City snubs California law for emergency shelters By Jeeni Criscenzo If the City of San Diego really wanted to solve the ever increasing problem of homelessness, they might be willing to try something more innovative than eliminating 98% of the areas previously designated as suitable for emergency shelter without a Conditional Use Permit. I first…
Incredibly, an animal rescue group that calls itself "environmental" is suing the City of San Diego to block work on the replacement of the OB Pier. What? That's right. The suit, filed Tuesday, November 15, by the Animal Protection and Rescue League, claims the initial work is proceeding without proper environmental review.
By Geoff Page The city held a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, August 18, to kick off construction of the Cañon Street Pocket Park, on Cañon at the northern terminus of Avenida De Portugal. Actual construction was planned to start on Monday, August 21. The OB Rag has published numerous stories about the effort to get…
By Geoff Page The Peninsula Community Planning Board’s regular monthly meeting, Thursday, July 21, was not an exciting affair, but, as always, there were a couple of interesting moments. The Cañon Street pocket park item was the best and it calls for a review of this park’s weird history. Before moving on to the park,…
Part 2 By Frank Gormlie While it participated deeply in the negotiations during the remainder of 1974 and into the next year, the Community Planning Group had enough depth to juggle its activism and successfully respond to new construction projects mainly large, bulky apartments still coming down the development pipeline. Over this period CPG was able to…