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  • Susan Luzzaro

    Another Alleged San Diego Ponzi

    The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday (Feb. 21) in federal court charged Carlsbad's Steven L. Hamilton with allegedly bilking 23 investors of $1.6 million in a series of Ponzi schemes. According to the agency, between 2007 and 2011, Hamilton told investors their money would be put in various real estate ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Sanders Shopping for Costly TV System

    San Diego taxpayers who find themselves longing for a more penetrating view of Carl DeMaio's hair, a closer examination of Marti Emerald's pancake make-up, or who just want to better admire the newly svelte physique of Jerry Sanders can rest easy: high definition TV is coming to city hall, thanks ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Tourism Picking Up, But More Slowly in SD

    The hotel business is gaining momentum in California markets, according to January data from Smith Travel Research. Hotel-expert Jerry Morrison of La Jolla's Morrison & Co. notes that this January, the San Diego occupancy rate picked up 1.7% from a year earlier, to 58.2%. However, that gain was less than ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Solana Beach Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Bags

    Soon shoppers in Solana Beach won't have the choice between 'paper or plastic', that is, if the city council approves the Plastic Bag Reduction Use Ordinance. On February 21, the city released the environmental documents necessary to proceed with a ban on plastic bags at all retail establishments citywide. The ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Proposal Could Limit Health Insurance Rate Hikes

    A volunteer-backed citizens’ group calling itself [Consumer Watchdog][1] is pushing an initiative that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to reject excessive hikes in health care rates. Current Commissioner Dave Jones complained during a San Diego appearance [last July][2] that although 1988’s Prop 103 gives him the power ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Campaign Funding Disclosure Law Takes a Second Swing

    While running a mayoral campaign in the City of San Diego, Nathan Fletcher remains an active member of the California State Assembly. Along with primary sponsor Democrat Julia Brownley of Santa Monica, Fletcher last week threw his support behind Assembly Bill 1648, the DISCLOSE Act. The new bill comes just ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Manchester Gives Another $25,000 to Romney Super PAC

    A firm run by U-T San Diego owner and La Jolla-based developer and hotel mogul Doug Manchester has given $25,000 to Restore Our Future, the so-called Super PAC that is backing the GOP presidential bid of part-time La Jolla resident and ex-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. According to Restore Our Future's ... 1 comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Fletcher Pledges to Make Transit, Cyclist Access a Priority

    San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher met with cycling advocates on Saturday, February 18, to discuss ways the city could become more hospitable to bicycle commuters. Fletcher told [Bike San Diego][1] that he envisions changing San Diego’s motto from “America’s Finest City” to the “World’s Most Innovative City” and that ... 1 comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Controversial Bridgepoint, Sunroad End Lease

    Two of San Diego's most controversial entities, for-profit college Bridgepoint Education and office operator Sunroad Centrum ended a lease agreement, according to a Sunroad filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday (Feb. 17). Bridgepoint, whose staggering dropout rate is often cited in Senate committee hearings and elsewhere, had ... 21 comments

  • Susan Luzzaro

    San Diego a "Strong City?"

    San Diego may be be one of the next cities featured on [Strong Cities | Strong State][1], a website “designed to communicate the importance of local government in California residents’ everyday lives.” Records show that the city sent $100,476 from the general fund last year to the League of California ... 3 comments

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Lemon Grove City Council Calls for Removal of Illegal Signs

    Lemon Grove city councilmembers are looking to spruce up the City's commercial corridor. They plan to do so by removing all illegal signage from street poles and street corners. The initiative is one of thirteen priorities that city councilmembers identified during a January 31 city council workshop and one they ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    UCAN Joins Fight Against Utility's Treatment of Customers

    Utility Consumers' Action Network, local utility watchdog, has filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission against San Diego Gas & Electric's attempt to pass uninsured costs of the 2007 wildfires and future fires to ratepayers, instead of to shareholders. Attorney Mike Aguirre and Ramona's Mussey Grade Alliance have ... 16 comments

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Irwin Jacobs, Sycuan, and Viejas Backing Brown Tax Hike

    Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's bid to convince California voters to raise taxes in the Golden State has found three more financial angels in San Diego county. La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs chipped in $5,000 on February 15, according to a February 18 disclosure with the California secretary of state's office ... 3 comments

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Fundraiser Nets $2000 for Local Patient

    A fundraiser Saturday night at Balboa Park’s Centro Cultural de la Raza netted over $2000 to benefit Raul Carranza in his fight to restore Medi-Cal funding to pay for treatment related to muscular dystrophy, a disease that has left him in need of round-the-clock medical support. Carranza later shared a ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    USD Student's Police Work Leads to Recovery of Stolen Laptop

    Two students at the University of San Diego were recently the victims of electronics theft, the [*USD Vista*][1] reports. Both students reported that their items, a digital camera and a laptop, went missing shortly after encounters with a woman described as about 5’2” with brown hair and glasses during the ... 6 comments

  • Susan Luzzaro

    A Better San Diego's Breakfast Forum Talks Foreclosures

    A Better San Diego, a community group put together by the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, held the second installment of a monthly breakfast forum focusing on community issues this morning. The topic of discussion was foreclosures, and their impact on San Diego. Corinne Wilson of the Center ... Post a comment

  • Susan Luzzaro

    Mid-City Rapid Bus Project One Stop Closer to Construction

    On Friday, members of San Diego Association of Governments' (SANDAG) Transportation Committee received an update on the Mid-City Rapid Bus project, a $44 million dollar project to implement rapid bus service from San Diego State University along El Cajon Boulevard to Downtown. The new bus line will have fewer stops, ... 1 comment

  • Michael T. Pines Files Another Suit

    Michael T. Pines, who as a North County lawyer advised clients to retake possession of their foreclosed homes, has filed another suit. (His license has been snatched by the state bar, but he can file his own suit.) This suit was filed Feb. 14 in Los Angeles federal court. Named ... 17 comments

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