More Questions for the United Way in Their Involvement in CCDC Sponsored "Registry Week"

The inaccuracies in your post and follow-up comment are rather stunning. You're spouting off opinion with nothing to support it, starting with the fact that you seem not to understand what "housing first" means. It's a nationwide model for helping chronically homeless people off the street and into housing that's coupled with supportive services. From the National Alliance to End Homelessness: "Housing First is an approach that centers on providing homeless people with housing quickly and then providing services as needed." http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/de… This isn't new housing; for the most part, it's rental housing that accepts Section 8 vouchers. No one's being "warehoused" and no one's getting rich off of building supportive housing in San Diego. I urge you to dig into the financing plans for these projects before you assume that there's extra money flying around. That's simply not the case. Start by taking a look at the Connections Housing project. Lastly, Atkins voted to support the bill that would end redevelopment. There's not one shred of evidence to support your theory that her only goal is to enrich her wife. Kelly Davis Associate Editor San Diego CityBeat
— June 20, 2011 11:14 a.m.

Winter Shelter in the East Village District in Downtown San Diego 2010 Rejected!

Please remove the photo immediately. I took it and you lifted it from www.sdcitybeat.com without permission.
— September 18, 2009 8:30 a.m.

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Own up to what, Nacho? Having a liberal bias? We've never claimed to *not* be a left-leaning publication. And my comment about how I'll write what I want was in response to Josh, not you. Josh, what makes you think that we're so dead-set anti-police? Educate yourself, my man, and you'll see that you're wrong. Take a gander at John Lamb's Spin Cycle column that comes out tomorrow. The majority of it is an interview with the head of the POA about how pay cuts will affect the police force. Or, look at what I wrote a few weeks back about deserved overtime pay for cops and firefighters. Or Eric Wolff's piece about how police officers injured on the job (one of them while chasing a dude with a gun, no less) are being harassed by the city. All those articles are pretty *gasp* pro-cop. We've never, ever said that every time a cop shoots a civilian, it's wrong. We've never, ever said that cops should never use deadly force. I dare you to find a time when either of those things have been printed in CityBeat. Find it and I'll buy you a frickin' steak dinner at Albie's. One more thing—-a couple of years ago, the Reader did a story about David "The Waterman" Ross. A few weeks back he was body slammed by a cop for no good reason, according to David and dozens of witnesses. Do you think David is lying? Do you think he deserved what he got? Talk to John Brizzolara and get back to me. Lalaw: Here's a link to my Zavala story: http://tinyurl.com/d52a4y And an overview of the Jacob Faust case: http://tinyurl.com/cbd5py
— April 21, 2009 6:57 p.m.

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What does "appauld" mean? My explanation was very clear. Jim Holman, the owner of the Reader, made a considerable amount of money from the folks who advertise in his publication. He's chosen to use that money to try to chip away at a woman's right to choose, to undermine the civil rights of gays and lesbians and to publish conservative religious rants on the website that's funded by Reader profits. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all that, but it's my publication's right to criticize him, just likes it's your right to express your opinion on cops and such. And it's my right to argue back. And so on and so forth. The same constitutional rights that protect your rants also protect people from things like being shot in the back by a cop.
— April 20, 2009 2:40 p.m.

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Hi Nacho: I'm not the editor. David Rolland's the editor. And just as JB took it upon himself to attack CityBeat on his blog, we can counterattack in any and every form we choose (written, of course). In the case of Mr. Zavala, all that info's publicly available from the county medical examiner. Josh, being a (ahem) member of the media, has as much access to information as I do.
— April 20, 2009 12:15 p.m.

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Josh, we're critical of your boss' persistent war against a woman's right to decide what happens to her body. We've also opined that the website he publishes (from the Reader's offices), www.calcatholic.com, is a vehicle for hate speech against gays and lesbians. As far as Yelp, Kinsee Morlan freelanced for them years ago, for about six months total, when she was a part-time staffer for us. Yelp was just getting started and was hiring people to produce content. She posted a critical review of The Reader under "kinseem" and included her photo. She never tried to hide her identity. She didn't secretly tell you this information——we knew what she was doing and we made sure there was no conflict with her job at CityBeat. And, finally, attacking someone's 3-year-old kid because she's black and adopted, and using phrases like "I hope she doesn't become a menace to society"——wow. You're a class act, dude.
— April 20, 2009 11:16 a.m.

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And as for this: "But think about someone fleeing from a cop, that runs around a corner and then puts a knife, screw driver..or, shard of glass (weapon? you betcha), to some 5-year-old kids throat as a hostage." Where's that coming from? Did I say that? No. Don't assume, Joshy. The distance you're jumping to conclusions is world-record worthy.
— April 20, 2009 9:29 a.m.

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You're not a liberal Democrat, you moron ("well you got Obama in the office"). And you think that a cop should be allowed to shoot someone in the back who's running from them? Oh my god Josh. That's called manslaughter. Josh, darling, sweetheart, imbecile: until you read through the documents associated with any of the cases you're opining about keep your mouth closed. Shut. Zip it. Zip. It. But you admittedly remain willfully ignorant. BTW: the chief of police is holding special training sessions for his officers over the next few months on best practices for situations that might escalate to deadly force (in other words, reserving deadly force for the last possible option). They'd laugh you and your crazy ideas right out of the classroom. Do you think a cop enjoys killing another human being? Obviously you do in your twisted martial-law-gone-mad, mad, mad world.
— April 20, 2009 9:24 a.m.

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One more thing: As far as a shooting being considered "justified": The District Attorney conducts a review, based on police investigative records, and concludes whether or not an officer is criminally liable. If an officer can prove that he or she felt that his or her life, or someone else's life, was in danger, the shooting is considered justified. The DA does not evaluate or comment on policies, procedures or training.
— April 19, 2009 11:20 p.m.

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His caretaker locked him in the house. Did you not read closely? Bottom line: If she'd have given him the cigarette he was asking for, the situation would not have escalated. For someone who's mentally ill, it might be different, but for someone with a traumatic brain injury, dementia or Alzheimers, give 'em the frickin' cigarette or bowl of ice cream or TV remote. Don't tell me that you've never come across that scenario in your 20 years in county mental health.
— April 19, 2009 11:14 p.m.