PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID ENCINITAS, CA 92024 PERMIT NO. 94
THE COAST NEWS
.com MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 31, N0. 40
OCT. 13, 2017
SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Encinitas .com takes aim at hep A
THE VISTA ENCINITAS — As San Diego NEWS grapples with a hepatitis A out-
By Aaron Burgin
.com
break that has killed 18 people and sickened nearly 500 others — many of whom are homeless — Encinitas is taking proactive steps to ward off the infection locally. City staff last week announced they would be erecting portable bathrooms and temporary handwashing stations potenRANCHO tially at four locations — Moonlight Beach,SFNEWS City Hall’s lower parking lot, Swami’s Beach and adjacent to Leucadia Roadside Park. The city ordered the portable toilets and applied to the County Department of Environmental
.com
TURN TO HEP A ON A6
A DAY AT THE BEACH BASH Savannah, 5, left, and Daisy Alexander, 3, both of Encinitas, try their hand at sand castle building during the Moonlight Beach Bash on Oct. 7. Behind them artists create a sand sculpture. MORE PHOTOS ON A20. Photo by Promise Yee
Advocates seek to pose pot question to Oceanside voters By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — Next time you shop for groceries in Oceanside a volunteer with a clipboard might ask you to sign a petition to put regulations for city marijuana businesses on the ballot. The ballot initiative is proposed by Dallin Young, executive director of the Association of Cannabis Professionals. Young said the group is a regional trade association that politically supports legal marijuana
businesses. He added business regulations benefit everyone. The proposed initiative would ensure that cannabis businesses are a safe distance from sensitive uses such as schools, parks and churches, and are limited in number. Commercial cultivation would only be allowed in agricultural areas. Young said the group is proposing an initiative in Oceanside because a majority of city voters supported state Proposition
64, which legalized recreational marijuana. City laws are the next step to regulate marijuana cultivation, lab testing, manufacturing and sales. Young said without rules black market practices will continue, and consumers will be left without product assurances. The group has been gathering signatures and educating residents for two weeks. Young said there are a lot of misconceptions and many people do not realize
Petition calls for leader’s dismissal By Bianca Kaplanek
that state legalization of medical and recreational marijuana leaves cities without cannabis business laws. He said currently some businesses are trying to do their best for consumers, and others are trying to make a quick buck. For consumers, it’s a dangerous gamble, he added. Young said he talked to Oceanside council members
DEL MAR — Still angry over the Pat Vergne firing, residents started a petition urging council members not to renew the contract of City Manager Scott Huth, who recommended terminating the long-time community services director and chief lifeguard based on a report from an outside investigator. At press time 290 people, including about a half dozen former council members, signed onto Del Mar Listens at change.org stating
TURN TO INITIATIVE ON A6
TURN TO CITY MANAGER ON A7
JAMES JAM
CARLSBAD Highly upgraded 3 bed, 2 bath, 2,141 square-foot single level home sitting on a spacious 0.25 acre lot. Great backyard with covered patio and room for RV or boat.
#1 Individual BHHS Agent, in San Diego County
858.210.0509 james@jamesjam.com
$875,000
CalBRE 01053459
Let us Help You Create a Space you LOVE for the Holidays! Schedule Your Free 30-Minute Design Consultation Today.
760-487-1900
553 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA