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Sandag accused of eminent domain abuse
And here you are, reading and commenting again!— December 30, 2017 8:23 p.m.
Wait — UCSD planning for 45,000
Paul, you kind of proved their point with this: "They have those meeting so they can say they listened to community input," Urich said. "They don't actually listen." **UC San Diego is not going to listen to demands to cap enrollment at 10,000 students.** Plus you failed to disclose that you work for UCSD and they pay you over $100,000 a year. "I'm not a representative of the University" just one of their high-pay employees.— December 28, 2017 4:08 p.m.
Border wedding included drug-smuggling groom
Actually, in the federal courts, it's fairly normal for defendants who were out on bond before they plead guilty or are convicted to remain free on bond until the date set to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons. Federal court lawyers tell me they almost always show up for sentencing and surrenders.— December 20, 2017 3:32 p.m.
South Bay Super 8 recovery home a smashed success?
Yikes!— December 14, 2017 5:28 p.m.
South Bay Super 8 recovery home a smashed success?
Hey, William, I think it's pretty clear it's in San Diego.— December 12, 2017 9:46 p.m.
Downtown homeless people driven north by cops
A quick and important correction: The statement: “I’m surprised it hasn’t already [drawn people back],” she said. “When we had the winter tents, there seemed to be a buildup downtown before they opened. I just think the police are too aggressive right now and it’s keeping that from happening.” was NOT made by Katie Keach, director of the city's Communications Department. Homeless advocate Michael McConnell made this statement. The Reader is in the process of make that correction.— December 1, 2017 9:15 a.m.
Old bike-sharing company, new plan
To be clear: everything attributed to the coastal commission is exactly how their spokeswoman wrote it.— November 8, 2017 9:43 a.m.
Old bike-sharing company, new plan
Late but relevant: The strongly and widely held belief that the coastal commission kicked DecoBike out of beach areas may be wrong. From the California Coastal Commission: The City Council and Deco Bike entered into a contract to introduce and operate the Deco Bike bike sharing program. The City Council checked with the city planning department to see if the agreement needed any LCP/CDP approval, and the Planning Department informed the City Council that it did not. **However, the City Council was only asking about – and the Planning Department only responded regarding – the contract, *not* the subsequent erection of the bike stations.** Soon after executing the agreement, the bike stations started going up both in and out of the coastal zone. Sometime thereafter some members of the public contacted Commission staff asking what approval we gave for the bike stations. We did not review or sign-off on any of the stations, and neither did the City Planning Department do CDPs for any of the stations in their jurisdiction of the coastal zone. Commission staff was supportive of the program and did not have immediate issue with the locations of the bike stations, but nevertheless we sat down with City planning and park staff and informed them that all the stations in the coastal zone constituted “development” and thus needed a state or local CDP. Commission staff worked with City staff to draw up a list of the bike stations in our jurisdiction and those within the City’s jurisdiction, and the next step was going to be for the City to apply for a programmatic CDP to cover all the existing and forthcoming bike stations. **However the City -- without consultation or direction from the Commission -- determined they wanted to reimagine and reboot the Deco Bike program to concentrate all of the bike stations in the downtown and adjacent communities.** Thus, to staff’s current knowledge, all of the Deco Bike stations have been removed from the coastal zone and redeployed elsewhere.— November 2, 2017 3:20 p.m.
Short-term vacation rental explosion
There are easily 4,000 'housing units' NOT occupied by San Diegans - including apartments meant for housing - that have become mini-hotels instead. Some argue that stricter regulation would immediately make those homes available to locals. That's one of the key arguments in San Francisco's decision to strictly regulate STVRs.— October 24, 2017 12:54 p.m.
Short-term vacation rental explosion
What Mr. Masry told me is that hotels haven't weighed in heavily because they don't think they lose much business to short term vacation rentals - it's a different sector of the lodgings market. That's one of the dilemmas regulators face: that STVRs allow less affluent people to visit places they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to - myself included.— October 24, 2017 12:49 p.m.