In an effort to reduce the impact of homelessness on local businesses, Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) now uses temporary restraining orders to ferret out people who are simply homeless from those who are homeless and pose a threat to their own safety and that of others because of severe mental illness or criminality. (hillcrestbia.org/clean-safe/homeless-outreach-program/) According…
Dear Ms. Moreno: I was appalled by your recent post concerning those who do not agree with the decisions of the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) and you. You do not respect the community that you are supposed to represent, and worse, you have hurled a gay slur. I think your post needs to be completely…
International photographer and San Diego community activist, David Lundin has a problem with the Hillcrest Business Improvement Association. Actually, Lundin has several problems with HBIA, not least among them what he calls “the sham hiring process” that last summer led to the re-hiring of Benjamin Nicholls as the organization’s executive director. Lundin has asked the…
Publisher and Editor’s Note: The decision was made to publish these contradictory Letters to the Editor together, to ensure that the community gets to hear the different versions of the issues that are facing the Hillcrest Business Association. As always, we believe our readers will be able to discern the truth as San Diego LGBT…
A mostly stoic, although occasionally taken aback, Hillcrest Business Association Board of Directors took volley after volley of criticism during the public comments portion of its monthly meeting Tuesday. Complaints ranged from concerns that the organization’s executive director was improperly fired, that it holds “too many” fundraisers and events while “not doing enough” for local…
The Hillcrest Business Association elected officers and a new board of directors Tuesday night at Heat Bar & Kitchen, as longtime board member and SDGLN.com publisher, Johnathan Hale was chosen by members to take the reigns as president of the business improvement association, which has a $1 million annual budget. In addition to an election,…
