Fox 5 News/Admin Residents in the Westknoll neighborhood blocked crews from installing a wireless antenna Monday morning. “This whole thing stinks, there’s something wrong here,” said David Haney. Crews from Crown Castle, for which La Jolla Community Planning Association’s President Joe LaCava is a paid Lobbyist, were installing cellular equipment on a city light pole in […]
The property at 820 Rushville has been in the Hansen’s family for almost 60 years. On June 11th an appeal, filed by the disputed President of the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA), Joe LA Cava, was rejected by a 5-1 vote of the San Diego Planning Commission. This was the third consecutive appeal filed […]
La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) Trustee, Phil Merten and Chair of the La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee (LJSPRC), explains to the Planning Commission, on April 16 2015, just how underhanded the approval process can be in La Jolla. Merten’s comments confirm why the Whitney family terminated their relationship with their original architect Dale Naegle. […]
<em class=”wnDate”>Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:34 PM EDT</em><em class=”wnDate”>Thursday, May 14, 2015 7SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Despite an unsuccessful 2012 bid to replace Councilwoman Sherri Lightner, businessman Ray Ellis announced Thursday that he will once again seek a seat in the San Diego City Council. The 57-year-old Ellis, who lost to Lightner in the […]
Monday, May 4, 2015 By KPBS <img src=”https://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2015/05/04/barbara-bry_t614.jpg?a3ca5463f16dc11451266bb717d38a6025dcea0e” alt=””> Entrepreneur and political activist Barbara Bry announced Monday that she’ll run for the seat of San Diego City Council President Sherri Lightner, who is being termed out. Bry is the chief operating officer of Blackbird Ventures, a firm that invests in fledgling technology companies, and was […]
The South elevation of the proposed Whitney mixed use residence. The San Diego Planning Commission, on April 16th for the third time, by a 5-1 vote, approved the Whitney Mixed Use Building in La Jolla Shores. The approval coincides with City Staff and the San Diego Hearing Officers previous approvals of both the project and the environmental determination. […]
On Thursday, the La Jolla Music Society made a presentation to the La Jolla Community Planning Association that included showing renderings of the proposed Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center for the first time. And it announced its intention to start the formal submission of plans to the city for approval within the next two weeks. […]
Business owners sued the city of San Diego over a smell they believe is caused by the sea lions By City News Service Photo by Susan Murphy: Seals, sea lions and sea birds inhabit the rocks along the sandstone cliffs at La Jolla Cove. A tentative ruling issued Thursday by a San Diego Superior Court judge […]
By Pat Sherman Legal dispute remains long after Gill cottage’s demolition Irving Gill’s ‘Windemere’ cottage was built in 1894 and believed to be the master architect’s first home in California, and the first Craftsman home in the state. Originally located on Prospect Street, it was moved a half-mile to 1328 Virginia Way in 1927, and […]
On March 5th the La Jolla Community Planning Association will be holding their annual election. It appears, once again, Mr. Whittemore wants to be elected to the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA). Why? This is a position he resigned from in October 2014, after publicly stating he would rather resign then serve on the LJCPA […]