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CEQA is standing in the way of the California Dream
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (332+ words) That goal may sound reasonable on paper. In practice, CEQA has increasingly become a tool for obstructing housing development, exacerbating California’s housing shortage and keeping costs stubbornly high. Under CEQA, the default standard for environmental review is to produce an…...
Enforce laws against texting while driving, not just drunken driving
1+ week, 4+ day ago (136+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “New California laws target drunken drivers” (Sept. 26): How about enforcing the law against texting while driving? When I ride my motorcycle and I see a car over the double yellow line headed right at me, the…...
Opinion: Vote no on Prop. 44. It would put communities at risk.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (307+ words) That’s why I’m gutted at the thought of what Proposition 44 could do to our community. The measure, sponsored and supported by one politically motivated organization, includes arbitrary requirements that will strip critical resources from health centers — money that would come…...
Two Opposite Cities, One Similar Battle for Mayor
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1177+ words) The mayoral races in Escondido and Encinitas, two North County cities that couldn’t be more different on the surface, share a strikingly similar political backdrop. In both cities, conservative-leaning incumbents backed by councils that have shifted rightward in recent years…...
Paid parking proposal causes shock, dismay at The Lumberyard businesses in Encinitas
2+ week, 5+ day ago (533+ words) A management company’s plans to start charging for parking at The Lumberyard shopping center has shocked some of its longtime business owners and their employees, who say the proposal goes against downtown Encinitas’ welcoming reputation and may drive customers away....
Don’t Talk About the Billionaire Tax
3+ week, 1+ day ago (370+ words) Proposition 40 would force Californians with a net worth of more than $1 billion to pay a one-time 5 percent tax on their assets. The money would mainly go toward healthcare. For the latest Sacramento Report, Nadia Lathan asked San Diego’s legislative delegation…...
Why Tierrasanta Is San Diego’s “Island in the Hills”: A Family’s Guide to the Neighborhood
3+ week, 5+ day ago (344+ words) For families, that “island” feeling translates into something valuable: a quiet, peaceful retreat from the pace of the city that still keeps you connected to everything San Diego offers. It is a suburban oasis in the middle of an urban…...