SAN DIEGO – With less than a month away from the June 3 election, a supermajority of the San Diego City Council, including Council President Todd Gloria and Councilmember David Alvarez, gathered today at City hall to announce their support for the Barrio Logan Plan and Propositions B and C. Joining Council President Gloria and…
This June, San Diegans will be voting on the Barrio Logan Community Plan. I’ve seen the map, and it’s complicated. It has Residential Zones, Business Zones, Buffer Zones and seemingly every option in between. I’m still not sure if the blue area is the ocean or another type of land use. Fortunately, I don’t have…
Shelley Zimmerman will support the LGBT community, said the new police chief who was sworn in Tuesday following almost a love fest and praise from residents during her confirmation hearing before the San Diego City Council. Zimmerman, 54, is the first female San Diego Police Chief and is a 31-year veteran. Mayor-Elect Kevin Faulconer nominated…
Last night, Hattiesburg, Miss. unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Hattiesburg is the second Mississippi municipality to pass such a resolution in the past month, with the city of Starkville taking similar action last month. Human Rights…
Wednesday, we learned that Kevin Faulconer would be the next mayor of San Diego. While the final vote count will continue to trickle in, he appears to have defeated fellow Councilman David Alvarez by a comfortable margin, taking an early lead with absentee ballots and holding it well into the night. Alvarez needed a surge…
The special mayoral election between Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez was set Tuesday for Feb. 11, 2014 by the San Diego City Council in a 9-0 vote in the last Council meeting of the year. City Clerk Liz Maland was required to read the certified Nov. 19 primary election results to the Council which noted…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council — the umbrella group representing 135 area labor unions and more than 200,000 working families — has endorsed San Diego Councilmember David Alvarez for mayor of San Diego. The endorsement is significant: Both because a large number of Labor Council members vote in San…
Who is counseling Carl DeMaio? DeMaio reportedly took a lie detector test to prove he was not masturbating in the City Council men’s room; his accuser is state Sen. Ben Hueso. Why would DeMaio take a lie detector test? Has San Diego politics just become an extended Jerry Springer or Maury Povich show? First, lie…
SAN DIEGO – Council President Todd Gloria today gave remarks following the announcement of a settlement with Mayor Bob Filner. The comments were made in the Council Chambers of the City Administration Building, and the Council President stood with his Council colleagues. Thank you all for joining me here today. As you know, Mayor Bob Filner…
July was named LGBT Pride Month Tuesday by the San Diego City Council in an 8-0 vote and San Diego Pride General Manager Steve Whitburn and activist Nicole Murray Ramirez were honored as they accepted the proclamation. Council President Todd Gloria presented Whitburn, Ramirez, and six others to the Council before the unanimous vote was…
