The Coast News, August 5, 2022

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Federal housing .com suit axed

THE  Judge leaves VISTA door open to refile NEWS claim in state court

Encinitas butterfly farm disputes group’s ‘endangered’ designation of monarch. 3

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Carlsbad approves permits, plans for 93-acre Veterans Memorial Park. 7

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Fallen Vista firefighter Andy Valenta honored in Sacramento. 9

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Food & Wine

In the Moment with Shadow Ridge Spirits Company in Oceanside. 21

ALL SMILES

LUKE MOFFETT, 12, of the Encinitas Little League All Stars Majors team, smiles during a July 18 game in San Diego. The Encinitas All Stars recently wrapped up its summer season at the Southern California Baseball Championship in Corona. Team photo, results on 10. Photo by Michelle Friszell

Allman cleared of wrongdoing  SDUHSD paid firm $49K to probe misconduct claims By Laura Place

ENCINITAS — San Dieguito Union High School District officials announced last week that Trustee Michael Allman has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an investigation into claims of misconduct levied against him by the former superintendent earlier this year.

ENCINITAS — A federal judge earlier this month dismissed a lawsuit alleging unlawful housing discrimination in Encinitas, leaving several low-income residents the opRANCHO tion to appeal the ruling to SFNEWS the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit or pursue their case in state court. District Judge Marilyn Huff issued a July 19 order in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, dismissing three causes of action alleging violations of the federal Fair Housing Act against the city of Encinitas and 13 other defendants, including developers, real estate and mortgage brokers and “shell companies.” Huff dismissed the claims with prejudice, meaning the complaints cannot be resubmitted in federal court. The lawsuit, first filed by Escondido-based attorney Anna Hysell in Sept. 2021, alleged developers and lenders had conspired to sell two designated affordable homes — 1317 Portola Road and 1412 Mackinnon Avenue — to wealthy investors instead of dozens of qualified, very-lowincome applicants. The complaint further alleged the city of Encinitas was complicit in the unlawful home sales by allowing them to take place under its afford-

Former superintendent Cheryl James-Ward filed a complaint with the district back in March alleging harassment and discrimination by Allman based on her gender, along with eight other ALLMAN claims that Allman man used profanity against her, undermined her publicly and privately, pressured her to take action against certain em-

ployees, and attempted to control her role as superintendent. James-Ward was placed on administrative leave in April and fired from her superintendent position in late June following an outcry over her remarks which many said negatively stereotyped Chinese families in the district. James-Ward has since stated her intention to file a lawsuit against the district, claiming in an interTURN TO ALLMAN ON 31

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Advanced Web Offset’s Vista printing press, the last of its kind in San Diego County, will shut down as the result of a merger between the printing company and Advantage ColorGraphics in Anaheim. Story on 6. File photo/Shana Thompson

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