OB Rag

On Tuesday, September 20, the City of San Diego formally rescinded a 1942 resolution the city council had passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II.

City councilmembers made the rescission and called the camps and the council’s 1942 resolution supporting them racist, unjust and a form of hate.

If you thought the developers’ feeding frenzy around the Sports Arena was intense, wait until you see what happens when the Navy unleashes its request for proposals for its sprawling NAVWAR properties.

Sometime this fall, the Navy will issue what’s known as a request for qualifications (RfQ) for its area in the Midway District. That will be quickly followed by a request for proposals, which, as the Union-Tribune described, “will kickstart a real estate competition where almost anything goes.”

By Paul Webb / September 20, 2022

The thing that I keep coming back to in all this is the notion that the planning groups are somehow stifling the development community and blocking much needed housing development that will bring down the cost of housing in San Diego.

I will ignore for the moment the often asserted belief that more housing will result in lower prices and just focus on how much housing planning groups have blocked. I have served two full three-year terms and am in my current term that ends in March.

This Saturday, Sept. 24, is the OB Hardware Anniversary Party. Join the new owners –Joe and Jenae Kuchman — in their celebration at 4871 Newport Ave.

There will be giveaways, Live music, and a Kiddo craft project.

Saturday, September 24, 2022 – 12:45pm

Panel Discussion on Issue Main Event.
This November marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 30-foot height limit, Prop D, which was voted into law by the people of San Diego in 1972.

And the Point Loma – OB Democrats are having a panel discussion on September 25 about Measure C — this November’s ballot measure which seeks to amend the People’s Ordinance to exclude the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan area,

By Geoff Page

Anyone not living in a cave these days recognizes that we – the citizens – are now in a parent-child relationship with the administration in this city of San Diego. And we are not the parent and we are to be seen and not heard.

There are stronger terms for this than parent-child, of course. But, that term seems to fit because it is how the administration sees it, and us. To that end, the city has just taken another big step toward silencing the children so it can do what is best for us all, without having to actually listen to us.

The Project Review Committee of the OB Planning Board will host its Wednesday meeting remotely via Zoom, starting at 6pm. That is September 21. (See how to access the meeting below.) There is one project on the agenda.

4733 Saratoga Avenue

This is a Coastal Development permit for a new one-story, 746 square-foot dwelling unit with a 91 square-foot covered porch. 

by Ernie McCray

Ron DeSantis,
the governor of the
state of Florida,
has recently been referred to,
because of something he
put some Venezuelans through,
as a “prankster,”
but I see him for what he is,
a gangster,
a human trafficker,
a pimp in disguise

Enjoy Charles Landon’s short video of “Pancakes on the Pier” — on the Annual OB Pier Pancake Breakfast, Sat., Sept. 17. All proceeds go to the generous efforts of the OB Town Council.
Come Inside for the Vid.

Check out these groovy events coming to the OB Woman’s Club later in September.

Living Picture Succulent Workshop – (Space Limited – Must register by Sept. 20)

Tue, September 27, 2022 06:15 PM – 09:00 PM

At the Club located at 2160 Bacon Street in Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA 92107

Learn how to make a beautiful, one-of-a-kind living picture with succulents. It’s really easy and fun to make these. Our instructor, Muriel King, will provide all the materials. The cost is $50, or you can bring your own succulents and the cost is only $38.