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Between traveling around the earth at 5 miles a second, conducting DNA sequencing and combustion experiments, plus watching the sun rise and set 16 times a day, La Jolla marine biologist Jessica Meir made time to video chat with 150 middle school students from the international space station. “It really means so much for me to be able to share my life up here with all of you,” said Meir at the beginning of her livestream call with Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego’s Fulton Middle School and Memorial Preparatory for Scholars and Athletes — two schools supported by Birch Aquarium’s Price Philanthropies Ocean Science Education Fund.
hearing an astronaut refer to us Scripps folks as ‘colleagues,’” said Ivan Moreno, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Marine Biology program at Scripps who attended the livestream. “That short statement was one of the most inspiring moments of the event.” For half an hour, Meir shared with students her long journey to becoming an astronaut. The biologist and physiologist has traveled around the world, studying animals that thrive in extreme habitats, her most notable adventure being the research she conducted observing emperor penguins in Antarctica. But starting from writing down her dream to become an astronaut in her middle school diary, to applying to NASA in 2013, SEE SPACE PG. 4
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La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club was open on the Fourth of July after months of closure due to the pandemic.
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they can show losses and costs are a direct result of the pandemic. To qualify businesses must have: • 100 or fewer employees; • Headquarters in San Diego County; • A minimum 1-year operating history as of Feb. 14; • Documentation of financial hardship because of COVID-19. Board supervisors had approved using $17 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund funds in May to help restaurants and
small businesses. On Tuesday, July 7, the supervisors approved the implementation of the program. Businesses are urged to apply early. Applications are available now through Oct. 16 – subject to available funding. For more information and the application, visit the sandiegocounty.gov/ stimulusgrant. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Behavioral health experts across the country are monitoring
the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis and accompanying economic slowdown, especially the rates of suicide and drug overdose deaths. Nationwide, surveys show a 200% increase in psychological distress compared to a comparable period last year due to COVID-19. Locally, the County is reviewing statistics on the psychological impacts of COVID-19. READ MORE ONLINE AT sdnews.com
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Worship and workouts to be allowed in San Diego parks s part of a continued effort to help San Diegans move activities outdoors where experts say the spread of COVID-19 is reduced, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer on Aug. 18 signed an executive order allowing gyms and religious institutions to operate in city parks where physical distancing is made easier. The mayor’s order eases permitting for fitness studios and houses of worship that wish to safely operate outside in one of the City of San Diego’s nearly
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340 parks. The directive, which goes into effect Monday, Aug. 24, defers park permit fees for 60 days. Faulconer will bring an ordinance to City Council that would make the waiving of fees permanent. Outdoor religious services and outdoor fitness classes and camps are all eligible under the
executive order. Businesses must display their San Diego County Safe Reopening Plan, hold insurance naming the City of San Diego as an additional insured, and have a City business tax certificate prior to Aug. 1. New permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for each park depending on the
local demand and total space available. The executive order comes as public health experts continue to promote outdoor settings and physical distancing as two key tools to help slow the spread of COVID-19. “There is no city better than San Diego to take advantage of the fact that COVID-19 has a harder time spreading outdoors. Using parks as part of our pandemic relief response will help the mental health and physical health of thousands of San Diegans,” Faulconer said.
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n September La Jolla Shores Association endorsed extending successful outdoor dining during COVID on Avenida de la Playa commercial strip until year’s end. “In the interest of all the restaurants we’ve extended the permit allowing seven days per week dining through December,” said LJSA board member Phil Wise. “The restaurants are all doing well. They’re very happy. They’ve made enough revenue to equal
the revenue during the shortened summer season this year equal to summer season last year, so they should have enough to tide them over through the slow months of the winter.” Noting the current Shores outdoor dining permit expires Dec. 30, Wise said, “The plan is, with your (board’s) approval, to reapply for another permit that special events require in October that will last through next year until COVID is resolved. So if COVID is resolved May 1, the permit ends May 1.” Added Wise, “I and some
other folks are working on a plan to eventually have the City vacate the street (Avenida), but that’s a long-range and a very expensive proposition.” “We have gotten so many nice compliments on this (outdoor dining), and Phil has worked so hard on this, and other people too,” said LJSA president Janie Emerson. “It’s really been a group effort, and it’s really fun to see this all come together and really work.” “All of them (restaurants) are a great asset in the Shores and the fact that we saved them this year,
it’s a credit to all of us for doing that,” concluded Wise. “I really appreciate all the support you (LJSA) have given me.” “I’ve really noticed how creative and willing they (restaurants) have been to pitch in,” said Emerson. “It’s nice to see the community come together, and work together, for all of their benefits. It’s wonderful when things work out that way.” Regarding curbing ice cream and other commercial vendors, who’ve become problematic to some in the Shores, District 1 Council aide Steve Hadley said.
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The scenic hiking trails at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve reopened on Sept. 24. The trails had been closed since April due to the pandemic. Visitors should wear face coverings, maintain six feet of distance from others, and bring their own hand sanitizer. The park’s water fountains will remain off, the visitor center is still closed, and there are no guided hikes. PHOTO BY THOMAS MELVILLE
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Pacific and Mission beaches adjust to pandemic challenges PBTC president Brian White. “Due to the rampant illegal activity being observed by residents, the PB community is seeking a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for Fanuel Street Park.”
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In January, enforcement began on the prohibition of motorized vehicles, including electric scooters, on Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla Shores boardwalks, as well as Mission Bay Park bayside path. The measure had been approved by the City Council by a 5-4 vote in December 2019. “Keeping these pathways clear ensures the
With some labeling it “felony park,” Pacific Beach Town Council launched a petition drive while appealing to the Mission Bay Park Committee to institute a curfew at the popular PB oceanfront park. “Fanuel Park, aka ‘felony park,’ is a total problem area and has become a magnet for crime, much of it happening during the nighttime hours,” said
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Market Turns Corner
Unsuccessful initially in relocating the Tuesday Pacific Beach Farmers Market from Bayard Street to Garnet Avenue, the market literally turned the corner expanding its footprint onto Hornblend Street on Jan. 7.
Friendlier Boulevard
Pacific Beach Planning Group approved recommendations on how to make Mission Boulevard more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly. Redesigning Mission Boulevard was proposed to include much broader sidewalks on both its east and west sides and much-improved pedestrian- and bike- crossing facilities east-west across Mission Boulevard. Plans propose roundabouts at every current signaled intersection along Mission Boulevard from PB Drive to Diamond Street.
Environmental Milestone
The City of San Diego claimed to have slashed greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent over the past decade – far surpassing the 2020 goal of 15 percent – and conducted the first-ever analysis on climate equity. The City’s landmark Climate Action Plan calls for halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, compared to emissions from 2010.
Roundabout Rally
Foothill Boulevard residents continued their push for a roundabout and other traffic-calming measures on their dangerous street. But it’s been a long slog, as the effort has been underway since 2014. Community activist Tom Coat presented a slideshow to beach planners detailing the dangers caused by speeding on Foothill Boulevard. He also gave a historical perspective on residents' efforts to make this street safer, while answering audience questions.
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Taco Surf at 4567 Mission Blvd. in Pacific Beach, owned by Sam and Cindy McLarty for 30 years, was sold to new owners Matt and Melanie Gilmore. “The opportunity arose and we jumped on it,” said Cindy McLarty of the sale of their Mexican restaurant to their friends the Gilmores.”
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Saint Brigid Parish in Pacific Beach collaborated with the San Diego Food Bank to benefit low-income individuals and households experiencing food insecurity. Beginning Feb. 28, and recurring every fourth Friday of the month, Saint Brigid offered a free commodities distribution at the church at t 4735 Cass St.
Being a Leap Year, 2020 offered an additional 24 hours on the last Saturday of the month. BBP asked locals how they spent their time, as well as profiling nearly endless suggestions for things to do, in and around San Diego, with the extra time. The list included kitesurfing, yoga by the ocean, whale watching, kayak tours, visiting both sides of the border wall, Temecula wine tours, riding in a hot air balloon, and going skydiving.
MARCH Animal Activism
Roundabout Reinforced
Circulate San Diego, a regional grassroots group advancing mobility choices, released 2019 collision data showing 44 people traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle or vehicle died the previous year within the San Diego City limits. That was 14 fewer fatalities than the year before in 2018. However, 2019 still had more fatalities than two years prior in 2017. It was part and parcel to Vision Zero’s goal of entirely eliminating all traffic fatalities, which remains a long way off.
Reacting to a groundswell of complaints about traffic and safety problems on Foothill Boulevard, Pacific Beach Planning Group Feb. 12 unanimously endorsed several traffic-calming measures there including a future roundabout on Vickie Drive.
UpLyfting Experience
Ridesharing Lyft unveiled its 35,000-square-foot, one-stop-shop
As the pandemic lockdown continued, coastal business improvement districts including Discover PB, La Jolla Village Merchants Association, and Ocean Beach MainStreet Association all worked together along with their umbrella organization, the BID Alliance, to help small businesses in neighborhoods citywide.
Street Stewards Pacific Beach artist Autumn Love wrote her messages of ‘love’ throughout Pacific Beach in May.
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Animal-rights activists took aim on hunting enthusiasts protesting a March 7 fundraiser held by the San Diego chapter of Safari Club International at Paradise Point Resort and Spa on Vacation Isle Park in Mission Bay.
Step Forward, Back
Infrastructure Improvements A sewer and water project in Crown Point and La Playa and an SDG&E project to underground utility lines and remove the utility poles in that area continued to close streets in PB.
Coastal Report Card
San Diego coastal areas, like the rest of the county, got mixed grades from good to poor in the fourth annual Climate Action Plan report card released by the Climate Action Campaign. “While we are winning some battles, we are losing the war against the climate crisis,” said Maleeka Marsden, the lead author of the CAC report card. “The path to a zero-carbon future will not be easy, but we will emerge on the other side with cleaner air, cleaner water, better health, and livable neighborhoods.” The report card details how well 18 cities and the County of San Diego are implementing their climate solutions and moving toward carbon neutrality.
APRIL Parks Pause
Public beaches, parks, trails, and parking lots were temporarily closed due to the pandemic, and it was no longer permissible for people to be on boardwalks or in the ocean and bay including surfers. The Port of San Diego also closed public parks around San Diego Bay, which included beaches, parking lots, piers, and boat launches.
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COVID Cooperation
The Street Stewards, who were doing community beautification in Ocean and Pacific beaches, Point Loma, and University City, were re-purposed during the pandemic to aid homebound seniors. “Many of our neighbors are at-risk for coronavirus and must self-isolate at home, specifically seniors and immunocompromised individuals,” said Aaron Null, founder of the volunteer, nonprofit organization. “It's vitally important we check in on them to make sure their basic needs are getting met during this pandemic.”
Online Transition
San Diego Unified, the state's second-largest school district, transitioned to online learning starting April 6 due to COVID-19. The announcement came a few weeks after the district shut down all of its schools to prevent the spread of the virus. SDUSD said the move was being made to save the academic year for students, while district physical structures remained closed until the health emergency abates.
Coastal Closures
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer closed all City beaches, parks, and trails until at least the end of the month to further limit public gatherings and slow the spread of COVID-19. “People can still go outdoors, but please go outdoors close to home,” Faulconer said. “This is about protecting each other.”
Schools Adapt
SDUSD had a soft opening for its new online system involving numerous teaching platforms on April 6. Student and staff instruction was completed on April 27. “We’ve been transitioning into the virtual distance learning online platform making sure students have their devices (computers) up and ready to go,” said Ernie Remillard, Mission
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Virus Memorial
In honor of COVID-19 victims and in solidarity with other parts of the nation suffering the heaviest loss of life, Mayor Faulconer directed all City-operated buildings and facilities to fly flags at half-staff to pay tribute to every person who has lost their life to the coronavirus.
Remote Real Estate
Real estate agents still showed and sold homes, but were moving forward remotely to observe mandated COVID-19 social-distancing requirements. Virtual home tours conducted by agents were using internet tools, applications like FaceTime, Zoom, and Matterport, to not only conduct meetings but transact business.
Unsheltered Count
Following innovative actions that made San Diego the only major county in the state to see homelessness decrease in 2019, a new report showed the number of people living on City of San Diego streets dropped by 12 percent in 2020, Mayor Faulconer and the Regional Task Force on the Homeless announced April 28.
Slow Streets
Continuing to take steps to deliver relief to San Diegans affected by COVID-19, Mayor Faulconer joined District 2 Councilmember Jennifer Campbell and mobility advocates on April 29 to introduce a “Slow Streets” pilot program to re-purpose certain public streets, create more outdoor space and encourage safe walking and cycling while still following public health rules for physical distancing and facial coverings.
MAY Traffic Transition
Civic leaders praised the City’s decision to construct a roundabout and other traffic-calming improvements at Foothill Boulevard and Loring Street in Pacific Beach. The announcement came shortly following yet another auto collision at the nettlesome crossing. Construction of the estimated $2.4 million project was set to begin the third quarter of 2021, with completion anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Critical Mass Transit
At an April 23 joint remote press conference, Circulate San Diego and Metropolitan Transit System argued mass transit is critical to getting essential workers to their jobs while adding bus and trolley service would continue during the pandemic, though at reduced levels. The conference came in response to a white paper report released that day by Circulate San Diego, which found nearly 16,000 essential workers in the region commute to work every day by public transportation. See REVIEW, Page 5
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Beaches Back
As City-operated beaches reopened for some uses following the County of San Diego’s revised public health order, Mayor Faulconer was joined by the San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit, Lifeguard Division Chief James Gartland, and Randa Coniglio, president and CEO of the Port of San Diego on April 27 to provide an update on the first day of limited coastal access. “Today you stayed classy, San Diego because you followed the beach rules developed by lifeguards and public health officials,” Faulconer said. "We've all seen beaches around the country reopen to pandemonium. Today the nation saw San Diego acting like America's Finest City."
Multiplying Murals
Pacific Beach residents looking to occupy themselves waiting out the coronavirus “pause,” did so in taking beautifulPB’s self-guided murals tour for a fun afternoon. BBP profiled nearly 50 murals to choose from, not even counting painted crosswalks or decorated utility boxes, strewn throughout the community.
Quarantine Contest
The winner of Pacific Beach Town Council’s "Community in Quarantine" art and "quarantee" contest was Charlie Nieto creator of the HAZMAT surfer. Nieto is a Mission Bay High graduate attending SDSU.
Market Reopened
The Pacific Beach Tuesday Farmers Market reopened May 19 after being closed during the pandemic under the new City of San Diego guidelines. The market, which began in 2011, was closed in late March when the City of San Diego suspended all farmers market permits. The governor's office ordered farmers’ markets to stay open along with grocery stores as essential services, but individual counties and cities set their own requirements for continued operations.
Childcare Aid
Continuing to take steps to deliver relief to San Diegans affected by Covid-19, Mayor Faulconer joined County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and City Council member Chris Cate on May 8 to announce the City and the County would direct $10 million in federal stimulus funding to provide childcare for essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic response.
Slow Streets Reaction
Not everyone wanted to fast-track Mayor Faulconer's new Slow Streets program in Pacific Beach, which became clear during Pacific Beach Town Council’s May 20 Zoom meeting. Some neighbors objected to the program, which turned Diamond Street from Mission Boulevard to Haines Street into a slow streets thoroughfare. Opponents claimed it disrupted the traffic flow and created parking problems in nearby side
streets. The “Slow Streets” pilot program was introduced to make it safer for San Diegans to walk and bike by creating more space for physical distancing and reducing congested foot traffic at parks, beaches, and outdoor trails.
Safety-First Approach
Black Lives Matter
Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, and La Jolla saw several peaceful rallies supporting Black Lives Matter from three paddle outs to a march down Garnet Avenue, to protests on the sidewalks of busy streets. On June 5, the Black Student Union at Mission Bay High organized and led a Black Lives Matter rally at the school’s front entrance on Grand Avenue. Dozens of students, parents, and some teachers joined to protest against police brutality and to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The group held signs and cheered on drivers who honked in support.
Trolley On-Time
Pacific Beach community planners were told by a San Diego Association of Governments engineer in June that the Mid-Coast Trolley extension stopping at a new PB/ Clairemont trolley station at Balboa Avenue is on schedule for completion in late 2021.
Force Reduction
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meetings to hear feedback on community and police relations, Mayor Faulconer announced on June 24 that the San Diego Police Department had created standalone policies to help officers reduce the use of force and increase community trust.
JULY Payne Park
In 1945, a petition signed by 1,900 Pacific Beach property owners demanded the removal of William Payne, the community’s first Black teacher on the staff of Pacific Beach Junior High School, because of his race. Seventy-five years later, Crown Point residents and San Diego State University administrator Paige Hernandez started a similar petition drive to honor Payne for his courage and community service. Hernandez’s goal was to get the same symbolic number of signatures, 1,900, to rename joint-use PB Community Park near PB Middle School and the PB Recreation Center, to Fannie and William Payne Community Park.
Relationships Changing
Change can only happen within relationships. That, and the need for hope, were two messages delivered by Pacific Beach social activist Caryn Blanton on July 2 at a community “conversation” on homelessness and crime held at
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Promontory St. in Crown Point fared no better in July than it did in January, as Pacific Beach Planning Group once again turned thumbs down on the redo plan by a lopsided margin. Project developer Igor Prokopenko argued before PB planners on July 8 that plans for remodeling the Promontory dwelling and its accessory dwelling unit had been “softened” by redesigning it to mute its modernistic design. But PB planners remained unconvinced, moving at the end of testimony by neighbors opposed to the project to recommend its denial on grounds the project was out of character with the neighborhood.
St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. Blanton spoke to guests and community volunteers about combating homelessness and crime while they ate chocolate and roasted marshmallows.
JUNE
An economist with San Diego Association of Governments predicted the protracted shutdown of much of San Diego’s economy would translate into a long, slow, and painful recovery. “It’s going to take longer than we hoped, that’s for sure,” said Ray Major, chief economist with SANDAG, the region’s transportation planning agency comprised of local government City and county officials, which sets and oversees planning and fares for public mass transit.
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Drawing tourists back, and getting them to stay and spend, wouldn’t be easy. But Elvin Lai of San Diego’s hospitality industry discussed his plan with BBP. “How we get tourism back in San Diego is by showing tourists that San Diego is a clean and safe place to come to,” said Lai, noting all tourist-oriented San Diego organizations are working together to “enhance health protocols to make sure employees, as well as guests, are safe through cleaning protocols, social distancing and sanitation stations.”
Rental Compromise
District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell’s compromise proposal on short-term rentals stirred strong emotions, being condemned outright by at least one civic group, while other stakeholders were more conciliatory. Campbell worked with Unite Here Local 30 and Expedia Group, the parent company for leading short-term rental brands Vrbo and HomeAway, to craft a comprise on short-term rentals. The parties agreed to a set of comprehensive rules to regulate San Diego’s short-term rentals industry. As outlined in a memorandum of understanding, Campbell claimed her proposal would reduce the volume of whole-home shortterm rentals, while creating legal inventory for short-term rentals platforms and local operators that comply with the new rules.
Hotel Upgrade
Ocean Park Inn in Pacific Beach enjoyed upgrades from the first phase of the oceanfront boutique hotel’s remodel, which included 71 newly re-imagined rooms, refreshed common areas, and a pool deck as part of an ongoing property-wide renovation. Founded by the Lai family four generations ago, the independently owned inn is a boutique hotel on the PB shoreline at 710 Grand Ave. boasting a variety of suites.
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Pernicano Passes
Well-known and loved Pacific Beach Italian restaurant owner-operator John Pernicano, 92, died in his sleep on July 22 from cancer complications. The community mourned his passage.
AUGUST Parking Enforcement Paused Due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic, Mayor Faulconer directed City staff to delay full enforcement of parking regulations until Sept. 1. Parking enforcement had been limited to holiday or Sunday regulations in the City since March 16. During that time, the City had suspended citations for vehicles violating street sweeping parking restrictions, metered parking, time limits, and yellow commercial zones.
Outdoor Operations
Mayor Faulconer won unanimous City Council approval Aug. 4 for two measures offering greater opportunity for small and disadvantaged businesses to stay in business and follow public health orders during the pandemic. An executive order was issued allowing businesses including gyms, churches, barbershops, and nail salons to expand their operations into private parking lots, sidewalks, and on-street parking.
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COVID Hot Spot
Pacific Beach became a coronavirus hot spot. So much so that San Diego County opened a COVID-19 testing site in the beach community due to the increasing number of cases there. “It’s important to remember that our actions matter. We must all do all that we can to prevent contracting and spreading the virus,” said Wilma Wooten, County public health officer. The new drive-up site offering free COVID-19 testing Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. was set up at the Pacific Beach Library at 4275 Cass St.
Rental Worries
Concern ramped-up that some coastal short-term rentals were hosting gatherings and parties without guests wearing masks or social distancing. "Many shortterm rentals operating in our residential areas here at the beach have shown to be consistent hot spots throughout the pandemic for large gatherings and unchecked parties with complete disregard for public health orders and safety precautions,” said Brian White, Pacific Beach Town Council president.
Parks Repurposed
As part of a continued effort to help San Diegans move activities outdoors where experts say the spread of COVID-19 is reduced, Mayor Faulconer Aug. 18 signed an executive order allowing gyms and religious institutions to operate in city parks.
Planners Concur
Following weeks of rising COVID-19 cases in July, public health officials halted indoor dining at restaurants but allowed outdoor dining such as at Backyard Kitchen & Tap.
Coastal Crime
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Three years ago, Pacific Beach ranked second behind only East Village out of 125 City communities in violent crimes reported that year with 216. In 2020, PB retained the exact same ranking, down slightly with 206 total violent crimes reported in the community in 2019 crime statistics compiled by San Diego Police Department.
Save San Diego Neighborhoods BBP profiled the stance of Save San Diego Neighborhoods and sympathizers against short-term rentals. The group insists they’re illegal in residential neighborhoods and laws on the books prohibiting them should be enforced. The hot-button issue dating back years was rekindled when District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell surprised most with her compromise proposal on a new set of rules and regulations to govern the short-term rental industry moving forward.
Pacific Beach Planning Group unanimously endorsed a proposal by two local social activists to rename PB Community Park as Fannie and William Payne Community Park honoring the pioneering Black educators in postWorld War II PB.
SEPTEMBER Saska’s Sold
Three properties in Mission Beach: Saska’s restaurant, former Swell Coffee shop and a surface parking lot, were sold by E3 Advisors, as receiver for American National Investments, as part of the liquidation of properties formerly owned by Gina Champion-Cain. Cain pled guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice for defrauding investors out of $400 million through a liquor-license loan funding program.
Don’t Trash MB
Beachcomber Cathy Ives joined fellow Mission Beach residents Tony and Tim Sanfelice in launching a new citizen advocacy group, Don't Trash Mission Beach, donttrashmissionbeach.com. The new group held its first volunteer beach cleanup for South Mission Beach on Sept. 12. That cleanup saw another community first: A Beach Trash Art Exhibit- Installation crafted of disposed of items, to bring awareness of beach trash and its impact on the environment.
OCTOBER Historical Controversy
Plans by Chase Bank on Mission Bay Drive in Pacific Beach to demolish their existing bank branch building and replace it with a mixed-use development ran into opposition from architectural preservation group Save Our Heritage Organisation. SOHO objected to the proposed project citing the historical significance of the Mission Boulevard Chase branch. “SOHO learned about the intended demolition of the Millard Sheets-designed Home Savings and Loan building, now Chase Bank, early this summer,” said the nonprofit.
Coastal Clean-Up
Pacific Beach civic groups and individuals stepped in to fill gaps in voluntarily cleaning and maintaining the community’s sidewalks, trails, and landscaping. Pacific Beach Town Council removed gum and did deep cleaning of years-old grime from Garnet Avenue sidewalks in the community’s business district while removing overgrown weeds from medians.
Parking Pilot
The Pacific Beach Parking Advisory Committee proposed a one-year pilot program for paid street parking in the densest, prime-parking area of the Garnet Avenue commercial district. The pilot program would be limited to See REVIEW, Page 7
Gloria “Jerry” Akerstein November 6, 1925 – November 14, 2020 Jerry died peacefully at home surrounded by family on November 14, 2020, just days after her 95th birthday. She was born in Pasadena, California, on November 6, 1925 to Rose Miekel Jarratt and Richard Jarratt. After living in 13 towns and cities around California in 15 years, the family settled in San Diego in 1940, where Jerry graduated from San Diego High School in 1943 and San Diego State College in 1947. Jerry married William J. “Bill” Akerstein on November 24, 1950, becoming at once Bill’s wife and loving stepmom to his two daughters, Susan (Susha), and Sydney. A year later, Meredith Ann was born. She came home to the Honeycutt Street family home in Pacific Beach followed by David Ian in 1954, and Jay Mathew in 1955. David and Jay came home to the family home on Buena Vista Street in Crown Point where Jerry lived until her death. Jerry was a great mother who shared her love of books, education, and music – all of which have been cherished by her kids and handed down to her grandkids and great-grandkids. From 1954 to 1960 Jerry enrolled in Mrs. Clark’s Parent Participation preschool classes with Meredith, David, and Jay at Pacific Beach Elementary school. There she found her passion and a career. From 1960 to 1991, Jerry became a well-known and popular Parent Participation teacher herself, following Mrs. Clark at PB Elementary, (1961-
1974), 1975 - 84; at Crown Point Elementary, 1984 - 87; at Whitman Elementary with a stint at Doyle Elementary in 1985. Jerry finished her distinguished career at Kroc Middle school from 1987 to 1991, instilling in all those little ones and their parents her wide knowledge and love of children’s books and music as well as all kinds of other wisdom and adventures. Perhaps her biggest contribution in teaching was the once-a-week evening class in which she guided two generations of new mothers through the stages of early child development. Those parents then had an opportunity to practice what they were learning during the children’s morning classes. Augmenting her expertise in the field, Jerry became involved in Early Childhood Education at the city and state level. In 1963 she joined the San Diego District of the California Association for the Education of Young Children. From 1969 to 1991 she served on the San Diego and state boards continuously in various capacities. In 1981 the Board of the San Diego District presented her with a special certificate of recognition, an honor no other member had ever received. In 1983 she earned her Master’s degree in Education in Curriculum and Instruction from San Diego State. Jerry took her well-earned retirement in 1991. She and Bill extended their traveling, enjoying camping, fishing and hiking through the Pacific Northwest, living it up with their wine
and single malt whiskey by the campfire. Even after Bill died in 1994, Jerry continued traveling with Meredith, best friend Jane Hawkins Larson, and on adventures through ElderHostel and Oasis. A life-long Democrat, she shared Bill’s passion for politics, following the daily political ups-and-downs as well as staying up to date on current affairs. In addition, Jerry was an avid gardener, a lover of cats and hedgehogs and walks around the neighborhood, visiting with her many years-long friends along the way. Beneficiaries of her philanthropic spirit included the San Diego Humane Society, the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Sierra Club and Planned Parenthood, to name a few. Jerry was preceded in death by her husband Bill, son Jay, daughter Susha, and son-in-law Joe McGuire. She is survived by her daughter Meredith, son David & his wife Mary, and daughter Sydney and her partner Dave as well as grandchildren, Seth Parker, Ian Akerstein, Jake, his wife Eve and Duffy McGuire, and great grandchildren Audrey Parker, Arthur McGuire, and Asher Akerstein. She is well-loved and missed already, but we are all so grateful for the full life she lived and shared with us, her friends, and her community. Memorial donations may be made to the San Diego Humane Society.
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commercial parking zones with two-hour and fewer time limits. Pricing could be flexed to accommodate higher and lower demand. But the price would not exceed the City’s $2.50 per-hour cap.
Major Milestones
Pacific Beach Woman’s Club observed two major milestones in 2020: The club celebrated its 125th anniversary, along with putting its 109-year-old historic clubhouse up for sale for the first time entertaining offers starting at $1.5 million.
Changing Of The Guard
An all-volunteer, public nonprofit charity, beautifulPB, elected a new board and refined its vision but retained the same mission: to create a sustainably beautiful Pacific Beach that other communities can emulate and replicate.
Rentals Supported
Following lengthy testimony, the City Planning Commission on Oct. 8 voted 4-3 to send a shortterm rental compromise proposal by District 2 Councilmember Jennifer Campbell back for further review. In carrying the matter over, the seven-member commission presented a long list of questions to be answered. Those included a request for more details of the council member’s plan including information on fees and a lottery to include short-term rental operators under a proposed unit cap, as well as specifics on how a new ordinance would be enforced.
On-Leash Hours
“Our all-volunteer PB Town Council is seeking increased hours to 10 a.m.-4 p.m. year-round for on-leash dogs in Mission Bay Park,” said PBTC president Brian White in a community appeal. “We believe the current hours are
too restrictive, so we're proposing that the City of San Diego loosen up the hours a bit to give dog owners a little more time in the mornings and evenings to enjoy the bay with their pups."
Block Captains
Pacific Beach implemented a new block captain program for a portion of Garnet Avenue. “It’s being co-sponsored by Pacific Beach Town Council and Pacific Beach Planning Group,” said planning group member Eve Anderson, who likened the block captain program to a “Neighborhood Watch for businesses,” Anderson said the program would extend from Crystal Pier to Ingraham Street.
Crime Review
Pacific Beach Town Council in October heard from local law enforcement about everything from homeless encampments to bike theft, sidewalk vending, and illegal beach fires.
Street Vending
Pacific Beach Town Council continued lobbying to have the City enact its own ordinance that would counteract what they saw as the excesses of SB 946, which took effect Jan. 1, 2019. SB 946’s purpose was to legalize and decriminalize sidewalk/ street vending across the state. “PB Town Council supported the draft ordinance for sidewalk vending when it was brought to City Council committee over a year ago in September 2019, and in recent months, we've also asked why it was never brought to full City Council for approval to establish much-needed regulations,” said Brian White, PBTC president.
and vibe, residents were looking for answers. "This situation is an utter shame, and downright incompatible with a healthy, thriving beach community,” said Brian White, president of Pacific Beach Town Council. “The excessive number of homeless encampments and continued degradation in our beach area has created an unsavory atmosphere for residents, families, and vacationers. “Many feel threatened by aggressive behavior being displayed regularly by mentally unstable individuals roaming our streets, alleys, and boardwalks with impunity.”
residential areas. Regina SinskyCrosby, chair of the PB Parking Advisory Board, countered with detailed plans for creating a parking pilot program using new technology, not old-style metal meters.
Memorial Playground
Parking Pilot Progresses
On Nov. 9, Mayor Faulconer, Councilmember Jennifer Campbell, and community leaders celebrated the reopening of the transformed Maruta Gardner Playground at Bonita Cove. The playground was named in honor of Gardner, a longtime Mission Beach community leader who was tragically struck and killed by an impaired driver four years ago while she was painting over graffiti. The Bonita Cove playground replacement effort began as a private initiative launched by the Mission Beach Women’s Club and Gardner.
Parking Pushback
Some criticism was encountered during a Nov. 5 meeting on the proposed implementation of a yearlong parking meter pilot study in the densest part of Garnet Avenue’s commercial district in Pacific Beach. Some residents argued it would push street parking into
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Complete Communities
The City Council on Nov. 9 voted overwhelmingly in favor of Complete Communities, a package of initiatives and planning strategies to provide incentives for housing development near transit while promoting and investing in active transportation as an alternative to cars. In November, the push to implement a year-long parking meter pilot study on Garnet Avenue gained traction as Pacific Beach Planning Group voted 9 to 3 for the proposal. The PB parking pilot would be limited to 321 two- hour-or-lesstime-limited spaces in the densest part of Garnet Avenue’s commercial district.
Pocket Park
A trio of young women near Pacific Beach Elementary School guided by a neighbor took on a community-improvement project: creating the first-of-its-kind mini-park in their neighborhood.
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The pandemic notwithstanding, Pacific Beach continued its long tradition of decking Crystal Pier out with wreaths, lights, and a Christmas tree, along with a window-decorating contest,
while promoting local small businesses.
Commission Consensus
The City Planning Commission on Dec. 3 voted 7-0 for a proposed short-term rental ordinance calling for licensing them, capping their numbers, and penalizing violators, while creating a City office to administer the new program while making it subject to annual review. Commissioners also agreed to a “carve-out” for Mission Beach, the community with the highest percentage of short-term rentals citywide, from the overall compromise plan offered by District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell.
Mail Carrier Mourned
Jerry Tin, a San Diego postal carrier covering Route 46 including Crown Point in Pacific Beach, died while on the job and was mourned by those he served. A community GoFundMe page was set up in Tin’s memory.
DPB Turnover
Discover Pacific Beach’s longtime executive director Sara Berns announced she was moving on after 13 years with the beach business improvement district. “ It will be good for the organization moving forward to restructure some things. I just thought it was a good opportunity for me and my family at this point,” said Berns, who succeeded Andy Hanshaw who left DPB to become executive director of the San Diego Bicycle Coalition.
NOVEMBER Homeless Encampments
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LA JOLLA YEAR IN REVIEW
Village adapts to an unprecedented and unforgettable year By DAVE SCHWAB
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t started with the Polar Plunge on New Year’s Day and ended with a revised annual year-end Christmas parade. In between, La Jollans adapted to the ongoing pandemic, which transformed how we all live, work, and play. While businesses closed and reopened periodically due to the coronavirus, residents and merchants moved outdoors to curbside parklets and parking lots to ply their wares and conduct daily activities. Live events were canceled. Meetings went remote. Masks were mandatory as was social distancing. Having turned the corner into 2021, La Jolla Village News gazes back in the rear-view at the oncein-a-lifetime unforgettable year that was 2020.
JANUARY Polar Plunge
About 400 people attended the La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1 in the chilly water off Kellogg Park at La Jolla Shores which was 57 degrees, according to swim club president Don Simonelli. “It’s a really great
way to kick of the year,” he said of the event created more than 30 years ago. “Some people dip their toes in for fun, others go out and wade for a while and some regular members even do a half-mile swim.”
Looking Ahead
Asked his take on the new year, La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District board president Ed Witt said, “We have a lot of work to do as a board with adding new members and establishing committees, plus all the continued ‘enhancing La Jolla.’ We’ll continue to listen to the community and to refine our processes with our vendors to improve efficiencies and the final product.”
Preservationist Passes
Community activist, journalist, and historical preservationist Patricia Harriet Ravage Dahlberg, 90, died Dec. 20, 2019. Heath Fox, executive director of La Jolla Historical Society, praised the contributions of Dahlberg to La Jolla Historical Society and the community during her long and fruitful life. “Her work was instrumental to the bequest of Wisteria Cottage by the Revelle family, the designation of UCSD’s Audrey Geisel University House (chancellor’s residence) on
WHERE DOES YOUR PROPERTY GO IF YOU DIE WITHOUT A WILL OR TRUST? By: Dick McEntyre and Chris von der Lieth, Attorneys at Law Except where you hold title with another as a joint tenant, or have designated your beneficiary under an insurance policy, retirement plan, or IRA, if you die without leaving a will or a trust (called dying “intestate”), your entire estate will pass in accordance with what are called the laws of intestate succession. Assume you own a home and some mutual funds, and you die intestate, here’s what would happen under California law: 1.If, when you died you were married and had two children, and the home and mutual funds were owned by you and your spouse as community property (meaning, essentially, any property acquired by either spouse while you are married, except acquired by gift or inheritance) (in which each of you own an undivided one-half interest), your spouse would receive your one-half community property interest (in addition to the onehalf interest that he or she already owned). 2. If, when you died you were married and had two children, and the home and mutual funds were owned by yourself as your separate property (meaning property you, alone, had acquired by gift or
the National Register of Historic Places, and in recognizing Pottery Canyon and its importance to the history of La Jolla,” said Fox. Joel D. Perlin owner of H.S. Perlin Co., Inc. of La Jolla, celebrated his 46th year on the corner at 1110 Silverado St., and 51st year in the community. Perlin remains a precious metals dealer and a financial advisor who uses tangible assets.
La Jolla marine biologist Jessica Meir made time to video chat with 150 middle school students from the international space station. “It really means so much for me to be able to share my life up here with all of you,” said Meir at the beginning of her live stream call with Scripps Institution of Oceanography in February.
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‘Golden’ Anniversary
Donovan's Steak and Chop House at 1250 Prospect St. abruptly shuttered at the end of 2019 after four years in business.
Golf Fest
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and more than 150 other notable top golfers took over Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course in La Jolla for the PGA Tour’s 2020 Farmers Insurance Open Jan. 23-26. Golfers in the $7.5 million, 72-hole tournament vyed for $1,350,000 in prize money and 500 FedExCup points. Event winner Marc Leishman picked up his fifth career PGA Tour win with a one-shot win over Jon Rahm at Torrey Pines’ South Course.
Overlooked Overlook
A frequent jogger at Torrey Pines State Park warned that the Broken Hill overlook, accessed from the furthest south trail directly adjacent to the north of Torrey Pines Golf Course, was dangerous and needed remedying.
EIR Certified inheritance, or had owned before you were married), your spouse and two children would each receive one-third of your estate. 3. If, when you died you were unmarried and had two children, each of your two children would receive one-half of your estate. It gets more complicated where you have no spouse and no children. Your estate then passes by “degree of kinship” to your parent(s); but if none surviving, to your brothers and sisters; but if none surviving, to your grandparents; but if none surviving, to your uncles and aunts, and so-on down the line. The point of all this: to avoid what would perhaps be an unintended disposition of our property, and also to avoid a costly and timeconsuming court-required administration (“probate”) of your estate, we should each pass on our estates by the appropriate written instrument – trust or will.
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FEBRUARY Space Chat
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Board certified the final environmental impact report for the Airport Development Plan, which envisions replacement of the 53-year-old Terminal 1 at San Diego International Airport.
Controversial Proposal
UC San Diego unveiled a plan to build five new multi-story buildings on a parking lot adjacent to La Jolla Playhouse. Named the Future College Living and Learning Neighborhood, the project was designed to provide residential life and administrative space for a new undergraduate college, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate beds, classrooms, an estimated 1,200 underground parking spaces, and a conference center and retail space.
Scooters Scooted
The City Council voted 5-4 Jan. 28 to endorse a ban on motorized vehicles, including electric scooters, on Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla Shores boardwalks, and along Mission Bay Park bayside path, while reducing the scooter geofencing speed limit from 8 to 3 mph in congested areas.
La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc. voted 8-7–1 against denying the issuance of new special-use permits for Scripps Park events that are for-profit and commercialize the park. It was the culmination of several months of vetting of the controversial issue of public versus private use of world-renowned Scripps Park.
Museum Grant
Closed for reconstruction since January 2017, the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla received a $750,000 federal matching fund grant which will go toward infrastructure improvements at the La Jolla museum site.
Leap Year
Being a Leap Year, 2020 offered an additional 24 hours on Saturday, Feb. 29. LJVN asked locals how they spent their time, as well as profiling nearly endless suggestions for things to do, in and around San Diego. The list included kite surfing, yoga by the ocean, whale watching, kayak tours, visiting both sides of the border wall, Temecula wine tours, riding in a hot air balloon, and skydiving.
MARCH Drone Delivery
UC San Diego Health launched a pilot project to test the use of aerial drones to transport medical samples, supplies, and documents. The university’s medical drone pilot program was being tested between Jacobs Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center, and the Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine, all in La Jolla. The goal was to speed the delivery of services and patient care currently managed through ground transport.
Rec Center Modernization An update for the modern era to La Jolla’s century-old recreation center complex was underway by the Visioning Committee of La Jolla Recreation Center. The committee was planning long-term for bringing the facility, commissioned and completed in 1915 by La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, into the 2020s and beyond. That update began, in a small way,
Julia Gray walks along the Coast Walk Trail in La Jolla in May. Friends of Coast Walk Trail raised funds to complete ongoing projects to improve the popular half-mile panoramic trail on the bluffs between the Cave Store at La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores beach.
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with the repaving of the basketball courts in the rear of the rec center.
Legal Challenge
In March, La Jolla Shores Association voted to retain legal counsel to represent them in negotiations on a new controversial multi-story, multi-building, mixed-use project proposed on UC San Diego campus dubbed The Future College Living and Learning Neighborhood.
Tagging Tackled
Tagging was a new problem Enhance La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District contended with in fulfilling its mission of cleansing and beautifying La Jolla’s downtown Village.
Eviction Moratorium
Continuing to take aggressive steps to protect the health and welfare of San Diegans, the City on March 25 enacted an eviction moratorium that provided relief to residential and commercial tenants facing financial hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
APRIL Cooperating Businesses
As the pandemic lockdown continued, coastal business improvement districts including La Jolla Village Merchants Association worked together along with their umbrella organization, the BID Alliance, to help small businesses in neighborhoods citywide.
Great Wait
Education went online in what was described by some as the “great wait” while the lockdown continued in an attempt to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego Unified, the state's second-largest school district, transitioned to online learning on April 6 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The See LA JOLLA REVIEW, Page 9
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announcement came a few weeks after the district shut down all of its schools to prevent the spread of the virus.
Relief Partnership
Continuing to take aggressive steps to deliver relief to San Diegans affected by COVID-19, Mayor Faulconer and Council President Pro Tem Barbara Bry announced on April 13 over $300,000 in private donations to kick start a new partnership to expand the City’s Small Business Relief Fund and encourage more community support for small businesses as the demand for economic relief rose.
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Coast Walk Fundraising
Despite the pandemic, nonprofit Friends of Coast Walk Trail soldiered on with fundraising to complete ongoing projects to improve the popular half-mile panoramic trail on the bluffs between the Cave Store at La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores beach.
Master Plan Update
La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc. established a working group to review the City's Draft Parks Master Plan and submit comments relating to La Jolla's shorelines and parks to the City by May 25.
No Normal
Disabled-rights attorney Ann Menasche called for the City to end its moratorium prohibiting vehicle habitation throughout most of the City, warning policies punishing people without housing and forcing them into crowded shelters or safe lots would worsen the COVID-19 pandemic. “This strategy runs counter to recommendations of public health experts asking people to shelter in place,” Menashe argued.
New Normal
to get their take on how the “new normal” had impacted residents and businesses. “It’s a mess, just a rat’s race to figure out what’s going on,” responded Brett Murphy of La Jolla Sports Club at 7825 Fay Ave.
LJVN surveyed a representative cross-section of small businesses and individuals in the community
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here to go to the beach and see all of San Diego’s attractions like the zoo, Balboa Park and SeaWorld, which are all closed,” he said. “People are now staying here for more extended periods of time, are coming and renting for a month or multiple weeks, so they can stay in the same house and quarantine together. It’s something we haven’t seen before.”
JUNE Better Belvedere
La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc. June 1 approved plans for the replacement of a historic belvedere at Windansea beach to be done by landscape architect Jim Neri who had worked on a number of coastal park improvement projects in La Jolla, including restoration of the Children’s Pool Plaza.
Self-professed ‘hippie’ and recent high school grad Danika Zikas, 17, organized a flower march on June 12 in La Jolla to support the Black Lives Matter movement. PHOTO BY DON BALCH
Outdoor Dining
Allowed to reopen with strict guidelines and limited seating under the County’s plan to allow dinein customers, local restaurateurs were happy to reopen, but also feared the pandemic had shaken customer’s confidence, which could translate into a long slow climb back to normalcy and profitability.
La Jolla civic leaders were initially frustrated in attempts to close off streets in the Village and Shores to accommodate outdoor dining to aid restaurants following the pandemic lockdown. “It’s the perfect location,” said La Jolla Shores Association president Janie Emerson of Avenida De La Playa, the neighborhood’s commercial business strip.
Tourism Turn
BLM Backed
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Dozens of residents and supporters came out to the ‘Paddle for Peace’ event at Windansea beach to back Black Lives Matter and protest police brutality on June 8. On June 3, several local African-American spokespeople participated in an hour-long
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Zoom webinar on social justice and accountability in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic murder.
Village Signage
L a Jo l l a T r a f f i c & Transportation Committee got an update from the La Jolla Village Merchants Association on establishing a new street signage program to help people find their way more easily in the Village. “We are exploring ways to mitigate some of the traffic issues that
are caused by parking, working with Ace Mobility, our parking consultant,” said Jodi Rudick, LJVMA executive director. “We’re excited about maybe introducing some electronic signage to help people understand where they might be parking.”
Flower Power
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12 in La Jolla to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
JULY Marketing Funding
San Diego Tourism Marketing District awarded $32.3 million in funding for destination marketing programs for the 2021 fiscal year starting July 1. With these funds, SDTA planned to support tourism recovery by focusing on marketing campaigns targeting a leisure audience in the drive market. The campaigns, labeled as “Happiness is Calling You Back,” were meant to attract drive-in visitors using
images of wide-open spaces and outdoor recreation. San Diego Tourism’s strategy also was to include a “Stay Diego” campaign encouraging residents to have staycations.
Climate Research
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected the University of California San Diego to host the new Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Systems. The cooperative institute, led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will conduct collaborative, multidisciplinary research on climate, oceans, and ecosystems to better understand the coupled systems and assess the physical and
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Outdoor Approval
Space Race
In July, La Jolla Village Merchants Association discussed numerous alternatives for freeing up outdoor space since indoor dining had been temporarily banned again, including painting curbs to shorten parking limits and setting up outdoor cafes and parklets. “COVID has changed our business model quite a bit,” said LJVMA executive director Jodi Rudick. The business improvement district was asked if it would be willing to approve or support green curbs changing 90-minute parking to 15- or 30-minutes.
AUGUST
Mayor Faulconer signed an executive order extending the growing list of allowed outdoor options to hundreds of additional businesses including gyms, worship centers, barbershops, and nail salons, which were being allowed to expand their operations into private parking lots.
Vending Vetted
District 1 staffer Steve Hadley, responding to complaints from La Jollans about permissive street vending and lack of mask-wearing enforcement said, “It is legal what they’re (vendors) doing. So it’s difficult for police to enforce unless they’re obstructing ADA access or violating noise decibel ordinances.
Regarding masks, Hadley said police told him it is problematic to enforce because the mask ordinance, as presently construed, requires masks to be worn within six feet of anyone who is not a member of the same household, difficult to determine on a public beach.
Outdoor Uses
As part of a continued effort to help San Diegans move activities outdoors where experts say the spread of COVID-19 was reduced, Mayor Faulconer Aug. 18 signed an executive order allowing gyms and religious institutions to operate in city parks where physical distancing was made easier. See LA JOLLA REVIEW, Page 11
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BLM Donation
L a Jolla Country Day School student Elinor Amir-Lobel won an essay competition with a $2,000 cash prize and founded a nonprofit with it, selling her original sticker art and donating 100% of the profits to the Black Lives Matter organization.
Murals Guidelines
Judging the content of public murals was a slippery slope, and those murals promoting commercial interests should not be allowed. That was the general consensus of La Jolla Planned District Ordinance Committee in August.
The 11-member advisory group makes recommendations to the City on signage, setbacks, and other development conditions detailed in La Jolla’s PDO.
SEPTEMBER 50th Anniversary
In September UC San Diego Library observed the 50th anniversary of the university’s intellectual heart of campus, Geisel Library, which first opened its doors to the UC San Diego community and the public in September 1970. The library planned a yearlong celebration aimed at recognizing the remarkable legacy of Geisel Library, UC San Diego’s most iconic architectural masterpiece.
Business Success
Restaurants, and at least one La Jolla bookstore owner, benefited from moving some of their operations outdoors. Brick-and-mortar D.G. Wills Bookstore at 7461 Girard Ave. Held its own during the pandemic, offering 1,000 books in its driveway to a dollar apiece. The Cat Lounge Rescue and Adoption Center at 1006 Torrey Pines Road achieved, with the support of volunteers and the community, its goal of rescuing, rehabilitating, and adopting out 1,000 cats before celebrating its first anniversary in November.
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for the Village’s Maintenance Assessment District noting she was hoping to be able to focus more on long-term capital improvement projects, like refurbishing weathered wooden benches.
Dining Extended
La Jolla Shores Association endorsed extending successful outdoor dining during COVID on Avenida de la Playa commercial strip until year’s end.
Community Conversation
La Jolla Town Council on Sept. 10 held a public forum with police and fire officials discussing fires, health, and safety. Local community planners also vetted ongoing problematic beach fires in La Jolla Shores and
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OCTOBER Life Support
LJVN profiled Laurel McFarlane who usually promotes about 70 live San Diego events a year and was down to only five virtual events in 2020 due to COVID. She characterized her present circumstances, and those of the rest of San Diego’s small-business event industry, as “brutal” and “catastrophic.” The live events industry was lobbying the government for increased aid to help them survive the pandemic.
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of La Jolla, a lasting memorial to the late La Jolla oceanographer Walter Munk, was unveiled at the educational plaza at Kellogg Park in La Jolla Shores on Oct. 16. It was a fitting tribute that the man who discovered the grand canyons off the coast of La Jolla Shores should have an educational plaza honoring him and his 80-year career at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Map features a 2,400-square-foot tile mosaic displaying all the various types of sea life in the La Jolla Canyon illustrating 123 life-sized species.
Reserve Reopens
The scenic hiking trails at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve reopened on Sept. 24 after being closed since April due to the pandemic.
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Peace Paddle
Demoted from red to the more-restrictive purple COVID tier, La Jolla restaurants had to close indoor operations again and operate outdoors only. Restrictions were restarted on Nov. 14.
Paddle for Peace, a community of surfers and nonsurfers united, held a paddle out at Tourmaline Surf Park on Oct. 10 to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The group raised $2,684 to fight cancer from the event.
Cottage Calamity
The historic Red Rest and Red Roost turn-of-the-century cottages at La Jolla Cove caught fire in the early hours of Oct. 26 and were
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NOVEMBER Set Back
BLM Debated
Black Lives Matter chalk drawings created on the popular Fay Avenue Bike Path between La Jolla Village and Bird Rock touched off a heated community controversy over the proper place of politically motivated art in public spaces.
On Nov. 18, the courts confirmed that former La Jolla restaurateur Daniel Dorado would not be eligible for parole until he turns 94 years old as a result of his 40-year prison term for rape. Dorado was convicted by a jury on Dec. 20, 2019, of 20 sex crimes against four women.
Tenth Anniversary
Everyday California, an eco-friendly, La Jolla Shores-based ocean adventures kayak touring and apparel shop marked its 10th year in La Jolla Shores serving locals and visitors alike.
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DECEMBER Mr. Jingles
In the Dec. 11 issue of LJVN, Mr. Jingles Christmas Trees, a one-stop-shop for anything and everything Christmas at 6710 La Jolla Blvd., was profiled. Every year the seasonal business offers six different tree types as well as fresh garland and wreaths anywhere from 8 to 60 inches.
Short-Term Support
City Planning Commissioners Dec. 3 voted 7-0 for a proposed short-term rental ordinance calling for licensing them, capping their numbers, and penalizing violators, while creating a City office to administer the new program while making it subject to annual review.
COVID Mansion
San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott filed a civil enforcement action to shut down a La Jolla Farms short-term vacation rental property at 9660 Black Gold Road. The complaint alleged that defendants were maintaining a public nuisance and engaging in unfair competition, including false advertising.
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New laws on minimum wage, domestic abuse, and police chokeholds in effect By DAVE SCHWAB
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ew laws on the books in California in 2021 address everything from COVID-19 guidelines, to racial profiling and systemic racism to a minimum wage hike, price gouging, property taxes, domestic abuse and fire protection. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed only 372 new laws in pandemic-plagued 2020, the fewest since 1967. Here are a few of those laws and what they do: • California’s minimum wage rose to $14 an hour for large companies, with pay rising to $13 in workplaces with 25 or fewer employees. • Beginning in April, hospitals must maintain at least a threemonth stockpile of personal protective equipment for their workers or face a fine of up to $25,000 per violation. • Youth football leagues cannot hold more than two practices a week, each lasting no longer than half an hour. An emergency medical official must be present at games, and someone to evaluate injuries must attend practices. • The retail sale of all dogs, cats and rabbits is no longer allowed. Shelter or rescue groups can offer pets for adoption in pet stores, as long as the store isn’t paid to display the animals.
• Employers must provide written notice within 24 hours to workers who might have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, and could face fines for violations. A second law has expanded workers’ compensation help for those who might have contracted the virus on the job. • Skilled nursing facilities must report COVID-19 deaths to public health authorities within 24 hours. • California laws against price gouging now cover sellers who only begin selling a product after an emergency is declared. The law was inspired by those during the pandemic who bought supplies in bulk and then sold them for much higher amounts. • Private insurance companies must now fully cover all medically necessary mental health and substance abuse disorder treatments under the same terms as other medical conditions. • Foreclosed homes can’t be bundled together for sale to a single buyer, as many were during the Great Recession, and tenant or other housing advocacy groups have 45 days to offer a higher price. • California homeowners who are 55 or older can get a property tax break when moving to a new home under a voter-approved
law that blends the taxable value of the old home with that of the new, more expensive home. • A California law that allows a victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault to get out of a housing lease early now includes family members of murder victims and other violent crimes. • Homeowners in high fire hazard areas must create a fivefoot “ember resistant zone” surrounding their home and outdoor decks, with guidelines from state officials phased in over the next two years. • Manufacturers of cleaning products sold in the state, including air deodorizers, polishers and floor cleaners, must list all ingredients on labels. • California’s juvenile justice correction centers will stop taking new inmates on July 1 as the state begins to transition responsibility for young offenders to individual counties. • A sentence of probation for most misdemeanors will be limited to a maximum of one year, and probation for a felony will be limited to two years. • Police officers can no longer use chokeholds or any restraint that compresses a person’s carotid arteries. • California’s attorney general must investigate when an officer-involved shooting results in
the death of an unarmed person. • Former prisoners who worked as firefighters through a prison fire camp can petition to have their records expunged and parole waived. • Independent contractors who work for app-based companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are now eligible for a limited number of healthcare and other workplace benefits, including a guaranteed wage for time spent behind the wheel. • California becomes the first state in the nation to impose regulations on student loan servicers similar to those for credit cards or mortgages. The law requires companies to inform borrowers about programs that can lower monthly payments or offer debt forgiveness, and it allows consumer lawsuits against companies that don’t comply. • Publicly held corporations — those with shares bought and sold on a stock exchange — that are primarily based in California must have at least one person on their board of directors who represents an underrepresented community, an effort to increase diversity in corporate leadership ranks. • Students who enroll at a California State University campus in the fall will be required to take an ethnic studies
course to graduate. The law identifies “Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latina and Latino Americans” as four recognized groups on which the courses may focus. • App-based food delivery services must obtain permission from a restaurant before delivering its food. Those companies must also ensure safety seals on food items aren’t broken and temperature controls are used during delivery. • Assembly Bill 1185 allows county supervisors to create a sheriff oversight board and, either by supervisors or a county vote, an office of the inspector general to assist with duties as it relates to the sheriff. The bill also allows the chair of the oversight board and the inspector general to issue subpoena powers when deemed necessary to investigate a matter within their jurisdiction.
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he new executive director of Discover Pacific Beach has an uplifting name and a dog named for a combination Greek god and rock musician. Lysundra “Sunny” Lee now helms Discover PB and has worked for San Diego business improvement districts since 2016, most recently in Old Town. Lee’s predecessor, Sara Berns, who’d been with Discover PB for 13 years, left in mid-December for another nonprofit, San Diego Fireman’s Relief Association and Firefighter Aid. Now it’s Lee’s turn to navigate Discover PB, the beach community’s business improvement district, steering it through treacherous and unprecedented times amid a pandemic. Once the economy “reboots,” it will be her task to help small-business owners revive and thrive in an altered business landscape. But she was only on her new job a week before the holiday break, training with Berns and having lots of meetings with Discover PB board members, committee chairs, and local residents. Of her role as executive director, Lee said: “It’s a lot of things, to help promote business, to help stimulate economic development. It’s to act as a liaison between businesses, the City, the state, and all our local elected representatives. We’re here to help guide our businesses, help them get the resources they need to be sustainable.” Added Lee: “Promoting every type of business is my job, to help them along the way, any way that we can. We can do that creatively. I’m all for trying new things.” In her downtime, you can find Lee roller skating, shooting
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photographs, and spending time outdoors with her husband Max and her Pembroke Welsch Corgi named Zeus Springsteen, Of the origin of her name, Lee noted: “My mom wanted to name me Sunny, wanted it to be a nickname. She had friends named Liz and Sandra, so she combined them into Lysundra. There’s a ‘sun’ in the middle.” Of her pooch’s name, Lee confided: “We were looking on the San Diego Humane Society website to adopt a year ago, and the only dog available on that page was a really old dog named Zeus. We wanted to have him but couldn’t because where we were living didn’t allow pets. A friend who hangs out with us, who we’d told about the website search, called him Zeus Springsteen. We said, ‘That’s his name.’ It just sounded so cute.” Lee was executive director for Old Town Chamber of Commerce since 2017 and prior to that worked as program manager for the East Village Association. She served as president of the Business Improvement District Alliance from 2019-2020 and currently sits on the organization’s executive board. Lee’s most memorable moments in working in San Diego have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, CENTRAL DIVISION, HALL OF JUSTICE, 330 W BROADWAY, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is Gino V Mazzanti, 2878 Camino Del Rio S., Suite 140, San Diego, Ca 92108 (619) 233-6397 NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant. Date: April 25, 2019 Clerk, by , M David Deputy (ISSUE DATES:) JANUARY 8, 15, 22 & 29 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME; CASE NO: 37-2020-00039873-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; STREET ADDRESS: 330 WEST BROADWAY CITY AND ZIP CODE: SAN DIEGO, CA 92101; BRANCH NAME: CENTRAL COURT TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner (name): JERRY DALE ARMSTRONG III filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. JERRY DALE ARMSTRONG III to Proposed name: JERRY DANDURAND 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that indicates the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date 02/10/2021 TIME: 8:30 AM DEPT: 61; b. The address of the court is SAME AS NOTED ABOVE; 3 a. A copy of this Order to show cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS/BEACH & BAY PRESS & PENINSULA BEACON. Date: NOVEMBER 3, 2020. JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT LORNA ALKSNE ISSUE DATES: JANUARY 8, 15, 22 & 29 2021 ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – Name Change (NC-120) Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the Court not conducting in-person hearings,
communities have been serving on the Downtown Parking Management Board and contributing to several community events including the Opening Day Block Party downtown, Old Town Dia de los Muertos, and North Park’s World Cup Viewing Party. Lee got the seal of approval from her nonprofit Discover PB board president Tim Prüsener, "We had some very qualified and capable candidates apply for the position and we feel we made the best choice for Discover Pacific Beach moving forward,” he said. "Sunny comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience working with neighborhood organizations in the City and will be an outstanding resource for our small businesses as they navigate the new year." Of the differences – and similarities – in comparing East Village and PB business improvement districts with her last post, Lee pointed out, “They’re very different from Old Town. Homelessness has been a big challenge in both East Village and PB. Old Town is very rich in history. It is the birthplace of California.” Added Lee of PB: “The beaches are San Diego’s biggest attraction. It has some of the same elements from East Village with the homeless population. There are a lot of businesses here and it’s going to be very exciting. I’m going to be dealing with a lot of parking issues, helping out with the parking district, and dealing with transportation issues with the new trolley (PB-Clairemont) station going in (late 2021).” Concluded Lee, “Hopefully, we can go back to having our events and having more projects taking place.” the following order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The Court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause. If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (require at least two court days before the date specified), the petition will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to you. If all of the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail you a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions. IF YOU ARE A RESPONDENT OBJECTION TO THE NAME CHANGE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to the court on the specified Date, you will be notified by mail by the Court of a future hearing date. Any petition for the Name Change of a minor, that is signed by only one parent, must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause on the other, non-signing patent, and proof of service must be filed with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20209020954 Fictitious Business Name(s) a. CFC BUILDS Located at: 13475 CAMINITO MENDOLA , SAN DIEGO, CA 92130 Is registered by the following: a. FARSOUDI , FARSHID b. FARSOUDI, DALIA This business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP . The first day of business was: 11/10/20 Registrant Name: a. FARSOUDI , FARSHID b. FARSOUDI, DALIA Title of Officer, if Limited Liability Company/Corporation Title of Signor. FARSHID FARSOUDI The statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on: DECEMBER 28, 2020. ISSUE DATES: JANUARY 8, 15, 22 & 29 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20209020785 Fictitious Business Name(s) a. THE SHEILA WORKSHOP Located at: 1870 MISSOURI STREET, UNIT 4, SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 Is registered by the following: a. MARY BETH HEATHER BENZING This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL . The first day of business was: N/A Registrant Name: a. MARY BETH HEATHER BENZING Title of Officer, if Limited Liability Company/ Corporation Title of Signor. I The statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on: DECEMBER 17, 2020. ISSUE DATES: JANUARY 8, 15, 22 & 29 2021
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Harbor seal beach babes ready for pupping season By ELLEN SHIVELY
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fter a spri ng a nd summer of fun and recreation on one of our finest protected beaches, known locally as Children’s Pool, or Casa, we humans are in for a spectacular display of Mother Nature with the onset of the annual harbor seal "pupping season." The very pregnant female mothers-to-be have been spending more time on land as their nine months are about to end with newborns due February through early April. For the seventh year, this urban beach is closed Dec. 15 through May 15 to give the seals privacy prior to giving birth, deliver the pups safely away from human interference
(you may even see a birth if you are lucky) and teach the pup the necessary skills to survive on its own after a short six weeks of nursing. O nc e we a ne d, a nd t he weight gain almost doubled since birth and the pups now able to catch the fish, octopus, and shelled creatures needed for growth, the inseparable pair will part ways as the adult female's body prepares for mating with the returning male partners for the next year's reproductive cycle. Visitors are not able to access the sands of Casa Beach as a chain link is secured midway down the stairs. Access to bathrooms and the historic seawall does remain open. However, excellent viewing is
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available from all sides of the upper sidewalk, on the seawall, and around the green gazebo. Winter swimming is abundantly available at other local
beaches, such as Shell Beach, Boomers, La Jolla Shores, WindandSea, and the Cove. When you come please observe the guidelines for optimal
viewing such as keep the noise level down, don't go on the sand for any reason, never leave litter, keep dogs off Casa Beach all year long and be aware that lights from cameras and flashlights disturb the seals after dark. The BBC made a film of Casa Beach in 2001, and made this observation: "The harbor seals of La Jolla are amongst less than a handful of (rookery) colonies in the world that have adapted to modern civilization; hardly anywhere is it possible to view these marine mammals at (such) close range." Please enjoy the experience of the pupping season, and do your part to preserve this unique natural treasure for generations to come.
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Is San Diego ready for transition to electric vehicles? W By DAVE SCHWAB
ith the passage of recent state legislation phasing out the sale of all gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a clear message has been sent encouraging the state's drivers to switch to electric cars. But is San Diego ready for such a transition? Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order that amounts to the most aggressive clean-car policy in the nation. Although it bans the sale of new gas cars and trucks after the 15-year deadline, it will still allow such vehicles to be owned and sold on the used-car market. The City of San Diego is incorporating accommodating electric vehicles into its planning for the region’s transportation future. “One of the main strategies in the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan is to lower emissions from our transportation sector, so electric vehicles are certainly a key component of that,” said Nicole Darling in the City’s Communications Department. Noting an update to the City’s Climate Action Plan adopted in 2015 is currently underway, Darling pointed out the CAP update includes “gathering the viewpoints
As more automakers add electric vehicles to their lineups and with California’s announcement to only sell EVs by 2035, many consumers might be considering purchasing a used EV. In its latest study, iSeeCars analyzed over 54,000 used EV sales from 2019 to 2020 to determine the most popular used EVs in each metro area, as well as by state and nationally. The study also determined the metro areas where EVs make up the highest percentage of total used vehicle sales. San Diego is among the metro areas with the highest share of used EV sales.
and priorities of our residents. An online survey is available and virtual forums are planned for every council district. We anticipate that the CAP update will include targets related to electric vehicles and charging stations across the city.” Presently, the City has 57 electric vehicle charging stations (68 ports) at 15 locations. The locations include destination sites such as Balboa Park, other parks and recreation centers, libraries, and entertainment districts. Information
about the charging stations can be viewed at sandiego.gov/sustainability/clean-and-renewable-energy/ evcharging. Concerning the future of infrastructure serving electric vehicles in the City, Darling said, “We expect public charging in the region will increase over time and we are regularly looking for opportunities to continue that expansion. We are specifically looking to facilitate the deployment of charging stations in areas of the City that have the
lowest access to clean energy resources (using our Climate Equity Index as a guide for prioritization). We are in regular discussions with our fellow regional public agencies in the County and the San Diego Association of Governments (regional transportation planning agency) about identifying grant opportunities to fund regional public charging stations.” Recently, the American Lung Association released “The Road to Clean Air,” a new report that
outlines the benefits of a transition to an electric transportation sector increasingly powered by clean, non-combustion renewable energy over the coming decades. The report finds a transition to electric cars, buses, and trucks by mid-century would both improve air quality and address climate change, benefiting the lives and health of Americans. READ MORE ONLINE AT sdnews.com
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Addressing prejudices in the workplace with unconventional consulting Doing it Better By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.
In the 1970s as more and more women were entering the workforce and demanding equal pay and opportunities for promotion and workplaces free from harassment, my articles addressing these issues were being published in business journals. In the spring of 1977, I received a call from a Mr. Robert Reid, then president of Sylvania Corp. (the lightbulb manufacturer) to discuss a possible series of workshops for his executives to deal with the increasing number of women at Sylvania experiencing discrimination and harassment on the job. I accepted. A couple of weeks later, I was driving to Boston to Sylvania’s headquarters. Robert Reid greeted me and told me to go straight to the board room where his executives were waiting, advising me to sit at the front of the table where he usually sat. I was surprised that Mr. Reid remained standing against the wall with arms crossed without introducing me. I took my seat; nothing happened. The 20 or so men continued talking to each
other as if I wasn't there. I wondered if they were testing me; it was uncomfortable. When a late comer arrived and noticed me, he said: “Hey, what’s going on here?” This was my cue. I said, “I’ll tell you what’s going on here. My name is Roberta Reid. I’ve had a sex change operation, and I’m in charge today.” Once the laughter died down, I had everyone’s attention. Being unafraid to stick my neck out and do the unconventional, often risky, intervention was often the only way to be heard. I was asked to facilitate a merger between two hospitals in Canada. There were hostilities exchanged between the city hospital and the one in a rural area. I decided to take the bull by the horns and say what was not being said. I organized a workshop between the two and called my talk “City Slickers and Country Bumpkins,” naming their prejudices. This provided an opportunity to vent their discomfort, to confront the truth of their feelings while helping them move beyond them and work together. I used a similar strategy when working with doctors and administrators who were locked into defensive positions when needing to make decisions together. I called this talk “Administrators Have No Heart and Doctors Have No Head.” In other words, administrators have no understanding or compassion with what the
doctors have to deal with on a daily basis, while the doctors had no understanding of the bottom line the hospital had to maintain. Acknowledging these prejudices helped to deal with them. The willingness to examine one’s often unexamined positions is the road to reevaluating longheld beliefs. This opens the way to value other people’s opposite views even if disagreeing with them. Instead of being impediments, they become sources of growth and new understanding permitting to accept each other and work together. Some of the perks of academic life are the holidays: spring break, Christmas, and, of course, summers. In the summertime Herman and I would drive up from Durham, N.H., to Bethel, Maine, for a month to lead workshops with the staff of NTL (National Training Laboratories). It was the 1970s and NTL was at the forefront of group dynamics, leaderless groups, and consciousness raising groups. Herman and I loved working together. We complimented each other; he was the cautious one and I the risk-taker. We led some of the earliest workshops on diversity with half the group participants being white and the other half black. Becoming in touch with one’s feelings and being able to articulate one’s fears and prejudices were the core objective of these groups leading
to self-discovery. We were often brought to tears with emotions running high as participants were admitting to their own prejudices and discovering their unconscious ones. We spent a week working together, sharing meals, and talking late into the night. The white people were able to recognize their own racism and empathize with the pain the black participants were feeling. The black people could vent their anger and fears at the discrimination and unfairness they faced every day of their lives. At the end of the week together, a dramatic shift had occurred where each was able to recognize our shared humanity and embrace it. It was a learning experience for me as I, too, got in touch with my own unconscious prejudices and shared them with the participants. The summer I became dean in charge of all the groups. I could witness the changes participants were experiencing in their own personal development. It was an exciting time. I was very taken by the personal growth movement. I became a member of the NTL Board. Little did I realize that this would be our last summer at Bethel. Natasha Josefowitz is the author of 21 books. She currently resides at White Sands Retirement Community in La Jolla. Copyright © 2021. Natasha Josefowitz. All rights reserved.
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Portion of new West Mission Bay Drive Bridge opens Mayor Todd Gloria on Jan. 5 was joined by City Council President Jennifer Campbell to open traffic onto a portion of the new West Mission Bay Drive Bridge, signaling that the $135 million project is now roughly halfway complete. On Jan. 6, motorists will begin to be diverted onto the newly constructed bridge to allow the existing, aging bridge to be safely demolished. As the existing bridge is demolished, the iron, concrete and other materials will be hauled off to be recycled and reused in other capacities. The old West Mission Bay Drive bridge was built in the early 1950s and features only two travel lanes for northbound and southbound traffic. As traffic volume increased significantly during the past 70 years, the bridge was targeted for replacement to accommodate this growth. The new version features two standalone bridges – each with three vehicle lanes – and a 12-foot-wide shared path for pedestrians and people riding bicycles, scooters or other modes of transportation. READ MORE ONLINE AT sdnews.com
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