SAN DIEGO, Calif. — City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced Friday that the San Diego City Attorney’s Office has adopted an office-wide Sustainability Policy to reduce its carbon footprint and lower operational costs. The Sustainability Policy (attached) contains voluntary guidelines to reduce paper use, eliminate disposals, reuse equipment and supplies, minimize energy use, purchase sustainable…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Democratic Party has endorsed Mara Elliott for City Attorney. San Diego County Democratic Party Chair, Francine Busby said: “Mara Elliott is the only candidate with the experience to get the job done as San Diego’s next City Attorney. As Chief Deputy City Attorney, Mara Elliott has held polluters accountable, ensured tax…
SAN DIEGO — Ocean Beach Town Council President Gretchen Newsom announced Friday that she is pulling out of the race to become mayor of San Diego. “I have decided that I will not run for mayor,” Newsom said in a statement. “My husband and I have recently decided to divorce on an amicable basis and,…
With Election Day 2016 now less than a year away, it is time to take a break from presidential debate analysis and focus the next few columns on San Diego contests. In the past few weeks, new candidates have emerged in races that had been static for months. There will no doubt be a few…
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced that he has appointed San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart to serve as a justice on the California Court of Appeal, on the First District Court’s Division Two. The appointment, made during San Francisco’s LGBT Pride weekend, marks an appropriately historic milestone for California’s judiciary as well as its LGBT community: Stewart will…
San Diego Pride 2011 will forever be etched in the mind of William X. Walters – and not as a carefree event where members of the LGBT community could express themselves without fear of harassment or intimidation. What happened at Pride 2011 has changed the course of Walters’ life and led him on a path…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The City Attorney’s office has won a case filed against the San Diego Police Department for alleged violation of constitutional rights arising out of an arrest under the City’s public nudity ordinance at the 2011 Pride Event. Plaintiff, William X. Walters, alleged that SDPD conspired with Pride organizers to enforce the…
