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As part of the city of San Diego’s Coastal Resilience Master Plan intended to mitigate the effects of expected sea-level rise, the city wants to turn Sunset Cliffs Boulevard  into a one-way street southbound roughly between Guizot and Ladera streets, with the addition of a multi-use path protected by new fencing.

Native plants would be established as possible habitat enhancement as invasive vegetation is removed.

According to the city, this  so-called “lane diet” with a linear park would “improve public safety, enhance mobility options and access and implement drainage elements to better reduce erosion forces from the top of the bluff.”

Sunset Cliffs was selected because of impacts of coastal erosion.

The San Diego Land Use & Housing Committee will hold a public hearing on three major land use proposals all on the same day — Thursday, June 13 at 1:00 pm.

• San Diego BluePrint,
• University Community Plan Update and
• Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment.

From that point, the Planning Commission will recommend approval, conditional approval, or denial to the San Diego City Council for adoption of those proposals, including the University Community Plan Update.

Dear Council members:

You have conducted three closed-session meetings on the Kettner and Vine mega shelter that have been preceded by several hours of public comment prior to each closed session.  Throughout each public comment period, there have been speakers from all communities of our city, from all walks of life, from all professions, and some who have had the ‘lived experience’ of being homeless so your flipped remark of Nimby-ism is a false flag to defend this upside-down project. 

The Callen Report

By Kate Callen

What happens when local government plunges into an ethical vortex, public coffers empty out, news organizations hit the skids, greed turns neighbors against neighbors, and people who used to be calm become very angry?

You get citizen watchdogs like Nice Neighbors San Diego.

Founded by Jay Goldberg, who works for Google and calls himself a “volunteer short-term rental compliance watchdog,” Nice Neighbors has an interactive website that is stunning in its sophistication.

The homepage features a map of short-term rental (STR) licenses that looks like a disease outbreak zone in a pandemic. Browsers can click a button to report a possible STR. The “Tools” webpage allows searches for valid STR licenses and Airbnb listings.

June 20, OBHS Presents- Dialogue: Q&A with SOHO’s Bruce Coons and David Goldberg

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 7 PM, at Waters Edge, at 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., Join the Ocean Beach Historical Society for a Q&A session with Save Our Heritage Organization’s Executive Director Bruce Coons and board president David Goldberg where OBceans can ask about the pressing issues and concerns surrounding preservation efforts.

After being closed for remodeling, La Playa Books is back up and running in a more spacious, freshened space with a new floor in Point Loma Village.

The success of a small independent bookseller is all about networking, noted Amy Hesselink, manager of La Playa Books at 1026 Rosecrans St. “We have connections with Cabrillo Elementary, with Point Loma Assembly, and the Point Loma Association and with our other brick-and-mortar neighbors,” she said. “We create events. It’s an active part of the community and that’s important for us.”

Twenty years ago, Green Day’s seventh studio album “American Idiot” was released to uproarious critical praise. The self-described “punk rock opera” serves as an epic that follows Jesus of Suburbia, an adolescent American anti-hero, as he contends with the tumultuous early 2000s. In an era defined by the Iraq War, 9/11, and the Bush administration, it’s no wonder that the politically charged record is as relevant as it ever was.

The Wildsong Theater and Arts Collective is stoked to be able to celebrate the 20th anniversary with American Idiot: The Musical.

by Khari Johnson / Cal-Matters / June 3 Updated June 6, 2024

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Your children could be some of a growing number of California kids having their writing graded by software instead of a teacher.

California school districts are signing more contracts for artificial intelligence tools, from automated grading in San Diego to chatbots in central California, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

What the Council Could Do Given the Jockeying by the 2 Main Factions

This piece by David Garrick at the U-T was published Friday, June 7 and gives the establishment press’ hope for the budget.

San Diego would increase money for small business aid, arts programs and reducing climate impacts to low-income neighborhoods as part of a budget compromise proposal endorsed Friday by City Council members.

During a contentious five-hour hearing, a majority of the council also supported more money for victims of the Jan. 22 floods, drop-in centers for low-income youth and rental subsidies for people with unstable housing.

By Judi Curry

Have been under the weather lately.  Losing my sight in the “good eye” and only have slight peripheral vision in that eye so have not been paying much attention to things going on around me.  Until this past weekend, when I had, excuse the pun, a real “eye opener.”

I got a message that $98.99 had been paid from my Venmo account to a woman whose name I didn’t recognize – Amiyah Parker – for Crypto currency and that amount would be paid to the very same woman every month.

Lighthouse Closed from June 5 – late August; Whale Outlook and Oceanside Trail Still Accessible

The lighthouse is undergoing substantial exterior repair work and will be closed to the public during this time.

Please note that the two accessible parking spots by the lighthouse will not be available during this time.

Access to the whale overlook and the Oceanside Trail is still available by taking the walking path on the East side of the lighthouse. The Assistant Keepers Quarters is open and provides information on the Old Point Loma lighthouse.

Food 4 Less/Foods Co. Workers Announce Strike Authorization Votes as Contract Expires

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 8GS, 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428 and 1442, together representing 6,000 Food 4 Less/Foods Co. workers across California, released the following statement on the day of their contract expiration to announce scheduled strike authorization votes following numerous labor violations by their employer throughout negotiations that have prevented them from getting the fair contract they deserve.