An Electric Franchise Fee Proposal RE Grantee SDG&E
The following is a proposal to amend the City of San Diego Electric Franchise ordinance, changing the annual franchise fee paid by SDG&E to the City of San Diego from its current 3% of gross receipts to 20% until all …
Newly Much-Bigger City Solar Fee No Problem for Stand-Alone Systems?
At first, I was vastly disappointed by the huge hike in the permit fee that San Diego will be now charging for "all" solar systems, but it seems that "all" solar systems actually means "all that want to be counted …
San Diego City Council to Review SDG&E as to Electric Franchise?
It is about time, isn't it? The members of the San Diego City Council appear to have power under the Electric Franchise (city ordinance 10466 of 1970) to review the actions of the franchise grantee for illegalities. According to the …
On Opportunities for the Governator to Get Things Right: Prison Overcrowding, California Cadet Corps, and Pardons for Hazardous Heroic Duty
Certain things have to get done by the Governor of California today at the latest to have done the right thing for state prison overcrowding. At least that's the opinion of a juxtaposition of judges at the federal level who …
Adjusting the SDG&E Franchise Fee & Solving Our Short-Term Deficit
We need to increase the annual SDG&E electricity franchise fee from 3% to 20% (Section 17, Ordinance 10466). The fee was set after considerable negotiation in good faith in 1970. It has remained at 3% ever since then,, including after …
Good News: San Diego Budget Deficit Now Only $77M
Last night's State of the City address informs us that clever maneuverings have reduced the projected city budget deficit over the next 18 months to only $77 million. The mayor's address included a long list of expensive civic needful things. …
State of City Address Tonight -- One Night Only!
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders delivers his 2010 State of the City address tonight. What I am looking for is a concrete plan to increase funding to the City of San Diego without raising everybody's taxes. There is a way …
On the Utilitarian Calculus of Ideal Democracy in America
In America, the utilitarian calculus of an ideal democracy is that each person gets one vote on any matter of importance that requires us to vote on it, and after the vote, the majority rules. We are not living in …
Despite Crash of 2008, RBS Sempra Share More Than Doubles in Value
$1.5B Investment Nets $4B Bids Apparently, three bids for the Royal Bank of Scotland's share of RBS Sempra Commodities came in at about $4 billion each. None of the bidders are talking, and neither are Sempra or RBS. Royal Bank …
Last Wishes
People who know me also know I have my problems. The main problem is dealt with by me consuming a fairly significant daily quantity of hypertension and congestive heart failure medications, but the weirdness of my coronary artery subsystem is …
Encanto Planning Subcommittee Meet Tomorrow
A subcommittee of the Encanto Neighborhoods Community Planning Group has been formed to investigate bulk sample analysis reports, photos, District and Superior Court filings and other materials related to the Encanto Gas Holder asbestos releases starting in 2000-2001.There will be …
Many SDG&E and Sempra Ads, but None about AB 920
Utilities to Pay for Confiscated Electricity? Among the plethora of new laws taking effect on January 1, 2010, is a new law (AB 920, from October 2009) that finally requires electric public utilities such as San Diego Gas & Electric …