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Local Government News
January 18, 2012
Encinitas Approves Fee on Sidewalk Dining
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union-Tribune
ENCINITAS — Encinitas restaurants that offer sidewalk dining will now have to pay for the right to do so with a $220 permit and an annual $80 renewal fee.
January 16, 2012
San Francisco's Plan to Cut Non-Native Trees Sparks Environmental Clash
By Susan Sward
Sacramento Bee
SAN FRANCISCO - An intense battle is building over a little-known plan to cut down thousands of eucalyptus and other trees in urban forests here and at a city-owned golf course in Pacifica.
November 11, 2011
Solana Beach Council Approves City Manager Contract
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union-Tribune
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach City Manager David Ott, who has served as the interim city manager since retiring in December, has signed a two-year contract to once again become a full-time employee.
October 23, 2011
Redesigned Solana Beach Affordable Housing Plan Unveiled
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union-Tribune
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach officials and the developer of a proposed affordable housing complex near the city’s coastal bluffs have unveiled two new designs in response to criticism of the project’s initial size.
October 21, 2011
Fourteen Apply for Encinitas City Council Vacancy
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union-Tribune
ENCINITAS — Fourteen Encinitas residents have applied for the City Council seat that has been vacant since Maggie Houlihan died of cancer Sept. 16.
October 2, 2011
Beach cities' Next Wave: Getting Healthier
By Anna Gorman
Los Angeles Times
As part of a pioneering health-based initiative, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach step up to improve residents' exercise and dietary habits.
September 14, 2011
Early GOP Endorsement in Supervisor Race Criticized
By Christopher Cadelago
San Diego Union-Tribune
The Republican Party of San Diego County’s early endorsement of Steve Danon has drawn criticism for potentially freezing out other canddates weighing entry into the race for county supervisor.
September 8, 2011
County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price to Step Down Next Year
By Chris Nichols
North County Times
North County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price will step down from office next year, a staffer for the longtime elected official said Thursday.
May 15, 2011
Rackauckas Wants Huntington Beach to Ban Sex Offenders from Recreational Sites
By Alexandra Baird
Los Angeles Times
The Orange County district attorney will appear before the City Council on Monday. Last week, he urged Irvine to enact a similar ban modeled on a county law.
May 11, 2011
Judge Says Gang Injunction Subjects Are Owed Due Process
By Carol J. Williams
Los Angeles Times
Police and prosecutors can't enforce anti-gang policies against individuals suspected of belonging to an outlawed group without first giving each one an opportunity to fight that label in court, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
May 10, 2011
Del Mar City Manager Leaving for San Juan Capistrano
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union Tribune
DEL MAR — Del Mar City Manager Karen Brust announced this week that she will take over as chief of San Juan Capistrano on June 30.
May 9, 2011
Del Mar, Solana Beach Sue Fairgrounds
By Jonathan Horn
San Diego Union Tribune
DEL MAR — Del Mar and Solana Beach will team up to sue the Del Mar Fairgrounds over the state-owned venue's recently approved expansion plan.
April 24, 2011
Newport Beach Might Reduce Lifeguard Staffing During the Off-season
By Mike Reicher
Los Angeles Times
City Manager Dave Kiff says the move would still allow Newport Beach to meet
its public safety obligations. But lifeguards say safety and tourism could
suffer.
April 11, 2011
Newport Beach May Lay off Workers to Reduce Pension Obligations
By Mike Reicher
Los Angeles Times
City Manager Dave Kiff proposed cuts Thursday that would reshape the
Municipal Operations Department, which maintains streets, parks, beaches and
other public areas. Some lifeguards could be demoted to part-time.
February 15, 2011
Solana Beach's Kellejian heads coastal rail agency board
By Robert J. Hawkins
San Diego Union-Tribune
The agency which oversees the coastal rail corridor from San Luis Obispo to San Diego has named Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Joe Kellejian chairman of its
board of directors for 2011.
February 14, 2011
Beware of Sacramento's crash tax
By George Skelton
Los Angeles Times
Sacramento - River City, The City of Trees, Sacotomato - is the latest local
entity in California to adopt the dreaded "crash tax." More than 50 have
imposed it as they struggle to make ends meet.
February 1, 2011
Supercenter ordinance repealed in San Diego
By Craig Gustafson San Diego Union-Tribune
There's now one less hurdle for retailers like Walmart to build supercenters
in San Diego, but it remains to be seen whether the behemoth stores stocked
with groceries will eventually win final approval from a reticent City
Council.
January 31, 2011
Newport Beach and Costa Mesa seek to discourage trash scavengers
By Mike Reicher
Los Angeles Times
Responding to complaints from residents who say they're fed up with trash
scavengers, Newport Beach officials voted recently to criminalize the
practice; in Costa Mesa, officials are considering a plan to keep garbage
under lock and key.
January 29, 2011
Trash: Southern California's mission to clean up the confusion
By Mary MacVean
Los Angeles Times
Psst. That coffee cup in your hand. Where will you toss it? Trash bin? Recycling bin? What about the little white bag that has a few grease spots
from your Mexican restaurant chips? And what happens to those utensils
labeled "biodegradable" you bought for a family picnic? Where should you put
plastic grocery bags? The choice of black, blue or green bin is meant to be
simple.
January 10, 2011
San Clemente restaurants shrug at plastic-foam ban
By Brittany Levine
Orange County Register
Though San Clemente has adopted a ban on plastic-foam containers at
restaurants, several local eating establishments say it's no big deal.
January 5, 2011
San Clemente finalizes ban on plastic-foam food containers
By Fred Swegles
Orange County Register
The San Clemente City Council finalized an ordinance that starting July 1
will bar San Clemente restaurants, delis and other food-serving shops from
using plastic-foam containers.
December 22, 2010
San Clemente moves to ban plastic-foam containers
By Fred Swegles
Orange County Register
In 2011, restaurants in San Clemente may have to stop using plastic foam cups, plates, bowls and containers to dispense food in order to comply with a new law introduced on a 5-0 City Council vote Tuesday night.
November 18, 2010
Huntington Beach might post DUI arrests on Facebook
By Tony Barboza
Los Angeles Times
Huntington Beach is considering a new tactic in its crusade against drunk
driving: public shaming on Facebook.
October 21, 2010
A stroll and a cigarette? Not in Long Beach
By Stephen Ceasar
Los Angeles Times
Long Beach has joined more than 140 other California municipalities that
have banned or partially banned smoking in city parks.
September 23, 2010
Supervisors ban foam food containers at most L.A. County facilities
By Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times
Taking what could be the first step toward a far wider ban, Los Angeles
County supervisors voted this week to restrict foam food containers from
most county offices and concessions.
September 20, 2010
Schwarzenegger considers bills to prevent Bell-type pay, pension excesses
By Patrick McGreevy
Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is mulling a raft of bills touted as the remedy
to the kinds of pay and pension excesses discovered in the city of Bell, but
there is disagreement among experts over how effective they might be in
preventing future abuses.
September 10, 2010
Hermosa Beach tattoo parlor ban ruled unconstitutional by appeals court
By Carol J. Williams
Los Angeles Times
Tattoos and the art of tattooing are "forms of pure expression fully
protected by the 1st Amendment," a federal appeals court said Thursday in
ruling that a city of Hermosa Beach ban on tattoo parlors is
unconstitutional.
June 26, 2010
Retiring city manager to be hired back on contract basis
By Tanya Mannes
San Diego Union-Tribune
ENCINITAS - The Encinitas City Council will hire back retiring City Manager
Phil Cotton on a contract until a permanent replacement is found. The amount
of his compensation will be discussed at a future meeting. Mayor Dan Dalager
said the council hopes to hire someone permanently after the November
election in which he and Councilwoman Teresa Barth are up for re-election.
Cotton will still officially retire July 6.
April 28, 2010
It's a sad day for Happy Meals in Santa Clara County
By Sharon Bernstein
Los Angeles Times
Happy Meal toys and other promotions that come with high-calorie children's meals will soon be banned in parts of Santa Clara County unless the restaurants meet nutritional guidelines approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.
April 24, 2010
Cities feeling the pinch
By Richard Simon
Los Angeles Times
Local governments are laying off workers and cutting services while hoping for federal aid.
October 26, 2009
Court says cities have the right to bar telecommunications towers
By Carol J. Williams
Los Angeles Times
Palos Verdes Estates wins its case against Sprint, citing visual blight in
rejecting plans for two structures.
September 22, 2009
San Jose council votes to ban most plastic and paper bags beginning in 2011
By Tracy Seipel
San Jose Mercury News
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday voted to make the city the largest in
the nation to ban most plastic and paper shopping bags - and took steps to
bring other Santa Clara County cities along with them.
September 16, 2009
Report: Slower recovery in state
UCLA forecast sees ‘little or no growth’ exceptions
By Thomas Kupper
UNION-TRIBUNE
The widely followed UCLA Anderson Forecast says California's economy will recover more slowly than the rest of the nation's because of the sorry fiscal condition of state and local governments here.
September 15, 2009
Smoking banned at county parks, with some exceptions
Daily News
The Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to prohibit smoking in county parks, with some exceptions.
July 27, 2009
EPA looks at effects of waste plants on minorities, poor
Los Angeles Times
The agency is reviving a Clinton-era executive order that required federal
agencies to consider the effect of their policies on disadvantaged
communities.
July 24, 2009
MTA changes course, opening carpool lanes to solo drivers -- for a fee
By Dan Weikel
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday set
the tolls that for the first time will allow solo motorists to drive in
carpool lanes on two of the region's most congested freeways. Los Angeles'
first experiment with so-called congestion-based pricing is slated to begin
in late 2010 or early 2011.
July 22, 2009
Oakland voters approve a tax on medical marijuana
Oakland voters resoundingly approved a tax increase on medical marijuana
Tuesday evening, the first such tax of its kind in the nation.
July 17, 2009
L.A. weighs plan to replace computer software with Google service
Frustrated by a slow and antiquated computer system, the city of Los Angeles
is weighing a plan to replace its e-mail and records retention software with
a service provided by Google, a move that could allow the Internet giant to
retain sensitive records transmitted by the police and other municipal
agencies.
December 20, 2008
Donald Trump files $100-million lawsuit against Rancho Palos
Verdes
Real estate mogul alleges the city is trying 'to stymie everything I do.'
City officials and some residents say Trump 'feels rules aren't made for
him.'
October 21, 2008
In Seal Beach, change versus charm on the ballot
Measure Z pits those who want to preserve the throwback look of the city's
Old Town against those who argue for property rights and progress in the
form of development.
October 12, 2008
Tourist tax would pay for sand replacement
ENCINITAS - Encinitas residents on Nov. 4 will have a second chance to vote
on a measure that would tax tourists to replace beach sand lost to erosion.
City to regulate surf camps
ENCINITAS --- Beginning surfers won't be clogging the waves and sand along
Encinitas beaches next summer under a new law regulating surf camps that was
enacted by the City Council last week.
October 8, 2008
City limits ground-floor space downtown
ENCINITAS ---- The Encinitas City Council adopted an ordinance Wednesday
night limiting ground-floor uses along nine blocks of South Coast Highway
101 to retail and what it called pedestrian-friendly services.
September 24, 2008
Council puts sidewalk dining on the menu
ENCINITAS ---- The Encinitas City Council moved closer to hammering out a
policy for sidewalk dining Wednesday night, saying it would be open to an
ordinance that included a simple, even-handed permitting process.
September 3, 2008
Coronado puts off decision on Hotel Del expansion plans
CORONADO - The City Council has requested more time to consider changes to
proposed expansion plans for the historic Hotel del Coronado.
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