FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
San Diego’s bayfront is controlled by a little-known agency with power that will be tested in new year [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Some of San Diego’s most celebrated bayfront destinations Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing are governed by an unfamiliar entity with power that, in 2021, will prove more consequential than ever.
Formed by the state in 1962, the San Diego Unified Port District spans 34 miles of coastline from Shelter Island to the border. The land was granted to the agency to hold on behalf of the public; it includes tidelands in San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and Coronado. It’s a self-funded, non-taxing entity governed by a board of seven commissioners who are appointed by their member cities.
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Joe Stuyvesant, executive director of Navy Region of the Southwest, has been named president and CEO of the San Diego Unified Port District.
Monday, Port of San Diego Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Stuyvesant during closed session. The board is expected to approve Stuyvesant’s five-year contract at the Jan. 19 meeting and he is anticipated to start on Feb. 1.
Stuyvesant, who will receive a salary of $325,000, joins the agency after decades with the United States Navy in top military and civilian posts, including his most recent role overseeing administrative operations of Navy bases in California and Nevada. The defense executive, for instance, supervised the building of the Navy’s long-awaited new headquarters, Navy Building One, at 750 Pacific Highway. Previously, he served in the Navy for 30 years, primarily as a naval aviator.