of Italy. My uncle never made it back – having been wounded during the Battle of Corregidor and captured as a POW but dying on a Japanese transport ship.
San Diego Set to Institute ‘Redlining’
By Paul Coogan
The Flawed Housing Action Package 2.0
The City of San Diego, like many U.S. cities, is attempting to build its way out of homelessness and spiraling rents. This simple supply and demand approach to real estate economics is an oversimplification that does not take into account the market manipulations of large corporate interests.
The builders want “free dirt” and there are two ways to drive down the cost of land, depreciation of the parcel or increasing the revenue potential of what is built.
New Law Will Make It Illegal for Employers to Discriminate Against Workers for Off-Duty Pot Use
By Kristina Houck / Patch San Diego / Dec. 5, 2023
After the New Year, employment discrimination for off-duty cannabis use will be illegal in California. Assembly Bill 2188 and Senate Bill 700 amend the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to protect employment rights for people who use marijuana.
Beginning Jan. 1, it will be against the law under AB 2188, with certain exceptions, for California employers with five or more employees to discriminate against current or potential workers for cannabis use off the job and outside of the workplace.
Pt Loma Nazarene Named as Unsafe for LGBTQ+ Students by Campus Pride – Again
By Ava Bailey-Klugh / The Point – LomaBeat.com / Dec. 6, 2023
An article from Campus Pride released on Oct. 2, 2023 named Point Loma Nazarene University once again an unsafe school for LGBTQ+ students.
Campus Pride, a website dedicated to making college campuses more safe for LGBTQ+ students, created a list called The Worst List in 2001.
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