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Jacobs Balboa Park Consultant Paid Lobbyist $40,000
Civitas, Inc., the consulting firm being used by Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs to design his controversial Balboa Park makeover, has paid $40,000 to San Diego lobbying firm MJE Marketing Services to promote the plan at city hall. Accordng to MJE's …
SD Home Values May Bottom Late This Year
San Diego is among a group of metro areas whose home values will likely hit bottom late this year, according to Zillow. Others are Dallas, Denver, Miami, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Tampa, says the housing research firm. San …
SEC Settles Coal-to-Ethanol Case with Widow
Early this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled a case against Margaret Grey, widow of the head of La Jolla's Nova Gen, which sold stock to investors on the claim that it had rights to a technology that would …
Mayor Sanders Shows Support For Bonnie Dumanis In YouTube Video
Mayor Jerry Sanders isn't shying away from his support for Bonnie Dumanis to become San Diego's next mayor, despite a recent poll from KGTV Channel 10 that has the District Attorney in the back of the pack with 14 percent …
The City's Plan on Deferred Maintenance
According to city staff, San Diego would need to spend $478 million to smooth out streets, $185 million to repair crumbling buildings, and $235 million on storm drains; a total of $898 million to catch up on deferred maintenance. This …
Building Trades' Family Housing Corporation Re-Elects Board Members
The San Diego Building Trades Council yesterday announced the recent re-election of its Family Housing Corporation board members for 2012. Tom Lemmon, the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council’s Business Manager, will remain chairman. Peter Zovanyi, representing the …
Workforce Index Rises for Fifth Straight Month
The San Diego Workforce Index, published by the San Diego Workforce Partnership, rose to 86.96 in December from 86.70 in November, the fifth straight monthly gain. Indeed.com available jobs dropped and the number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance rose, …
Penny Stock Brokerage Disciplined
World Trade Financial Corp., a brokerage specializing in over-the-counter and penny stocks, has been nailed by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and independent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. First, the regulatory authority fined the firm and fined and suspended three …
Filner Vietnam Trip Paid for by Lawyers Group
A trip last month to Vietnam by Democratic Congressman Bob Filner, running for mayor of San Diego, was paid for by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, a so-called non-governmental organization. The group's causes include the plight of Vietnamese victims …
DeMaio, Filner Are Likely Runoff Candidates in Mayoral Race
A poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows Republican Carl DeMaio and Democrat Bob Filner in a virtual tie on top of the list of hopefuls in San Diego’s next mayoral election. Filner, who has had a notably small campaign presence aside …
County Supervisors Declare Synthetic Stimulants A Public Nuisance
County Supervisors continued their crackdown on synthetic drugs at a board meeting today. The drugs, also known as "spice" and bath salts, are now considered a public nuisance in unincorporated areas of San Diego County. The declaration is meant to …
Border Militarization Protects Defense Profits as Wars Wind Down
A mix of heavy contributions to political campaigns and the diminishing overseas military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan can largely be credited with the militarization of the United States/Mexico border, The American Independent/Texas Independent is reporting. According to the Associated …
Supervisors Say Bill Would Put Groomers on Too Short a Leash
County Supervisors agreed to oppose state legislation aimed at regulating pet grooming businesses. The legislation, introduced by state senator Juan Vargas, would impose fines on groomers who are not licensed by the state and fail to meet workplace standards. Supervisor …
Top Qualcomm Executives Give Big to Nathan Fletcher
GOP Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher appears to be the semi-official candidate of the executive class at Qualcomm, Inc., the locally-founded mobile phone giant that has been in the news of late for its controversial Snapdragon Stadium promotional gambit. According to the …
More Concerns Over San Onofre Safety
Concerns about safety and the durability of components at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are continuing to surface as the plant approaches a full week of complete shutdown. The plant’s Unit 3 reactor was taken out of commission after a …
CPUC Sued for Allegedly Not Sharing Information
Attorney Mike Aguirre today (Feb. 6) sued the California Public Utilities Commission in Superior Court for not disclosing records pertaining to San Diego Gas & Electric's attempt to get its customers to pick up the tab for 2007 wildfire liabilities …
Medical Marijuana Inc. Reports Jump in Revenue
San Diego based Medical Marijuana Inc., which describes itself as “a publicly traded holding company which invests, develops and owns subsidiaries engaged in a number of diversified international businesses within the Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Industries,” announced that its …
Chula Vista's Alleged Foreclosure Scams
Chula Vista Council member Rudy Ramirez will use his monthly public office hours to discuss "an alleged housing scam where foreclosed homes are being rented out by a company that does not own the properties." At the January 24 city …
A Guide to Ralph Inzunza's Life in Prison
Former San Diego city councilman Ralph Inzunza is finally behind bars, the only council defendant to go to prison in the city's Cheetahs strip club bribery scandal that grew out of the role of then-city attorney Casey Gwinn, son of …