San Diego City Council

OB Planning Board Votes Against More Restrictive Medical Marijuana Ordinance

March 17, 2011 by Frank Gormlie

Last night, Wednesday March 16th, the Ocean Beach Planning Board voted against the current proposed ordinance on Medical Marijuana dispensaries. By a vote of 6 to 1, the Board in a Special Meeting voted against the measure because of its overly stringent restrictions. They in essence agreed with critics of the ordinance, some of whom assert that the measure would effectively ban all dispensaries in OB and throughout most of San Diego. The ordinance is expected to go before the full San Diego City Council on March 28th.

City Council Approves Funding for Small Dog Park at Dusty Rhodes.

March 16, 2011 by Staff

We do not have all the details yet, but yesterday, March 15th, the City Council of San Diego approved funding for the Small Dog Park at Dusty Rhodes. It includes money for a fence to separate the Small Dog section from the larger area where big dogs roam. Now it just needs to be installed.

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Much marijuana ado about nothing

October 5, 2009 by Source

by Arthur Salm / San Diego News Network / October 5, 2009
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Somewhere, a dog has bitten a man. And from the desk where I write, I can — by leaning back a little and looking around the orange tree – report that the sun has risen in the east.

Not only that:

Some of the local establishments that have been authorized to dispense marijuana for medical reasons may have been dispensing marijuana to individuals who may have partaken of the substance for non-medical reasons. Worse, the establishments may have dispensed the aforementioned substance with full knowledge, or at least, a pretty damn good idea that their customers intended to go straight home and crank up “Dark Side of the Moon,” and don’t even pretend that you don’t know what I mean.

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Former OB Councilmember Michael Zucchet’s Acquital Upheld

September 3, 2009 by Source

Editor: OB’s former City Councilmember Michael Zucchet just had his acquittal on corruption charges upheld. Zucchet, now executive director of the San Diego Municipal Employees Association, had to resign from the Council in 2005 due to the charges against him. A jury convicted him originally in 2005, but the convictions were thrown out.

The original corruption charges against Zucchet – and the three other Council members – were the result of a decision to prosecute by then-US Attorney Carol Lam (herself later fired by Karl Rove from the White House), …

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Pat Flannery’s Analysis of San Diego’s New City Council

January 13, 2009 by Staff

There are two kinds of San Diego City Councilmember’s: “staffers” and “legislators”. The “staffers” are Faulconer, Gloria, Young and Hueso and the “legislators” are Lightner, DeMaio, Frye and Emerald. “Staffers” are easily identifiable by their “institutional” mentality. They demonstrate a natural sympathy with the bureaucratic mind and identify more with city staff who come before them for “Council Action” than with the electorate.

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Mayor and City Council resolve budget dispute

December 5, 2008 by Staff

In a meeting devoid of the drama that led up to it, the San Diego City Council resolved a dispute with the mayor Friday, agreeing to more than $22 million in midyear budget cuts. The council begrudgingly approved the staggered closure of six city customer service centers, but retained three painting jobs the mayor wanted to eliminate.

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Victory for Libraries! San Diego City Council Votes to Keep Libraries & Rec Centers Open

November 24, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

A victory for people power : the libraries and rec centers stay open … for now. After a two hour hearing, the San Diego City Council voted 6 to 1 to keep the 7 libraries and 10 Rec Centers open.

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kh December 1, 2022 at 12:17 pm on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsAs for the numbers, 6,000 units doesn't sound like much but that's an entire year of housing construction here with the city bending over backwards...
kh December 1, 2022 at 12:06 pm on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsWell I hope you enjoyed it, because I'm done. Waste of time. I don't do this shit to hear myself talk or to get an...
Geoff Page December 1, 2022 at 11:46 am on Prefabricated Housing Construction Could Lower Home Prices in San DiegoI guess I should have read the whole piece. this line confirmed what I just said: “We can build it with labor that have a...
Geoff Page December 1, 2022 at 11:43 am on Prefabricated Housing Construction Could Lower Home Prices in San DiegoHaving spent my career in the construction business, I always felt it was pretty safe in that construction sites could not be shipped overseas. This...
Chris December 1, 2022 at 11:41 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsThanks Geoff. Personally I would be okay with high rise dense housing if it were to actually bring housing costs down, but as we see...
Frank Gormlie December 1, 2022 at 11:38 am on OB’s Christmas Tree ArrivesAs usual, the OB Christmas Tree is leaning left.
Frank Gormlie December 1, 2022 at 11:27 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsKH is by far the OB expert on short-term rentals and has been studying the issue for years. It's good to read his points.
kh December 1, 2022 at 11:24 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsFrom February: "Campbell has peddled this as a “78% reduction in STRs” that will “return 7,000 units to long term housing”. She does this despite...
kh December 1, 2022 at 11:16 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsThe city's numbers were terrible, and Save San Diego's numbers were even worse. Rather than actually do the research we spent 2 years trying to...
kh December 1, 2022 at 11:01 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsCity wide it's not a big percentage. The number in San Ysidro is probably pushing 0%. But it becomes an issue when neighborhoods become 1/2...
Geoff Page December 1, 2022 at 10:56 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsWell said, Chris.
Chris December 1, 2022 at 10:53 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than Expectations"Anyway I’m not on here to ruffle feathers bit I’ll admit that yes I’m a Yimby type and I lean libertarian as well." While the...
Geoff Page December 1, 2022 at 10:35 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsZack, The Rag doesn't "suspect" how many STVRs are out there, The Rag uses figures from the city.
Gary Wonacott December 1, 2022 at 10:01 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsI certainly don’t have that feeling in Mission Beach. We have been targeted by the vacation rental management companies, the platforms and the city.
Jerry T December 1, 2022 at 10:00 am on City Tries to Hide Its Embarrassment as Applicants for Short-Term Rental Licenses Fall Way Lower than ExpectationsI know that stvr has taken some housing off the market for locals, but when you have a half million houses in the city and...