OB Rag

From ASA

San Diego Americans for Safe Access, a cannabis patient advocacy group along with San Diego Diversity Cannabis Group invites you to demand Mayor Todd Gloria get behind more cannabis collectives into the city of San Diego.

We are rallying at the Mayor’s State of the City address to support the proposed Cannabis Social Equity and Economic Development (SEED) program! This will be on Wed., January 10 @6PM at Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. The goal of the program is to achieve greater access to medical cannabis for patients, especially in underserved areas

by Ernie McCray

Lallia Allali,
a friend of mine,
was removed as the chairperson
of a committee
that advises San Diego City Schools
on programs and services for English Learners –
for posting a graphic on social media
that portrayed Israel as the killer of babies,
and I must say
that’s not a vision
I would ever use
as an expression of my views
regarding the war
that’s raging
between
Palestinians and Jews.

By Colleen O’Connor

Flip a coin.   50-50 chance of winning.

Use a slingshot.  The further back you pull, the farther ahead the stone reaches.

Or just start hoarding toilet paper and water.

Seriously, who knows.  Global chaos abounds.  So, what to expect.  Honestly, more of the same.  Do not despair.  Starting with 50-50 chances, history finds wonderful progress after nightmare eras.  For example, World War 1.  That horror was followed by a period of some prosperity, a warning about another World War, and women’s right to vote.

By Joni Halpern

A plan to demolish the 500-unit Mariner’s Cove apartment complex located at 4392 W. Point Loma Boulevard in eastern Ocean Beach will come before the San Diego Housing Authority (SDHA) sometime in January 2024.

Acting as the Housing Authority, members of the San Diego City Council will consider a plan to allow the developers to demolish the existing 500 units and replace them with 772 new units.  Within this proposed amendment to the Mariner’s Cove lease is an opportunity for Councilmember Jennifer Campbell to exercise the power she possesses to speak out against the loss of low- and moderate-income units.

The owners of the apartment development at Mariner’s Cove are Lincoln Mariners Associates, Ltd., which is owned by AIMCO Properties headquartered in Colorado.  The San Diego Housing Authority and therefore, the City, owns the land.

All events are online and free unless stated otherwise

Every Saturday 10:30 am. Climate Mobilization Coalition Meetings  January 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th.

January 6th Saturday 10 am – 12:30 pm Neighborhood Beautification and Donation Drive Event by Black Panther Party of San Diego

January 6th Saturday  9:30 am – 11:30 am Alta Vista Gardens Pond Maintenance 

January 6th Saturday 10 am – 1 pm Care Kit Packaging Party

By Geoff Page

Over the past several years, the City of San Diego has made a concerted, and somewhat stealthy effort, to build a shield around itself to insulate those in charge from the rest of us. The control the city exerts over citizen access to government is classic authoritarianism. It seems the Democrats in control don’t mind borrowing tactics, normally associated with the most despicable of historic regimes, and Republicans, throughout history.

This shield consists of three pieces, the city’s Communications Department, the Public Records Request system, and the push for community planning group reform. The first two are currently entrenched, the third will be by next year.

By Ernie McCray / Op-Ed San Diego Union-Tribune / Dec. 28, 2023

I’m but one of America’s nearly 60 million senior citizens, an 85-year-old. That’s an age filled with concerns, all kinds of concerns, concerns about walking into a room not knowing why, concerns about aches and pains that come in several degrees and recent concerns about rises in ageism.

Oh, the list of concerns could go on and on, ad nauseum, but I have a particular concern that has, for a while now, bothered me tremendously, one that stands high on my list of worries.

Here’s a view from the Ocean Beach cam of this morning’s high tide at 9:25 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 28.

Well, it finally happened. The three, 3-story units built on the empty lot at Abbott and Muir have entered the housing market — each over $2 million dollars a piece.

The empty lot — used by neighbors for decades as a mini sports field — was coveted by various developers for years as they trooped to the OB Planning Board with their various proposals, only to have their plans shot down for various violations of the OB Community Plan.

Finally, somebody got it “right” and constructed the project – and now has placed two of them on the market.

2158 and 2166 Abbott are each listed as 3-story, 2 bedroom with en-suite bathroom and powder room, 2 car garage, second floor decks and a roof deck with a Jacuzzi.

By Francesca Chambers / USA TODAY /December 22, 2023

President Joe Biden announced Friday, Dec.22, he’s issuing a federal pardon to every American who has used marijuana in the past, including those who were never arrested or prosecuted.

The sweeping pardon applies to all U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents in possession of marijuana for their personal use and those convicted of similar federal crimes. It does not apply to individuals who have been jailed for selling the drug,

By Beth F. Coye / Op-Ed San Diego Union-Tribune / Dec. 26, 2023

The motivating factor behind my life has been protection and defense of America from all enemies. My dad, a World War II-decorated submarine skipper, instilled in our family that duty was above all else. So, it was no surprise to anyone that my adult career was spent as a naval officer, retiring as a commanding officer in San Diego, my birthplace.

I loved the Navy, I loved that we had a serious mission to protect and serve our country. I had always been so focused that the military’s raison d’etre was to protect against the enemy from without that it took me years to unravel that the military’s perception was that certain people were unfit to serve this mission, and I turned out to be one of those people.