As the world turns: Earth Day Fair to be held inside Balboa Park
Mayor Filner announces support for the Earth Day Fair, now that Plaza de Panama project has been defeated
The drama over Earth Day at Balboa Park can finally be put to rest. One day after Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor struck down the controversial Plaza de Panama project, Mayor Bob Filner announced the annual Earth Fair is back …
Mitt Romney moves forward on massive renovation of La Jolla home
City asked to consider granting permits for overhaul of beachfront home.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been making up for lost time on the giant remodel of his beachfront home in La Jolla's posh Barber Tract community. Just days after suffering defeat at the polls, Romney removed the hold on …
Bonnie Dumanis kicks off campaign for fourth-term as District Attorney
Two years shy of election, Dumanis already on the hunt for donations.
You can't keep a good district attorney down, or so says District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in a recent announcement that she will be running for a fourth-term as the County's top prosecutor. Dumanis launched her campaign today for the 2014 …
Ben Hueso uses campaign funds for his brother's campaign and to pay for hotel stays with his son
Ben Hueso rakes in campaign funds but shares the wealth with his family
Ben Hueso's political fundraising machine is now in high gear. Last month, Hueso, through his three active campaign committees, reported a positive balance of $204,316. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/01/39403/ The former city councilmember, turned state assemblyman, turned candidate for the open state senate …
City Attorney says Mayor's questions about port appointment process "lacks merit"
City Attorney says Mayor's reasons for vetoing council's appointments to port commission lacked legal footing
Mayor Bob Filner was wrong to say that the process of appointing commissioners to the Port commission was "flawed," states a memo from City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. On January 18, Filner vetoed the council's decision to appoint Marshall Merrifield and …
Plaza de Panama Committee continues to send lobbyists to City Hall
Irwin Jacobs-backed committee has hired lobbying outfit to get approval for Plaza de Panama project
The Plaza de Panama committee, the group heading up the controversial project to remove traffic from Balboa Park's hub, hasn't stopped their efforts to gain approval for their project even as the project is hung up in court. Instead, the …
City Attorney says Filner did not need approval from council before firing state and federal lobbyists
Opinion comes weeks after Mayor Bob Filner did not need to ask council before firing state and federal lobbying firms
Mayor Bob Filner was fully in line with the law when he fired the City's longtime state and federal lobbying firms, writes the City Attorney's Office. In a January 29 memo, Deputy City Attorney Carrie Gleeson determined that Filner didn't …
Council President Todd Gloria's campaign committee sitting on $54,000 in donations
Gloria spends less than $4,000 on political causes and donations in the weeks before and after election
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith isn't San Diego's only politician who has stashed away tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. Add city council president Todd Gloria to the list as well. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/30/39261/ Gloria, who like Goldsmith ran unopposed in …
Mayor Filner backtracks on enforcement of medical marijuana dispensaries
Mayor and City Attorney agree to draft a new zoning law allowing medical marijuana and present it to city council
It appears as if the City's fight, and the lawsuits, against medical marijuana dispensary owners is back on. Today, Mayor Bob Filner met with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and city councilmembers to discuss the fate of the cases after the …
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith spends campaign donations on trip to Florida and Las Vegas
Goldsmith still sitting on a lump of cash left over from the two previous elections.
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and his campaign committee is sitting on a wad of cash left over from the November election. Now, three months later, despite paying for posh accommodations in St. Petersburg, Florida for the Republican National …
Shopping Plaza Owner and One Paseo neighbor spends $10,000 to lobby against project
A recent lobbyist disclosure from Donahue Shriber shows presence of anti-One Paseo lobbyist at City Hall
Kilroy Realty is banking on hopes of city council support for their mega-development One Paseo in Carmel Valley. And, local lobbying outfits are banking thousands of dollars Kilroy Realty paid to lobby city council and city staff for support. But …
Owners of Be Wise Farm and their customers file legal complaint against the County over Eye Gnat Ordinances
The groups say ordinances violate CEQA and other state and local laws.
Consumers of organic produce and the farms they buy from are ticked off at San Diego County's Department of Environmental Health for the implementation of Eye Gnat Ordinances which could force farmers to spray pesticides on their crop. Now looking …
Large-scale developers of River Bend and One Paseo unite to win favor at City Hall
Recent disclosure shows big money spent at City Hall to lobby for controversial projects.
Developers looking to build massive mixed use projects were scrambling to win favor at City Hall in the weeks before and after the new mayor and city councilmembers were sworn into office in early December. Their strategy was to join …
Council and City Attorney to meet behind closed doors to discuss Medical Marijuana lawsuits
City Attorney will seek direction from council as to how to proceed with the eleven pending cases
City councilmembers and San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith will meet behind closed doors on Monday January 28 to discuss the eleven pending lawsuits against Medical Marijuana facilities filed by San Diego. The closed session meeting comes weeks after Mayor …
New documents reveal representatives from Grand Del Mar denied having dedicated helipad at resort
Public records request reveals additional information on the illegal helipad at the Grand Del Mar
That's no heliport. It's a concrete fitness pad. That pretty much sums up the response from president of Manchester Resorts, Tom Voss, to officials from the Department of Transportation when asked about Grand Del Mar's non-permitted heliport back in June …
Cyclist sues City and San Diego Velodrome Association for unsafe conditions at the Balboa Park cycling track
Man injured while riding the track now suing the City and cycling organization for negligence.
The City may have to add a cracked outdoor cycling track to its near-billion dollar list of infrastructure repairs. Last week a cyclist injured while riding the steep-banked oval track in Balboa Park filed a lawsuit against the City and …
Residents oppose moving large scale events like Earth Day to Balboa Park's West Mesa
Groups say doing so will impact quality of life for residents and park goers.
The political climate over the annual Earth Day Fair is more heated than ever before. Now residents of Park West and Bankers Hill are criticizing the City for not granting permits to Earth Day Fair organizers. Instead of holding the …
City of La Mesa's aged sewer system sends millions of gallons of raw sewage into bay and ocean
City submits offer to San Diego Water Board over illegal discharge of sewage into San Diego Bay and ocean.
City officials in La Mesa have admitted to dumping over one million gallons of raw sewage into the San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The admission comes less than a month after local water quality officials slapped the City …
Fabian Nunez willing to write check to any Hueso running for public office?
Nunez kicks in $5,000 to Ruben Hueso's run for School Board in Pasadena
Former assembly speaker now running for state treasurer, Fabian Nunez, is spreading the wealth, to any member of the Hueso family who decides to run public office. On January 16, Nunez wrote a check from his state treasurer campaign fund …
City Attorney accuses lawyers for Medical Marijuana patients of playing hardball with City
Jan Goldsmith says City should not pay legal fees for medical marijuana cases.
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith is digging his heels in, refusing to give ground to medical marijuana patients and dispensary owners who have filed lawsuits against the City of San Diego. Days after Mayor Bob Filner announced Neighborhood Code Compliance would …