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By Shelby Huffaker, MPH / Co-Chair, San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access/ July 8, 2024

For years, the City of San Diego was prepared to implement a comprehensive cannabis social equity program. This initiative was shaped by extensive community feedback and careful consideration of the shortcomings seen in earlier cannabis social equity programs. But, like a joint canoeing after a couple of tokes, the program was ashed before it ever had a chance to succeed.

By Steve Smith / 10News / July 9, 2024

The United States will send 12 athletes to the Paris Olympics as part of the team skateboarding team, and four of the skaters are from San Diego. Among those competing for the red, white, and blue is Point Loma High School graduate Tate Carew.

Like many kids, Carew grew up on a skateboard and knew at a young age that he was talented on four wheels.

By Miriam Raftery / East County Magazine / July 4, 2024

On July 4th, we celebrated our nation’s declaration of independence from Britain’s king in 1776. But ironically, America’s democracy is at risk, along with the liberties we cherish.  Constitutional experts warn that like several failed democracies, most notably Germany in the 1930s, the United States now faces the very real threat of becoming an autocracy,  or dictatorship.

By Terrie Best

While SDASA is not involved, After 10 years as Chapter Chair and a lot of court support, I am aware there are many on our list who might qualify for the program. So, if you are ready to create a cannabis business, please visit equity.projectCannabis.org today and discover if you qualify as an applicant.

From City of San Diego website:

Fiesta Island is the best dog park in the nation according to a USA Today poll. The park received its 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Dog Park.

By Terry Hoskins, Candidate for District 9

The recent memo titled “Tools to Address San Diego’s Shelter Crisis,” dated June 28, 2024, by Council President Sean Elo Rivera, reveals a dangerous attitude in city leadership where elected officials believe they know what is best for San Diego and appears to aggrandize his status on the San Diego political front.

The memo references four underutilized tools in San Diego’s shelter crisis, which, in his words, must be employed quickly.

Public Service Announcement

San Diego’s Mission Trails Regional Park is about to get a little bit bigger.

Late in June, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve a donation of dozens of acres of undeveloped, privately-owned land within the park’s boundaries to bolster its conservation efforts in the area.

By Marjorie Cohn/ TruthOut / July 4, 2024

[On Thursday, July 4th], Americans celebrate[d] Independence Day, commemorating the Declaration of Independence when the colonists threw off the yoke of King George III. When they crafted it, the framers of the Constitution established three co-equal branches of government to check and balance each other.

But the Supreme Court’s shocking decision in Trump v. United States takes us back to the bad old days of the monarchy. The reactionary supermajority held that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for core official acts, and presumptive immunity for all other official acts.

Public Service Announcement

By Laurence H Tribe / The Guardian / July 8, 2024

Court’s troubling rulings on presidential immunity and regulatory power make it clear that change is an ethical essential

On 1 July 2024, the US supreme court, after an unconscionable half-year delay that it laughably described as “expedited” treatment, handed down Trump v United States, the immunity ruling placing American presidents above the law by deeming the president a “branch of government

By John Yarkoni  / Exclusive to OB Rag

Some of you may have heard that name before, The Brown Berets. You might’ve heard about the 1970 Moratorium that happened up in LA, or the March Through Aztlán that happened the year after. Or maybe, you’ve heard stories of riots and cop killers.

If that’s your perspective, then you haven’t heard the whole story. The history of the Brown Berets, especially the often overlooked San Diego Berets, is less one of blood in the streets and more one of grassroots community organization.

The Callen Report

By Kate Callen

As part of its coverage of the presidential debate calamity, the New York Times ran a July 3 opinion piece with a headline that caught me up short: “The ‘Philly Girl’ Shielding Biden from the Bad News.”

The op-ed by columnist Michelle Cottle recalled how Jill Biden physically blocked a heckler from approaching her husband at a 2020 campaign event. She told reporters afterward, “I’m a good Philly girl.” “Philly tough,” Cottle wrote. “

On July 3, members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) voted to ratify a new three-year contract with Food 4 Less/Foods Co. The contract was reached after months of negotiations and active participation from thousands of Southern California grocery workers. The members are from Locals 8GS, 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428 and 1442.

This contract will go into effect immediately for over 6,000 essential grocery workers in Food 4 Less/Foods Co. locations across Southern California.