SAN DIEGO, CA – The Fleet Week Sea & Air Parade is soaring back into San Diego with great fanfare as we prepare to experience the best of the US military on display and in action on September 10, 2016
SAN DIEGO, CA – The Fleet Week Sea & Air Parade is soaring back into San Diego with great fanfare as we prepare to experience the best of the US military on display and in action on September 10, 2016.
“America’s Finest City and the U.S. Navy have been strategic partners for a very long time,” said Dennis DuBard, 2016 President of the San Diego Fleet Week Foundation. “We are very excited to welcome back the Sea & Air Parade to this year’s schedule of events. This celebration allows us a chance to witness the outstanding service that our Sea Service personnel and their families provide to our region.”
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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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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.
President Joe Biden is expected to release an infrastructure plan this month that sounds ready-made for microgrids. His goal, he said, is to make infrastructure “more climate resilient” to achieve “cheaper and cleaner” transport.
Although microgrids seem like a perfect match for Biden’s plan, it’s uncertain how much they will play into it. Washington is well aware of solar, wind and energy storage, but microgrids, not so much. The technology, as used today, is still relatively new to the game. So microgrids don’t seem to be high on Biden’s radar. At least, he’s not using the term much, so far, when he talks about clean energy.
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The Port of San Diego’s long-running agreements for outsourced police and fire service within the district last week escalated from a routine matter of business to a charged discussion about fairness and the agency’s role in scrutinizing costs.
At the Dec. 8 board meeting, the port’s seven appointed commissioners were asked to approve 40-year emergency service contracts, known as municipal service agreements, with the cities of Chula Vista and Imperial Beach. But after nearly two hours of deliberation, with the central debate relating to whether the port was in a position to act on the unprecedented contracts, the items were pushed for additional review to the next scheduled meeting.