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OCT. 18, 2019
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Del Mar votes to .com move ahead with CCE partnership By Lexy Brodt
PIT BULLS: Encinitas resident Janis Sandlin and her two pups, Lily and Mystertee.
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Resident, an advocate for pit bulls, felt pressured to move over breed By Tawny McCray
ENCINITAS — A pit bull owner and recent transplant to Encinitas received a not so nice welcome upon moving into her new digs, saying she was bullied and harassed so much by her neighbors over her two dogs that she felt pressured to move out within days of moving in. Janis Sandlin, owner of Surf’s Pup Doggie Lounge, moved from Ocean Beach to a triplex in Leucadia last month. She said on her first day there, her neighbor to the left, a new mom, made it clear she was extremely upset Sandlin
and her pups were there. “She approached me and told me that she felt incredibly unsafe because of my dogs and we just couldn't find common ground,” Sandlin said. “It was a really unfortunate conversation because I was trying to find out what she was so afraid of and maybe have her meet the dogs and see if we could work things out. But she just was adamant that it was her baby’s way and there was no other way.” Sandlin met her other neighbor a few days later and said they had a much nicer conversation, but the
outcome was the same — that neighbor was worried her dogs would bite her friends if they came over. “Both of them never met the dogs they just looked at them and saw what they looked like and made their instant decisions and judgments based on their looks.” This month is National Pit Bull Awareness Month and the breed is one of the most discriminated against of all dogs. A number of myths are widely believed about the breed, including that they’re inherently dangerous, they have “locking jaws,” and
they don’t feel pain. Since 2007, one day in October has also been known as National Pit Bull Awareness Day, helping to establish a nationwide effort to bring positive awareness and attention to pit bulls and their responsible owners. Sandlin said she’s had pit bull mixes her whole life, starting with a pit bull/boxer mix. Her current two pups are Mystertee, a 6-and-a-half-year-old pit bull and American bulldog mix she’s had for six years, and Lily, a 3-yearold pit bull and basset TURN TO PIT BULLS ON A9
DEL MAR – Del Mar is moving forward with a Community Choice Energy (CCE) partnership, though with a more skeptical eye than its northerly neighbors. At an Oct. 8 City Council meeting, council members voted 4-1 to pursue a CCE through a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with Carlsbad, Solana Beach and the county. Recently labelled the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA), the new CCE is slated to launch in 2021. The affirmative vote will put Del Mar and its partner jurisdictions at the forefront of Community Choice in San Diego. CCEs allow cities to take over their own energy procurement on behalf of residents, often allowing local governments to choose a product with higher renewable and greenhouse gas free energy content. Solana Beach – which is already operating the first CCE in the county – and Carlsbad have also voted to join the JPA. Santee had expressed an interest but voted against joining at a recent meeting. The JPA is now awaiting the county’s vote in mid-October. The JPA governing structure will allow the cities to benefit from economies of scale, while still maintaining the “choice” component of a CCE.
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Del woman land voted against the motion, after community members and the city’s finance committee voiced concerns over the risks of joining the CCE so early in the game, particularly as a small city. “We’re not there yet,” said Gaasterland. RANCHO Some Del Mar residents SFNEWS urged the city to move forward, citing the environmental costs of delay. “I think (delaying the action) would be a huge mistake,” said resident and Climate Action Plan Facilitator Don Mosier. “Climate change is the existential challenge of this generation. If we don’t take quick action it’s going to be irreversible.” Del Mar and its partners are shooting for a 50% or more renewable product, with at least a 2% rate discount below San Diego Gas & Electric, the area’s current energy provider. According to staff, the final details of the CCE will be hashed out over the next few months by the JPA’s board. CCE has been on the table for several years in Del Mar, particularly after the formation of the city’s Climate Action Plan and the pursuit of a North County CCE feasibility study last year. The idea
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