By Colleen O’Connor
“Ahead of the movie’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, the first trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi passion project, Megalopolis, has been released online.”
Coppola, the magician of movies with relevance (Godfather I and II and Apocalypse Now) worked on his new film for more than a decade. Part Sci-Fi and part morality play, it may demonstrate a last chance for salvation. Dwindling audiences define politics while Blockbuster moments prevail elsewhere.
Barbie and Oppenheimer in movies. In sports. Katlin Collins and the WMBA finals. Add Saturday’s 150th Kentucky Derby crowds and photo finish. Blockbuster concerts like Taylor Swift. All mega events. All with cheers. Massive crowds of appreciation. Not so in current U.S. politics.
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Roll up for Cannabis Equity
By Terrie Best
The Department of Justice has announced they plan to move “marijuana” (they call it that because they are silly and won’t get onboard) from class I to III on the controlled substances schedule.
74% of Americans live in a state with a cannabis program of some kind. This is the first change to federal cannabis policy in decades and it is to be celebrated for sure. Still, the goal is and must remain full legalization and removal from the controlled substances schedule altogether. Which could mean that medical cannabis will take a different track then adult use.
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By Geoff Page
Mayor Todd Gloria’s Complete Communities Housing Solutions are coming for OB in the form a 20-unit anthill on a 7,396 square foot lot with virtually no parking or outdoor space.
Anyone who wants to defend Ocean Beach from this kind of mutant development showing up next door to them should attend the OB Community Planning Board meeting tomorrow, May 7, 6:00 p.m., at the OB Rec Center.
The Project
The project was detailed in The Rag’s April 16 story. The project is designed to take advantage of the city’s new Complete Communities Housing Solutions, or CCHS, program. The problem is, the city’s own CCHS documents state the project is not allowed because it is within an historic district.
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The OB Planning Board meets this Tuesday May 7th at 6pm at the OB Rec Center.
There is one project on agenda: 4705 Point Loma Ave.
The Board’s sub-committee, the Project Review Committee reviewed the project on April 17, 2024. Their action was as follows:
“Motion to approve the project with a condition of approval requiring a 30-day minimum rental agreement for all building occupants. (Passes 3-2-0)”
What’s being proposed at the corner at 4705 Point Loma Avenue is a 3-story, 20 unit complex — but only 3 of its units will be “affordable” and it will only provide 9 parking spaces.
The density that is being proposed in way out of whack with OB’s normal density limits. But the developer can bypass local community plans as long as it’s complying with Mayor Gloria’s so-called Complete Communities.
Here’s the official agenda (see below for more on “The Point”).
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Law enforcement has cleared out the “Gaza Solidarity” encampment at UC San Diego. Dozens of protesters were detained or arrested, according to media reports.
Authorities declared the encampment an unlawful assembly at about 5:45 a.m. and ordered the protesters to leave.
The university announced that there was police activity from North Torrey Pines Road to Interstate 5. Non-essential employees were advised to move to remote operations, while essential employees were directed to report to work as usual, according to UCSD.
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A contact of the Rag’s at UC San Diego has just informed us that the situation on campus appears that law enforcement is preparing to shut down the Palestine solidarity encampment.
The encampment — now in its 5th or 6th day — consists of some 50 tents and is mainly near the Geisel Library.
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