OB Rag

by Ernie McCray

Just being mentioned with Bayard Rustin
would be enough to fill me with glee.
But receiving the Bayard Rustin
Lifetime Achievement Award
is mind blowing for me.

Makes me feel
like Bojangles
dancing a soft shoe
down a stairway
in a Shirley Temple movie
or on Old Broadway.

Because Bayard was a hero of mine.
Big time.

Congress of History San Diego & Imperial Counties invite you to the Come One, Come All! Community Events that bind us together, Conference 2023 on :

Friday February 24, at 9 am to 4 pm & Saturday February 25, 9 am to 4 pm At S.E.S. Portuguese Hall 2818 Avenida de Portugal 92106

All who paid in 2020 for the canceled conference are invited back at no additional cost, and new guests are welcome to experience a day and a half of dynamic speakers on interesting topics.

By Judi Curry

So Sea World is at it again.

My two new dogs are shaking so hard I’m afraid they will have a heart attack.

Don’t tell me it’s my fault; don’t tell me it’s my problem; don’t tell me it’s beautiful and you like it.

It is harmful to the environment; it is harmful to ALL animals; it brings back horrific memories of our military suffering from PTSD.

Some of us knew Becca Taylor as a mere mortal when she served on the Ocean Beach Town Council Board. Today she’s the head honcho of the San Diego County Democratic Party. So, who is Becca Taylor?

Ken Stone at Times of San Diego has a fairly thorough report on Taylor and begins:

Granddaughter of a preacher. Growing up Food Stamp poor in a “very conservative” Texas household. Owner of two Harleys (one named Luna). Overcoming PTSD from Afghan service.

By Norma Damashek / NumbersRunner / Feb. 19, 2023

One thing’s for sure–San Diegans are under a gag order when it comes to naming names and identifying the corrupt, self-serving, and unethical maneuvers of many of our city’s  influential players–elected and unelected–who steer the San Diego ship.

Isn’t it time to put our mayors on parade and figure out if there’s still time to change direction?

1) The Parade Starts with Mayor Susan Golding (1992-2000)

Traffic accidents on Sunday, Feb. 19, around the Peninsula, took one life, injured another and trapped two.

Around 4 pm, a 60-year-old motorcycle rider died in a crash that occurred on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard near West Point Loma Boulevard. The as yet unidentified rider was headed south on a Harley-Davidson Softail Slim motorcycle when he maneuvered onto the right shoulder to pass vehicles. Instead he hit the curb and was thrown off the motorcycle.

Rep. Peters Leads Partial San Diego Congressional Delegation Calling for Affordable Housing in Navy’s NAVWAR Redevelopment

OB Town Council Election Results

OB Second Most Expensive Community in Terms of Median Sale Prices of Homes Per Square Foot

OB’s Template Makes Top 5 List of “Best San Diego Coffeehouses for Studying”

Sailor Ordered to Stand Trial for DUI-Caused Death at Entrance to OB

It Was ‘Bitchin’ ‘ Growing Up in OB and Pt Loma in the 50s and 60s — New Book

Two on Trial for Murder of Point Loma Man

American Robins Making Rare Appearance in Point Loma – and Many Other Local Areas

Here’s the February 2023 Newsletter from the Friends of the OB Library:

By Joni Halpern

Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe made an interesting but erroneous assumption in her defense of the City Council’s recent approval of city planning reforms that would allow taller apartment buildings and more backyard units in so-called Transit Priority Areas.

Ms. Steppe’s comment was based on an incorrect assumption that often surfaces whenever residents of stable housing, particularly residents of single family homes, voice opposition to over-densification, rescission of parking requirements, and the overburdening of public assets and facilities through the addition of thousands of residents in a neighborhood over a short period of time.

In a close 5 to 4 vote, the San Diego City Council yesterday approved a raft of so-called “reforms” to the building code, including the very controversial rule that allows taller apartment buildings and more backyard units when a property is near mass transit — with that transit line being up to one mile away and which may not even be built for over a decade. The previous measurement was a half-mile.

And Councilmember Jennifer Campbell actually did the right thing and voted against the change, as did councilmembers Joe LaCava, Marni von Wilpert and Raul Campillo.

Campbell said the change would have a “tremendous” and “terrible” impact because studies show most people won’t walk a full mile to transit.

Live cam at Mt. Laguna Lodge. Shot taken at 10:35 am this morning, 2/15/23. Two hours earlier the roof top in the foreground was all white.