As the rush to gentrify downtown San Diego by evicting low-income residents continues apace, the specter of lobbyists pushing clients' projects through city hall and picking up sizable public subsidies is growing. A prime example …
March 19, 2019
News & Stories
Hawkins Way uses San Diego's Procopio lawyers to lobby city hall for downtown evictions
Holy Paleta for your inner child
Like most kids growing up in America, I looked forward to sunny weather for the treats it brought: usually popsicles. As I look back now, I realize those popsicles were trash. We should have been …
March 19, 2019
Downtown San Diego's Plaza Hotel goes; homeless parking proposed on Mission Bay
Another SRO is about to bite the dust. Short for single room occupancy hotels, these cheap hotels have been dropping like flies from 123 in 2012 to 37 in October 2018. It's hard not to …
March 19, 2019
San Diego Symphony: rambunctious list for next season
The San Diego Symphony has announced its 2019-2020 season and it is a rambunctious list of symphonic music. For the past few seasons, I’ve felt as though the San Diego Symphony has been getting away …
March 19, 2019
Chula Vista police arrest three for buying minors booze
On March 9, the Chula Vista Police Department arrested three people for providing alcoholic beverages to minors. The operation was called Decoy Shoulder Tap, where a minor under the direct supervision of a peace officer …
March 19, 2019