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VOL. 35, N0. 15
APRIL 15, 2022
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Blakespear, Gunderson lead 38th state Senate race. A3 Norby identifies Carlsbad’s housing ‘warning’ signs. A5 State loan to help O’side with recycled water. A5 Judge permits Fairgrounds to resume ticket sales. A6 County takes control of San Dieguito electoral map. A6
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ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council removed Bruce Ehlers as chairman of the city’s Planning Commission on Wednesday night in front of a packed chamber of exasperated residents RANCHO strongly opposed to his dismissal. SFNEWS By a unanimous vote, the council voted to immediately terminate Ehlers from the volunteer position citing his public opposition to city housing policies. Ehlers’ term was scheduled to end in March 2023. Last week, Mayor Catherine Blakespear phoned Ehlers asking him to resign, but he refused and requested a public hearing. The vote to remove Ehlers came after Blakespear and Councilman Tony Kranz released an official report on April 8 recommending the chairman’s dismissal. Ehlers’ public statements on the issue of housing development, combined with his alleged association with Encinitas Residents for Responsible Development, a local grassroots organization currently suing the city over the controversial Goodson project, were
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PAIGE MCLEOD, a junior at San Dieguito Academy, takes a swing during a Mustangs softball game. Around North County, baseball and softball teams are drawing crowds to the local diamonds, including American Legion ball. Story on A9. Photo by Rudy Schmoke
Encinitas takes first step toward citywide Quiet Zone By Stephen Wyer
ENCINITAS — Encinitas officials are considering adopting an ordinance that would make the city a Quiet Zone, significantly reducing the amount of train noise throughout the city, even as an increasing number of residents are expressing support for the proposal. The Encinitas City Council at its April 13 meeting endorsed a proposal introduced by Councilman Tony Kranz to QUIET ZONES can only be implemented after first establish- allocate funding to the ing federal Supplemental Safety Measures. File photo design and engineering
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of a citywide Quiet Zone — no train horns — from approximately Leucadia Boulevard in the south to city’s northern border with Carlsbad. While no official ordinance was adopted at the meeting, the vote to allocate project funding in the council’s current drafted budget will be an important step towards making a citywide Quiet Zone a reality, according to Kranz. “I’ve been advocating for this since I’ve been elected,” Kranz told The Coast News. “It’s some-
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thing that I have not been comfortable with and have been trying to advance this project, although a constrained budget has made it difficult to get this done. My colleagues on the council do share this opinion as well. It’s something that the council over the years has wanted to see happen, we saw it happen in Cardiff, and we wanted to see it happen throughout the city.” The design and engineering element of the TURN TO QUIET ZONE ON A9
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