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Group sues over bluff fence
SAN MARCOS -NEWS Solana Beach ordinance
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State law drives local interest in composting. 5 Blakespear unblocks Facebook critics. 6 Oceanside UnifiedTHE sells rest of Garrison site. 7 VISTA Del Mar delays in-person meetings untilNEWS Sept. 7
Del Mar residents take NCTD to court
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By Laura Place
DEL MAR — A lawsuit filed by a group of Del Mar residents seeks to halt the North County Transit District’s contract with Exbon Development Inc. to carry out a railroad fencing project along the Del Mar Bluffs, alleging that the district is skirting local and state development laws. The March 21 lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court by nonprofit Friends of the Del Mar Bluffs is the latest development in a saga of heated pushback against the proposed fencing project, as residents claim it will block pedestrian and surfer access to the trails and beach and damage the sensitive terrain. The NCTD’s Phase 1 fencing proposal in Del Mar includes 3,723 linear feet of fencing along the upper bluffs, beginning at the Coast Boulevard railroad crossing, with a combination of a 4-foot high black vinyl-coated, chain link fence and a 6-foot black, welded wire mesh fence. “The fencing described by NCTD that it planned for the Upper Bluff and Lower Bluff would be damaging to the environment, including by permanently altering the bluffs, accelerating erosion, and creating artificial physical barriers with a prison-like, industrial appearance,” the complaint TURN TO LAWSUIT ON 6
Property offenses fuel Encinitas crime surge. 10 Spring Festival brings hundreds to La Colonia.15
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DESPITE A recent court ruling halting a master carnival contract between the 22nd District Agricultural Association and Ray Cammack Shows, the 2022 San Diego County Fair will return as scheduled this summer. The annual event typically draws 1.5 million people to the Del Mar Fairgrounds. More on A3. Courtesy photo/San Diego County Fair
O’side waste collection rates to jump by 2024 Residential rates to increase by $10 per month By Samantha Nelson
OCEANSIDE — Residential and commercial waste collection rates will increase significantly by 2024 due to new state mandates aiming to keep food and organic materials out of landfills. The Oceanside City Council narrowly approved its new contract A WASTE Management truck delivers compost waste to the with Waste Management of El Corazon Compost Facility, operated by Agri Service Inc. California for trash, recyPhoto by Samantha Nelson cling and organic material
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pick-up and processing in a 3-2 vote earlier this month at the April 6 meeting. Rates are expected to increase by 40% for residential customers and about 38% for commercial customers in 2024. For example, a resident who pays $22.84 for a 64- or 96-gallon cart will begin to pay $32.09 monthly by July 1, 2024. For commercial customers, the standard cart bundle including three 96-gallon carts for waste, recycling and food scraps will jump from $45.46 to $63.05 monthly. The overall contract with Waste Management
will cost the city $38.2 million, which is more than $3 million less than the original contract the company proposed in November 2021, but was turned down by the council to negotiate lower prices. Waste Management has been providing trash pick-up services for Oceanside for more than 40 years. Although the contract’s cost is lower than it could have been, both council members and residents were unhappy about the rate increase. “That is a lot of monTURN TO RATES ON 6
