Election for Peninsula Community Planning Board Cancelled Due to Only 5 Candidates Applying; Regular Meeting – Thursday, March 17
The 2022 Annual Board election for the Peninsula Community Planning Board was scheduled for this Thursday, March 17.
But, since only 5 candidates submitted applications for the five open Board seats, the Board leadership decided to cancel the election. In a statement on the PCPB website, it said,
“the election will not take place and eligible candidates will be appointed by the Board at the March Meeting and start their terms in April.”
OBcean Jeff Stone Passes
After gracing our shores for 75 years, OBcean Jeff Stone has left us. Jeff passed at 5 minutes after 12 noon on Tuesday, March 8 – International Women’s Day.
His is survived by his spouse Carole of fifty some years, his sons C.J. and Cody, and many friends.
Born on May 25, 1946, in New Jersey, Jeff did a stint in the US Army, and afterwards lived in Philadelphia, Canada and the Bay Area. Jeff and Carole were introduced to each other by a good friend in 1972 in Berkeley and they then lived together from then on. Their journey together took them to Philly where Jeff worked as a leather craftsman.
The couple ended back on the West Coast, lived in Venice, California for a while and eventually found their way to San Diego.
‘Sexy’ Street Repair Projects Coming to the Peninsula and District 2
Through Mayor Gloria’s “Sexy Streets Project”, 2.5 miles of streets will be repaired in District 2 in 2022.
From a December 20, 2021 memo from the mayor’s office to the City Council, the mayor outlined which streets and roads would get fixed in each city council district.
From the Memo:
In August 2021, City Council approved $293 million in appropriations, including roughly $40 million for the Sexy Streets initiative. …
It then listed the different FY22-23 Sexy Streets Projects for each council district. For the Peninsula area (OB, Point Loma, Midway), the following were listed:
California Coastal Commission Approves Jen Campbell’s Vacation Rental Ordinance for San Diego
by Kevin Hastings
Yesterday, March 10, the California Coastal Commission voted in favor of Councilmember Jen Campbell’s short-term vacation rental (STVR) ordinance. This is a key approval before it can go into effect in the “Coastal Zone” which generally covers everything west of the I-5 freeway.
This was largely a foregone conclusion, because the Commission’s mission statement is to protect public access to the coast, which generally places the interests of tourists over residents. Coastal access is a noble endeavor and can mean many things, but increasingly over the past 10 years they’ve interpreted it to mean that existing residential neighborhoods should accommodate tourist lodging.
Jen Campbell’s ordinance in a nutshell
Dog at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach
The light was just right. Here’s a dog at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach by Albert C Elliott, March 10, 2022.
OB Planning Board Reaches ‘Compromise’ on Pickelball vs. Tennis at Robb Field
By Geoff Page
Pickleball versus Tennis
The clash of an old venerable sport and a much, much younger, but fast-growing sport was the highlight of the regular monthly meeting of the Ocean Beach Planning Board, Wednesday, March 2nd.
The sport with a history that goes back about 1,000 years is tennis. The younger sport with a history that only goes as far back as 1965 is called pickleball.
It is important to deal with its name first. Here is the explanation
How Much More Important Are Homes Than Cars to California’s Elected Officials?
By Mat Wahlstrom
Even by the terms of the recent years’ fire sale of our city, this week has been exceptional.
On Monday, March 7, we got the launch of “Bridge to Homes,” a plan to spend over $80 million in public funds to make construction of 662 units of low income housing ‘financially feasible.’
San Diego Universities to Host American Soldiers Who Opposed the Vietnam War
Soldiers Also Built a Peace Movement Within the U.S. Military
Timely Stories as World Watches Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking at the University of San Diego’s Copley Library *
March 16 – the 54th anniversary of the My Ly Massacre:
Ronald L. Haeberle, the Army photographer whose color pictures of the My Ly Massacre published in the December 5, 1968, issue of LIFE Magazine, galvanized American public opinion against the war.
The Inaugural St. Paddy’s O’Beach Party – Sat., March 19
Next weekend – March 19 — the inaugural St. Paddy’s O’Beach Party is officially here!
This is happening near the Ocean Beach pier and it’s by the same organizers that do the OB Oktoberfest and the legendary OB Chilli Cook Off. All event organizers are San Diego-based.
Headliners for the event are all San Diego-based includes:
March 8 – International Women’s Day
About International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked on the 8th of March every year and is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for those social achievements.The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
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