By Pat Sherman The LJVMA board noted that the putrid odor at La Jolla Cove — so intense in recent years that it reportedly drove customers from local restaurants and hotels — is starting to return after some relief last year due to high tides, rain and remedies employed by the city to rid the […]
A lawyer for the organization that maintains the cross atop Mt. Soledad in La Jolla said he’s “very encouraged” that the federal government has partially taken its side in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. In the filing last week, the U.S. Solicitor General says the government agrees with the Mt. Soledad Memorial […]
by Dave Schwab, La Jolla Today A controversy erupted following La Jolla Shores Association’s (LJSA) April officers’ election with one candidate resigning and crying foul, claiming another board member actively lobbied against him. Todd Lesser, a longtime LJSA board member on hiatus from the advisory group while chairing the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board, […]
I read an recent article written by Andrew Keatts on the Voice of San Diego regarding the recent transparency push for the Community Planning Groups in San Diego with immense interest. As a daily morning reader of VOSD, I would like to share with you my thoughts and comments; First, congratulations’ to Mayor Filner for establishing an […]
La Jolla Association Staff: The City of San Diego has determined since the La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) is a advisory body created by an action of the City Council, the LJCPA is subject to; (i) California’s Open Meeting Law, the Ralph M. Brown Act (“Brown Act”). (ii) City of San Diego Council Policy […]
My response to Councilperson Ms. Lightner Mrs. Lightner, thank you for your response to my recent letter. Although you stated the Neighborhood Code Compliance Department (NCCD) is under the direction and control of the Mayor’s Office, I chose to contact you as our community liaison knowing your current Chief of Staff is the former Director […]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A La Jolla planning group had three answers to Hillel of San Diego’s request to build a religious, intellectual and spiritual center on land it owns near the UCSD campus: “No,” “no” and “no.” There were three interrelated questions before the La Jolla Community Planning Association on Thursday evening, June […]
Voice of San Diego Posted on April 30, 2012 by Keegan Kyle Ray Ellis is a crucial part of the Republican Party’s push to swing the partisan balance of the City Council, but he doesn’t exactly fit the party mold. His basic pitch mirrors the party platform. Ellis argues incumbent District 1 Councilwoman Sherri […]
La Jolla Light: By Dave Schwab The La Jolla Shores Permit Review (LJSPR) committee said no on March 27 to a requested street vacation necessary for a downsized Hillel Jewish Student Center project proposed on a triangular plot across from the UCSD campus in a single-family neighborhood. LJSPR voted 5 in favor, 1 opposed, with […]