Staff Blog Entries

Construction allowed to begin...again on Centerpoint development near SDSU

The Mayor and developer have stepped down from their 4-week standoff.

It's settled, developer Carmel Partners are permitted to get back to work on a 332-unit building on the corner of ...

Save San Onofre Coalition accuses transportation agency of trying to resurrect a plan to build a toll road to Trestles

Group files two lawsuits in San Diego Superior Court against the Transportation Corridor Agency

The Save San Onofre Coalition, a coalition comprised of basically every environmental advocacy group in California, is accusing the Transportation ...

City Attorney finds gaps in Mayor Filner's effort to remove traffic from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama

In a May 15 memo, City Attorney finds issue with Filner's so-called temporary plan.

Not so fast, Mayor Filner. That's the gist of a May 15 memo from the City Attorney's Office regarding the ...

One week before election, Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw were fined by Ethics Commission

Candidates found to have solicited votes and cash from city employees, including councilmembers and the Mayor

From claims about hanging out at crack houses to accusations over prior campaign infractions, the race between Myrtle Cole and ...

Should San Diego dump its 30-year-old sign ordinance in portions of downtown to create an Arts and Entertainment District?

Denver-based firm FinWater Advisors has teamed up with the Downtown San Diego Partnership to push for a San Diego Arts and Entertainment District

Downtown San Diego Partnership, in conjunction with a Denver-based consulting firm FinWater Advisors, believe they have found a good way ...

City sued for halting construction on mixed-use project near SDSU

Mayor and Councilmember ordered halt after hearing complaints that project was more dormitory than residential development

As of now, the 332-unit, 10,000 square foot commercial space, mixed use development known as Centerpoint Luxury Apartment sits dormant ...

New lawsuit challenges Todd Gloria's pledge to open government

San Diegans for Open Government want the Council President to turn over all emails and text messages from his personal device that pertain to City business

Just how transparent is Council President Todd Gloria? Not very, according to city watchdog group San Diegans for Open Government. ...

Grand Jury dings San Diego Unified for not having a policy in place to address adult-on-student bullying

School district has until August to respond to findings.

San Diego Unified School District isn't doing enough to prevent adults and teachers from bullying children, says a recently released ...

City Attorney prepares council for a vote on increased water rates

Public Utilities Department may seek approval from City Council for a five-year increase

San Diego's City Attorney is already looking for legal justification for what appears to be an upcoming pitch to increase ...

Councilmember Lorie Zapf announces run for District 2 seat

Zapf will be running for her second-first term as District 2 representative.

It's official, first term councilmember Lorie Zapf is running for council in 2014. On May 8, Zapf filed papers with ...

Woman sues Sheriff's Deputy and Department after she was shot in her own backyard

Jennifer Orey was shot outside her house while deputies searched for a suspected prowler.

One day after the August 19, 2012 shooting, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore told KGTV the bullet fired by ...

In just one day, labor-council chief Lorena Gonzalez collects nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions

Unions and other union affiliated committees continue to be the source for Gonzalez's large campaign chest

The week got off to a stellar start for Lorena Gonzalez and her run for State Assembly. On Monday, May ...

Teacher's Association and State labor union donates $100,000 to committee against Steve Castaneda

Unions continue to spend big in race for 80th Assembly district seat

It's no stretch to say that the unions will be backing Lorena Gonzalez in her run for State Assembly against ...

City sues Regional Water Board over fuel tank spill near Qualcomm Stadium

City says water officials were wrong to grant permission of 1.26 million extraction effort.

1.26 million gallons; that's the amount of groundwater that Kinder Morgan would like to extract from the MIssion Valley Aquifer ...

San Diego Unified School District and Talmadge residents once again square off over issue of stadium lighting

SDUSD officials are forced to revisit stadium lighting after an appeals court ruled that the environmental review was insufficient and did not fall under Proposition S improvements.

It wasn't the first time that dozens of Talmage residents took seats inside Hoover High School auditorium to discuss the ...

Grand Jury finds San Diego Unified School District's website too political

Grand Jury report says San Diego Unified had political messages on website. District officials blame insufficient staffing.

San Diego Unified School District's website is meant to educate and inform the public of its policies not its politics. ...

City Auditor says City and Zoo can keep better track of property tax revenues

City Auditor suggest better monitoring of property tax revenues used by San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is essentially on the lamb...rather lam...free to do whatever it chooses with $10.5 million a year ...

State Supreme Court grants cities the authority to ban Medical Marijuana dispensaries

Today's decision states that citywide zoning restrictions are not in violation of Compassionate Use Act

Call it a blow, a hit, a pot shot, regardless of which clever play on words you choose, all describe ...

Woman sues City of San Diego for excessive force by police officer during a Chargers game

Woman claims she suffered a broken jaw, concussion, and was shot with a stun gun during her first Charger game.

As if it wasn't painful enough seeing a Chargers game last year, throw in a broken jaw, a concussion, and ...

Potential conflict of interest for planning commissioner whose spouse works at land-use consultant firm?

Ted Shaw works for land-use consultant Atlantis Group which represents major developers trying to push projects through city hall.

San Diego City Planning Commissioners have almost always had some ties to developers or some level of interest in new ...