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State Park lands being sold off to developers

If you were like me you thought our State Parks were protected from development and their closure would just mean that we couldn't use them until funds became available but I came across this story ...

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Why Californians Should Say NO to Any Tax Hikes

A recent poll revealed that Californians are in favor of the idea of raising their taxes in order to pay for Sacramento's massive spending problem. Among other tax hike measures on the ballot the big ...

San Diego in a Housing Bust but Mission Valley in a Housing Boom?

The housing market has been depressed for a few years now, prices are way down, foreclosures and bank-owned properties are everywhere. We have all figured out that the party is over....all of us that is, ...

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Redevelopment Being Paid For With Corporate Tax Breaks

Its no secret that I have been very critical of Redevelopment Agencies and how the money actually creates blight and destroys the most valuable assets neighborhoods possess. They typically target "blight" by demolishing a neighborhood's ...

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4 Egregious Examples of Redevelopment Fraud and Abuse in San Diego

Developers are scrambling to flood the internet and airwaves with stellar examples of redevelopment so they can save their multi-billion dollar state subsidy, but they are ignoring the vast vast majority of what redevelopment funds ...

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The Golden Boy of SD Developers Todd Gloria Announces Re-Election Bid

Todd Gloria recently announced his re-election campaign. http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/06/05/todd-gloria-launches-re-election-campaign/#comment-21830 I have never been a supporter of Todd Glorias because of his money. In 2008 I combed through his campaign donations and here is what I found: ...

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Did the United Way Commit Tax Fraud When it Collected Donations for CCDC Sponsored "Registry Week"?

CCDC raised some eyebrows recently as it gave out a very lucrative and unsual contract to provide consulting services on homelessness. It raised even more eyebrows when it gave that contract to ex-CCDC Treasurer Jennifer ...

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CA State Assembly Leader Atkins Heads Select Committee on Homelessness While her Spouse & ex- CCDC Official is Paid $225 Per Hour in Redevelopment Money "Solving" Homelessness

Solving real social problems has become BIG business bestowing BIG profits to the states most well connected business men and women. The question is how ethical is it for someone to make $225 per hour ...

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Mid-City Rapid Transit: A Rapid Waste: NOT What We Voted For!

The Mid-City Rapid Transit Project has been very controversial quite simply because....it is not what we voted for. I personally voted for the half cent sales tax increase to fund rapid transit because I believe ...

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Planning Commission Unanimously Approves "Granny Flats" But Are "Granny Flats" Just Code For Condos and Mini-Dorms

In an article enthusiastically titled "Hey, Now Grandma Can Move In" the Voice of San Diego describes a law change approved last week by San Diego Planning Commission to allow many San Diego neighborhoods to ...

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Is Assembly Leader Toni Atkins Cashing in on Homelessness?

According to a recent UT article and a recent San Diego County-wide count the homeless increased by 3.3 percent compared to last year. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/14/san-diego-countys-homless-numbers-rise/# Allegedly, The Point-in-Time Count, conducted on Jan. 28, counted 8,802 homeless ...

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"Smart Growth Law" for Redevelopment Renders Ca Environmental Quality Act Meaningless

A CEQA "anti-sprawl" bill passed in 2008 under the guise of legislating "sustainable development" may have devestating environmental consequences. SB 375 is supposed to mandate “sustainable” regional growth, however upon closer investigation it appears to ...

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What Redevelopment REALLY Looks Like

I just walked over to the corner store and saw the cover of the UT discussing how San Diego is scrambling to lock up 4 BILLION dollars in redevelopment projects in case the Governor shuts ...

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Why Was Toni Atkins Consulting for Developers Vying for Redevelopment Dollars After She Was Elected to State Assembly?

Why was State Assembly Majority WHIP Toni Atkins working for LeSar Development Consulting firm as the Senior Principal of Housing Policy and Planning even after she was elected to State Assembly? Toni was consulting with ...

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Why Do Unpopular Incumbent Supervisors Horn and Roberts have Such a Strong Solid Lead in This Race?

Wow, what a surprise our very unpopular Supervisors, Bill Horn and Ron Roberts are solidly winning their races.....again. Could it be because the registrar of voters is their "employee"? Horn and Roberts hired Seiler. She ...

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As a Citizen Activist....Sharing My Research and Endorsements of Candidates and Props

Happy Election Day!!!! Every election day people get sort of excited to voice make their voices heard. They proudly wear their "I voted" stickers to let everyone know they are concerned and active citizens participating ...

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Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?

I have been a bit of a broken record on this subject but I feel it is WAY too important to ignore. Studying your ballot books and doing your homework does absolutely NO good if ...

Is Proposition C Just a Green Light for Developers?

Today is the first day I have even seen signs up for Proposition C. In Fact its the first time I knew about Prop C. The signs read "Yes on C, for more responsible neighborhood ...

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Todd Gloria Silences His Critics on Facebook

Take a look at Todd's facebook page and tell me this isn't a pulpit for him as Council Member of District 3 versus a personal page.. http://www.facebook.com/toddgloria?v=wall At first I thought "this is great since ...

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