“Months before she quit, Nora Vargas quietly set up her own consulting firm…. After she won re-election to the board, she filed more paperwork stating the purpose of the business. “Consulting.” via @inewsource

@YIMBYDemsSD An Ag. Assoc. board member said the board was “‘stabbed in the back’ when the Del Mar’s mayor publicly supported a rail realignment route that would devastate Fairgrounds operations.” The news article has more detail on this dispute.

RT @BillKristol: The "unanimously" elected is a nice touch. Makes it even more North Korea-like.

@RyanBray80 His office says that the mayor paid for his portion of the trip, but has not released the documents that show he did. Of more concern is that taxpayers paid for two members of his “security detail,” who are San Diego police officers. The money came from a police department fund.

@rickval92102 @CityofSanDiego @MayorToddGloria Details about the role and formation of the IBA are here:

Zolgensma Creation Story Reveals Truths About Drug Pricing: “How did a drug rooted in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with such a price tag?”

@speedyendo Absolutely not… I voted for it, as did lots of San Diegans, as a reaction to the pension fiasco. But I totally support a return to a city manager form of government, for so many reasons. And I do think there’s momentum to get it on the ballot… but that’s a whole other story.

@YIMBYDemsSD @AgentBaz How about these examples of how Bonus ADU projects “maintain neighborhood scale.”?

“The Tale of 2 Cluster-F*cks: Morena Blvd in Linda Vista and University Ave in City Height: The simultaneous closures of those busy streets is like a horror movie where zombie twins ravage two enclaves in the same village at the same time.”

@YIMBYDemsSD @AgentBaz Look at the multi-unit “Bonus ADU” projects on Shoshone and Jicarillo in Clairemont/Bay Ho, on Baja Ct in the College Area, or any of the proposed projects in Encanto and tell us they “maintain neighborhood scale.”

“Fumbling with this nation’s separation of powers, and with the interlocking, overlapping complexities of global commerce, Trump resembles a 6-year-old treating Limoges porcelain plates like Frisbees.” Monday, Feb 10, 2025

Study outlines logistics, costs of La Jolla becoming its own city Monday, Feb 10, 2025

@MayorToddGloria cites San Francisco as an example of cities that charge more for on- street parking, and it does, on some streets. But even here, on busy Post and Franklin Sts, parking costs less than our new $2.50/hr rate, and Sundays are still free.

“The City’s Road Repair Deception: ‘Surface treatments are maintenance operations, they are not ‘repairs’ and they are not considered to be ‘paving.’”

“Mexico Said River Border Wall Broke Treaties. The US Built it Anyway.” Also, if gates in the wall fail to lift during a flood, the polluted rover could back up over its levees and inundate downtown Tijuana.  

S.F. scraps controversial $40 daylighting parking fines: “The decision comes after significant backlash from residents and city leaders, who argued that the fines were unfair given the lack of visible markings.”