By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
A local city councilman who also holds an administrative position at San Diego State University helped secure a titular position for a political ally who was looking for consolation after losing his third election in a row.
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<p>The world's richest man announced his electric car company will build the world's largest electric car factory in the Mexican city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, near the Eastern Texas border.</p>
<p>Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, touted the new plant during an investor day meeting this week where he described the new facility as the largest of the company's manufacturing factories, which already include plants in Fremont, CA; Shanghai, China; Austin, TX; and Berlin, Germany.</p>
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<p>A new poll conducted in the last month suggests that a majority of San Diegans are looking for new leadership at City Hall just as first-term Mayor Todd Gloria starts gearing up his re-election campaign for next year's election.</p>
<p>"Nearly six-in-ten voters (59 percent) think the city has gotten off on the wrong track," the poll analysis states. "Only 36 percent say it is heading in the right direction."</p>
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<p>A proposed state law would ban future tobacco sales to anyone born after 2006 but, for now, spares the growing legal marijuana industry.</p>
<p>The bill, Assembly Bill 935 by Assemblyman Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, would ban all future tobacco product sales to anyone born after January 1, 2007, meaning that someone 16- or 17 years-old today would never be able to purchase tobacco in California in their lifetime.</p>
By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
A local City Councilwoman who runs a political consulting firm has never reported her employer's clients which could pose conflicts-of-interest as she serves on the City Council.
Andrea Cardenas, who was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in November 2020, lists her employment as “Director of Community Engagement” for Grassroots Resources Inc. on her annual Form 700 Economic Interests disclosure forms filed with the City of Chula Vista in 2021 and 2022.
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<p>A San Diego power couple lobbied for the approval of a development team to rebuild the Sports Arena property but failed to file public disclosure forms until after the City Council selected their team from among three bidders. </p>
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<p>Federal funds allocated to help deal with sewage coming into the US from Mexico along the San Diego border may finally be spent to keep pollution from closing local beaches.</p>
<p>Two separate federal funding mechanism are now in place that could bring more than $400 million to build projects aimed at controlling raw sewage that flows into San Diego from Tijuana.</p>
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<p><span><span><span>Over coffee with San Diego Loyal head coach Nate Miller during the holiday season, veteran midfielder and San Diego native Joe Corona contemplated his future. </span></span></span></p>
<h6>Pictured: Female US Border Patrol Agent at border. Source: Getty Images</h6>
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