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Community Groups Make City Budget Recommendations
The Community Budget Alliance, a coalition consisting of environmental, faith-based, labor, and community groups, has announced a list of priorities and suggestions “designed to create a fair and equitable budget for the City of San Diego.” The group released its …
UCSD Hospital Overcharged Medicare, Federal Audit Finds
Auditors for the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services have found that the UCSD Medical Center hospital overcharged the federal Medicare program a total of more than $350,000 on 99 of 210 claims sampled …
Poll Finds Increased Support For Same-Sex Marriage
More and more Californians support gay marriage, finds the latest Field Poll. According to the poll, 59 percent of registered voters say same-sex couples should be allowed to get hitched, an eight percent climb compared to 2010. Conversely, 34 percent …
Abortion Bill Draws Mixed Reactions
California State Senator Christine Kehoe of San Diego introduced a bill last Friday that would allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse midwives to perform early term abortions during a woman’s first trimester of pregnancy. Reaction to Senate Bill 1501 …
UCAN to Undergo Court-Supervised Reorganization
Beleaguered Utility Consumers' Action Network, the watchdog nonprofit with myriad legal problems, today (Feb. 28) posted on its website an unsigned notice indicating that it "has initiated a Superior Court-supervised reorganization" that might permit the group to address "persistent legal …
New Signage for Shelter Island
After a long wait, Shelter Island is finally getting its own entryway monument. On Friday, City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer will join Lou Smith, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners, and San Diego Port Tenants Association president …
Sempra Still Says It's "Probable" It Will Jab Customers
Sempra Energy came out with its annual report or 10-K statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today (Feb. 28). Although there is a battle going on with ratepayers, Sempra still says that it is probable that its San …
Is $3000-$6000 Per Year Too Much for Veteran Parking Exemption?
Tonight, the Community Planning Committee-- comprised of members from planning groups around the City, will discuss a proposal to grant free parking for veterans with special license plates such as Pearl Harbor Survivor Plates, Legion of Valor Plates, Former American …
Bob Filner Endorses Medicinal Marijuana Tax Initiative
Congressman Bob Filner is the first mayoral candidate to endorse San Diego’s Compassionate Use Dispensary Regulation and Taxation initiative. In 17-pages, the initiative outlines how to restore safe access throughout the city while keeping money away from drug dealers and …
Assemblyman Ben Hueso Not Giving Up Proposal For A State Bank
Assemblyman Ben Hueso isn't backing away from his plan to create a state bank. Hueso believes a state-run Investment Bank would make it easier to track revenues, spur economic development by providing low-cost lending to small businesses, and generate extra …
SD Home Values Down 40% from Peak
San Diego home values dropped 0.7% from November to December, according to Case-Shiller/Standard & Poor's data released this morning (Feb. 28). That was less than the 1.1% drop of the top 20 metro areas. For the year, however, San Diego's …
Ten Nabbed for Providing Alcohol to Minors
San Diego Sheriff’s Department deputies, in conjunction with state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents, conducted Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap operations in the Vista area Friday night. Under the Minor Decoy program, an underage individual enters a state-licensed facility serving alcohol …
Santorum Super PAC Gets $50,000 from El Cajon's Caster
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, locked in a tight race with part-time La Jolla resident Mitt Romney in tomorrow's Michigan primary, has picked up some sizable support from El Cajon self-storage magnate Terrence R. Caster. Caster, an original backer of …
Grand Jury Demands UCAN Financial Records
Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), a prominent watchdog operation, has received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury. In a document that I have seen, the U.S. Attorney's office wants all records relating to UCAN and a related …
Safety Report Reveals More San Onofre Violations
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report issued February 9 but receiving little public attention since calls to light five safety incidents at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during an inspection completed December 31, 2011. Two of the violations were identified …
La Jolla High Grad Brain-Damaged, Mother Sues UC Regents
A San Diego woman is suing the University of California regents and the Berkeley Student Cooperative, alleging that they failed to crack down on an epidemic of illegal drug use at UC Berkeley that led to her son's severe brain …