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By Jared Whitlock
ENCINITAS — Drivers with a keen sense of observation might notice something a bit odd when driving around the city. In Encinitas there are three red-light camera systems, yet there are 30 signs posted throughout the city reminding drivers of the redlight cameras. Why are there so many warning signs, many of which are located several miles or more from the redlight cameras themselves? As mandated by the California Vehicle Code, the City Council had two options when installing the first red-light camera system in 2004: Place warning signs on each road leading to an intersection with a red-light camera, or staTURN TO HALO EFFECT ON A17
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Yes on J group kicks off campaign Help celebrate 25 years By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Hoping to ensure passage of Proposition J, a ballot measure to approve a specific plan for downtown revitalization, a group of residents called FOR Del Mar’s Future, kicked off a grassroots campaign Wednesday at L’Auberge Del Mar to help provide information to the community. Calling the effort a “labor of love,” former City Councilman Tom Shepard said a group of residents opposed the 1976 community plan, which was meant to guide development in the city.“They fought tooth and nail to defeat it,” he said. But it was approved and the residential component has Residents in support of Proposition J for a group called FOR Del Mar’s
Future. On Wednesday, the group kicked off a campaign to help educate the community on the downtown revitalization plan. Photo by Bianca TURN TO CAMPAIGN ON A17 Kaplanek
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ENCINITAS — The City Council voted unanimously to place a controversial initiative on the city’s 2014 general election ballot. Mayor Jerome Stocks was absent. Voters will get to weigh in on a medical marijuana initiative two years after neighboring North County cities get to cast their votes. In July the Del Mar and Solana Beach city councils voted to place similar initiatives on the upcoming ballot. Backers of the ballot initiative, sponsored by Patient Care Association, turned in signatures in late July in an attempt to get the initiative on the November 2012 ballot. The intent is to treat people with serious medical issues according to supporters. The County Registrar of Voters certified the signatures on Aug. 8, just two days before the deadline for this year’s ballot. City Attorney Glenn Sabine told council members that voting to put the measure on the 2014 ballot would serve as a “wait and see” approach as Encinitas can see what happens with the neighboring cities initiatives. Sabine told the council that it has the option to file an action to remove it from the ballot or file a post-election challenge seeking a judicial determination of validity of the initiative. More than a dozen speakers addressed the council on the controversial topic. The majority was opposed to the initiative, but several focused on the medical uses of marijuana. Lance Rogers, a longtime resident said he supported the initiative. “We’re talking about marijuana as medicine, not for recreational use,” he said. As a civil rights attor-
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Just west of Interstate 5, a sign warns drivers to heed a red-light camera. But there isn’t a red-light camera at that intersection. Photo by Jared Whitlock
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With The Coast News nearing its 25th anniversary we’d like you to help us celebrate. If you have a story about how The Coast News has made an impact in the community or if you grew up reading the Beach News as it was originally called when it started in 1987 we’d like to hear from you for our special 25th anniversary edition. Please submit your favorite moment or memory (300 words or less) to tcagala@coastnewsgroup.com by Sept. 28.