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OCEANSIDE — Longtime Oceanside City Councilwoman Esther Sanchez will be the first Latina in the city’s history to run for mayor in this year’s election. A story published in last week’s edition of The Coast News incorrectly stated Sanchez had withdrawn from the city’s mayoral race and also wrongly referred to Ocea nside City Councilman Jack Feller as a former councilman. Both Feller and Sanchez are SANCHEZ currently on the council and actively running for mayor. The Coast News sincerely regrets these errors. Sanchez has served on the council since 2000. Sanchez told The Coast News her priority issues include affordable housing, sheltering the city’s unsheltered, Smart Growth, jobs, the business community and protecting what’s left of Oceanside’s habitat and open spaces, including the coast and farmlands. “I love Oceanside,” Sanchez said. “I was born and raised here, so our current and future economic and environmental sustainability is so passionately important to me. We must move now to implement a strong climate action plan, community choice energy, affordable housing, and employment centers. Our kids call it saving the planet. I think it’s a great love for our community.” Sanchez was first elected District 1 representative in 2018 during the city’s first district election.
By Dan Brendel
CARLSBAD — A rally imploring stateTHE leaders to reopen businesses and VISTA schools, hosted by five North CountyNEWS chambers of commerce August 15, drew residents, parents and local politicians and candidates. “This is not about putting businesses or personal priorities over the health of our community. This is about our voice not being heard. We feel like we have been pushed aside by individualsRANCHO that are disconnected fromSFNEWS our local community,” said Juan Velasco, who owns Slight Edge Salon in Oceanside. “How can one person label what is essential and non-essential with a stroke of a pen? … Is it really safer to shop at Walmart than to get a haircut?” Also in attendance at the rally was Bret Schanzenbach, CEO of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, which co-sponsored the rally at The Shoppes at Carlsbad. “We can be both safe and open. … Workers need the opportunity,” said The Oceanside, San Marcos and Encinitas
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Oceanside resident Darnell ‘DeeJay’ Johnson honored by Rep. Mike Levin for racial equality work. Story on A11. OCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL assistant football coach Darnell “DeeJay” Johnson, above, was recently chosen as Rep. Mike Levin’s Constituent of the Month for August. Johnson led a Black Lives Matter protest in Oceanside and frequently meets with local law enforcement to discuss reform. Story on A11. Courtesy photo
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Encinitas denies Surfer’s Point development appeal By Caitlin Steinberg
ENCINITAS —The Encinitas City Council voted on August 19 to deny the appeal of a local developer seeking to construct a timeshare hotel on the corner of La Costa Avenue and Coast Highway 101 in Leucadia. The council’s 5-0 decision reaffirmed a June 18 decision by the city’s Plan-
ning Commission, which also voted unanimously to deny approval for the development, known as Surfer’s Point, citing that developer Dan Reedy’s permits were 15 years old, void and in need of replacement. However, during Wednesday’s city council meeting, the city’s Planning Division, along with Reedy
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and his attorney John Smaha, of Smaha Law Group, presented a formal appeal, arguing the permits were legally viable. During the Planning Division’s presentation, which can be viewed in full online, staff argued the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and traffic impact studies conducted in 2005
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were still applicable. “We have noted the 2005 approvals and determined the project to be in compliance with the general municipal code and design recommendations of the North 101 Corridor,” said Anna Colamussi, the city’s principal planner. However, since a portion of the Reedy’s proposed
development resides on land owned by North County Transit District (NCTD), he was required to split construction into two phases, prompting multiple questions and concerns from councilmembers and Mayor Catherine Blakespear. “This is a substantially TURN TO SURFER’S POINT ON A14
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