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We re just over a week away from the start of early voting for the May 1 Local Option (municipal) election date in Texas.
In Lubbock County there are two high-profile elections occurring in this election off-year .
The first is for City of Lubbock voters, as they will decide whether or not to pass an ordinance which would ban abortions from being performed in Lubbock. You may have also heard this proposed ordinance as referred to as the Sanctuary City for the Unborn .
Using the rarely used petition process, supporters of the proposed ordinance gathered the necessary petition signatures to present the ordinance to the Lubbock City Council last year. The council unanimously voted against the ordinance, and Lubbock s city charter now requires a vote of the city s citizens.
City of San Diego
Barrio Logan has fewer residents today than in 2010, a reverse trend from most of San Diego. But as its new community plan takes shape, chock full of improvements from parks and bikeway links to many more live-work units, that too is likely to change.
Its location just south of downtown and along the bay is a draw. I know a lot of people are starting to see this as a desirable area to move into, planning commissioner Vicki Granowitz said last week at a workshop on the Community Plan update, worrying that gentrification is pushing at the close-knit Hispanic community.