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Former Ethics Commissioner disciplined by state bar
Krishna Haney, who drove car while impaired, must go to bar's Ethics School
Krishna Haney, a former commissioner of the San Diego Ethics Commission (appointed by former Mayor Jerry Sanders), has been disciplined by the California State Bar. In 2011, her car struck an emergency call box. She went to a gas station …
DeMaio, GOP blast Peters over support for "clean" debt ceiling bill
Local Democratic Congressman Scott Peters joined 184 other House Democrats in signing a letter to President Obama expressing support for “a clean extension of the debt ceiling,” which would entail an authorized increase without additional spending cuts. House Republicans, on …
Gang collecting bogus tax refunds broken up
Fifty-five indicted, many from foreign countries
Culminating a two-year investigation by federal authorities in San Diego and Los Angeles, four federal indictments accusing 55 people of participating in financial schemes were unsealed today (Sept. 26). Officials have arrested 22 defendants, but 33 are still at large …
AFSCME rolls for Alvarez; GOP spends for Faulconer
Labor vs. capital vs. not so idle rich, as special interests continue to shovel big money into San Diego mayor's race
While those two rich guys from La Jolla, Democrat Irwin Jacobs and Republican Douglas Manchester, are battling it out for their respective mayoral candidates and putative future control of San Diego's city hall, big labor hasn't remained idle. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/26/53760/ A …
Another candidate enters the race for District Attorney
Dumanis, who ran unopposed in the past two elections, now has two candidates vying for her job.
The care-free election days when there's no opponent to run against have drawn to a close for San Diego's District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. Now running for her fourth term, Dumanis has already witnessed one challenger enter the race to replace …
New poll: 60 percent of likely voters back legal cannabis
Support among Californians also high for same-sex marriage, immigration reform
A new study from the Public Policy Institute of California finds that, for the first time since it has polled the question, a majority of Californians now favor the outright legalization of marijuana. In the wake of recent moves toward …
Minkow may face criminal charges related to his former church
He may have used Community Bible Church funds in his fraud-busting business
Barry Minkow, the con man-turned-pastor-turned con man, may face more criminal charges, according to a story in the New York Post today (Sept. 25). Minkow is now serving a five-year sentence in the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky after …
The one-hundred year-old public park that never was and may never be
The City is now being sued for finally taking back land in Bankers Hill donated to it as a public park in 1908
More than a century ago, three families donated a small 16,000-square-foot of land in Bankers Hill to the City of San Diego with the agreement that it be "forever" used as a public park. Nearly 50 years ago, Doctor Milan …
Mayoral battle joined as billionaire Jacobs goes for Fletcher
$1000 likely first volley in cash war between George Soros Democrat Jacobs and Koch brothers-linked Republican publisher and hotel mogul Manchester
With a thousand dollar contribution to Nathan Fletcher, Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs has finally made it official: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/25/53715/ Two super rich, aging white men from La Jolla are mustering their big money and media influence in a political death battle …
Mayoral candidates and their committees collect big-time donations
The largest contribution yet comes from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, who wrote a $50k check to a committee in support of David Alvarez. Building industry backs Faulconer and Fletcher gets help from private industry
Big donors are opening up their pocketbooks in support of the three-big-name mayoral candidates running in the upcoming November 19 special election. As is the case with any election, developers and labor unions have gone all in to get their …
County officials admit success dealing with prison realignment
County officials are reluctantly touting successes realized via the prison realignment system imposed by federal judges and designed to alleviate severe overcrowding at state prisons by re-directing some inmates to county jails. “Nobody wanted this, nobody asked for this, but …
Grant monies to fund parks on border in Imperial Beach, Tijuana
Parks will feature furniture made from reclaimed garbage
The San Diego Center for Civic Engagement and the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that the two organizations will partner to award $45,000 to nonprofit 4Walls International for the construction of a bi-national park space. The funds will …
Regulator points finger at Edison, Mitsubishi
But the two companies continue to blame each other over San Onofre
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice of non-conformance to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, manufacturer of steam generators at the now-closed San Onofre nuclear plant. The regulatory commission has given a similar warning to Southern California Edison, the utility that …
Home sales continue to fall
High prices, high mortgage rates begin to price out buyers
A new report out yesterday (September 23) from the California Association of Realtors trade group sends mixed messages about the strength of the real estate market going forward, following a jump in average mortgage rates of nearly one percent since …
San Diego's freest traveling member of congress on the road, again
Chronically junketing California Democrat Susan Davis heads off for Ethiopia to hear about the evils of Chinese investment in the African continent
In the game of musical chairs that is San Diego politics, many political insiders expect Congresswoman Susan Davis to retire sooner or later, making way for her one-time staffer, city councilman Todd Gloria. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/24/53629/ But while Gloria basks in newfound …
Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District must justify rate increases on San Diegans
The San Diego County Water Authority is celebrating a partial victory over the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, after a judge ruled on Friday (September 20) that Metropolitan could not exempt significant water rate hikes for 2013 …
Tale of two pairs of guilty brothers
One pair cheated sports fans; other pair filed fictitious documents
Twin brothers Anthony David Casias and Leo Ronald Casias Jr. today (Sept. 23) pleaded guilty to cheating sports fans through their L&T Sports Events, Inc. Clients paid in advance for flights, game tickets, and hotel accommodations for sporting events. But …
SD hotel business up, but lagging coastal California cities
Could trail other cities through 2015
According to Smith Travel Research, August occupancy at San Diego hotels rose only 1% from July, while Orange County rose 4%, L.A. 2.3%, and San Francisco 2.5%. Year-to-date figures are similar: San Diego occupancy is up 0.8%, versus 3.3% for …