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Moores's Personal Attorney Named to High Justice Department Post
Maybe he can investigate why all public/private development deals in San Diego use Delaware LLC status to hid the owners snf potential conflicts of interest, like Ballpark Village LLC, a Delaware LLC, and Padres LP, a Delaware limited partnership for the City owned, Padre’s Park at the Park. According to the City Charter all deals and leases with hidden owners are invalid and can be renegotiated on the open market. Instead of the unfair leases made when the City Council was giving away our public assets, the City of San Diego can get the fair market value of our public Leases as new streams of Revenue. http://docs.sandiego.gov/citycharter/Article%20XI… “Section 225: Mandatory Disclosure of Business Interests No right, title or interest in the City’s real or personal property, nor any right, title or interest arising out of a contract, or lease, may be granted or bargained pursuant to the City’s general municipal powers or otherwise, nor any franchise, right or privilege may be granted pursuant to Section 103 or 103.1 of this Charter, unless the person applying or bargaining therefore makes a full and complete disclosure of the name and identity of any and all persons directly or indirectly involved in the application or proposed transaction and the precise nature of all interests of all persons therein.— November 4, 2010 5:21 p.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
According to our Municpal Code Section 24.1102, the IRS, and SDCERS; the City of San Diego only owes Public Safety personnal lifetime Retiree Healthcare. General Retiree Healthcare for non-safety employees was never codified or written into law. The last thing David Wescoe tried to push before he left was to delete Municpal Code Section 24.1102 without an Actuary report. Thankfully Donna Frye, Carl DeMaio, and Tony Young asked for the required Actuary report. In order to allow Retiree Healthcare for the General population, a public vote would be required under Proposition B. http://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter… See top of Page 3 for Municipal Code Section 24.1102 "General members granted CERS benefits by this section shall not, pursuant to Sections 24.1201 and 24.1202, be eligible for City-sponsored Group Health Insurance for retirees." www.tinyurl.com/SDHeathcare City Attorney Jan Goldsmith wrote Report No. 09-142 linked above to the City Council regarding the issue in trying to change MC 24.1201 (see Pages 5 to 8). If the City Council tried to change the MC, a public vote would be required in order to increase the benefits of General Members, under MC Section 143.1a (Proposition B). "SDCERS has also indicated that unless the Municipal Code is amended as requested to sanction the purchase allowances it has allowed since 1992, it will unwind all of them. SDCERS has allowed General Members to purchase SDCERS service credit with their refunded SDCERS contributions withdrawn when they enrolled in the 1981 Pension Plan and to afford these purchasing members retiree health benefits." HTTP://WWW.SIGNONSANDIEGO.COM/NEWS/2010/SEP/01/ST… "San Diego leaders have talked for years about tackling a $1.36 billion deficit for the health care of the city’s retired workers but have taken little action. A new study shows just how much the city — and taxpayers — could save by making major changes to the benefit. By eliminating the benefit for current employees, the deficit would shrink to about $442 million. If it were capped at the current $8,880 annual payment, the deficit would be lowered to $969 million."— November 4, 2010 1:49 p.m.
South Park's Granny Flats — City Says Yea, Some Citizens Say Nay
Comments to the draft 7th Land Development Code update are required to be submitted in 3 days on Friday November 5, 2010. "Please submit comments on the draft 7 th Update amendments via e-mail to [email protected] through November 5, 2010. Comments can also be mailed to the City of San Diego, Development Services Department, 1222 First Avenue, MS 501; San Diego, CA 92101-4155; Attention Amanda Lee, Senior Planner." Also please not that the City's online Zoning Maps and Municipal Codes website do not work today, which is very unusual.— November 2, 2010 1:52 p.m.
South Park's Granny Flats — City Says Yea, Some Citizens Say Nay
To be fair, everyone in San Diego should be down-zoned including all the rich people living in gated communities surrounded by golf courses and private trails which area zoned Agricultural instead of the Single-Family Residential (SFR) which they are. The Agricultural Zoning allows for extremely low densities because the open space and golf courses are included in the development project towards the average density per acre. The City of San Diego Development Services Department has made it clear in many public forums that the City’s Building Permit Department does not have to honor CC&R for privately funded Homeowners Associations, or between neighbors who have private agreements attached to their land on their deeds. If the City's Zoning is allowed, neighbors and HOA can go to small claims court to sue each other. Private agreements are not the City’s problem at least in Point Loma. A great way to make a point that down-zoning and allowing single-family residential neighborhoods to be turned into mixed used multi-family neighborhoods, is to get the rich to take the first hit by changing their zoning from Agriculture to SFR, and seeing how fast the intimidation stops. There are many areas which actually want density and new development.— November 2, 2010 1:31 p.m.
Would Spelling Lessons Affect the Library?
Hi Honest Government, Alpha Project and the San Diego Urban Corps are some examples of existing Non-Profits, who already have Right-of-Entry Permits for our public land, have Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) regarding expected minimum Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and have $1 million in insurance. Right-of-Entry Permits are required for Non-City personnel to perform work on our public property under the City’s Managed Competition program. To outsource anything but Public Safety, a minimum Living Wage of $13.20 per hour is required of private For-Profit companies who want to compete for City contracts. When Outsourcing companies, Volunteers, or Non-Profit organizations plan to work on City-owned property, a Right-Of-Entry Permit is needed by several differing departments based upon the jurisdiction of the property in conjunction with Engineering and Capital Projects and the City Attorney’s office. The Departments that have ownership and jurisdiction include Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division, Water, Storm Water, Street Division, or Real Estate Assets. Currently the City of San Diego also has several additional Right-of-Entry Permits and MOU with other Volunteer religious, civic, and environmental groups including: The Balboa Park Committee of 100 for Alcazar Garden Tile Project. http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/b… Point Loma Association for beautification and landscaping projects. Friends of Famosa Slough for Habitat Management. Example of Right-Of-Entry Permits for individual Non-profits and Volunteer organization to work under the City of San Diego banner. http://www.sandiego.gov/mayor/pdf/rightofentryper… Park and Recreation Right-of-Entry Request Form http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/pdf/b… Park and Recreation Right-of-Entry Application. http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks…— October 30, 2010 7:10 p.m.
Would Spelling Lessons Affect the Library?
Hi SurfPuppy619. Thanks for the compliment. Instead of pro-bono work I will be coming out of retirement in January 2011 to start my own consulting firm in Civil Engineering, Public Policy, Land Use, and Historic Preservation. Politics in San Diego is a death sport, and too brutal for my sensibilities.— October 30, 2010 10:12 a.m.
An Early Holiday Season Arrives With Unlimited CCDC Bailout
If the normal process for increasing CCDC cap was completed, then CCDC would have to increase the Affordable Housing Set Aside funds from 20 percent to 30 percent. Now Affordable Housing advocate have no leaverage. We have very big problems with how the CCDC cap was raised. Earlier this year as part of the negotiations to raise CCDC's cap for everyone's benefit, the San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP) received assurances that any new Redevelopment funds would expand employment opportunities for the poor, provide training in San Diego less fortunate neighborhoods, and solve our Homeless problem. SDOP is a coalition of faith-based community and civic groups that advocate for children and families in less desirable parts of town. http://www.sdop.net/ Because of the midnight Sacramento deal, the poor San Diegans that actually need Redevelopment help no longer have the same Leverage to get their piece of the Redevelopment pie.— October 30, 2010 8:27 a.m.
An Early Holiday Season Arrives With Unlimited CCDC Bailout
www.tinyurl.com/20100924 Please see the 1992 Agreement for Cooperation between CCDC and the County of San Diego for pass through payments starting on Page 16 for facilities and programs for the homeless, mentally ill, alcohol and drug rehab, children's services, etc. Currently CCDC is suppose to be giving the County of San Diego 7.0 percent ($8,396,958) this year. I do not know if this money was given to the County or what it was used for. However, from 1992 to 2005 we believe CCDC stole money that should have been given to the County in pass through payments. In 2011 all 4 triggers in the 1992 Agreement will be met requiring CCDC to increase pass through payments to 14.7 percent of CCDC's tax increment totaling @ $17.6 million. Also the San Diego Unified School District pass through payments will increase from the current 4.0 percent to 13.6 percent (see Page 7). www.tinyurl.com/20100816a In total, in theory, in 2011 CCDC has to give away 30.58 percent of Tax Increment ($36.7 million) in pass through payments to the County and schools.— October 30, 2010 8:22 a.m.
Would Spelling Lessons Affect the Library?
A great solution to the City scare tactics would be to give all menial jobs to the Alpha Project and the San Diego Urban Corps, who are allowed to pay minimum wage instead of the prevailing wage of $13+ per hour. The City already outsources community cleanups and restoration projects to these two outside non-union groups, that have $1 million in insurance, and the do the job the City Unions won't like brush clearance. Plus they live within City limits, and would be honored to serve our City instead of being unemployed. According to the same Park and Recreation Department Director Stacey LoMedico who wrote the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Reduction Scenerios Memo below: http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/20… The legal and correct process for Volunteers and citizens to take over the cleaning of the Fire Pits, and cleaning of the public restrooms in downtown for the Homeless and at the Beaches, requires many steps. Step 1. Establish a non-profit organization, Step 2. Obtain a Right of Entry Permit from the City of San Diego, Step 3. Enter into a written contract and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City to maintain the fire pits in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Step 4. Obtain $1 million dollars for insurance liability with the total amount determined by the Risk Management department. Step 5. Meet and confer with the City Unions as required by the ballot initiative passed by voters for Managed Competition. Alpha Project, San Diego Urban Corps, and various religous, civic, and environmental groups are already Non-Profits, have Right of Entry permits for public land, have Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) regarding expected minimum Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and have $1 million in insurance. Many students, community members, and library patrons would love to Volunteer at Libraries and Recreation Centers to extend the hours opened. We already own the building and land. All we need is someone to be responsible in every community, instead of closing down public assets.— October 30, 2010 7:53 a.m.
San Marcos Officials Conceal Federal Fire Map
http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/webdata/maps/san_diego/fhs… Fire Hazard Severity Zones and San Marcos' and County-wide Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) were published online in 2008 by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of Cal Fire's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP). http://frap.fire.ca.gov/ There is nothing secret about the State maps excepts it specifically puts the City of San Marcos on notice, that the City is responsible for fire protection in areas designated Severe Fire Hazard zones within City limits. As shown on the FRAP Map, the areas directly north and south of San Marcos are the responsibility of the State. The City of San Marcos Planning Department is required to come up with plans and public policies for growth in these LRA zones of Severe Fire Hazards.— October 30, 2010 7:38 a.m.