We would cheer the County Board for taking quick action, but, under their new rules, whistling, clapping, and stamping of feet are not allowed.
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<p>Non-essential travel from Mexico to the US resumed yesterday after more than 19 months of COVID restrictions, but proof of vaccinations is required except for US citizens, permanent US residents, or essential travelers with H1b or H2b visas.</p>
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<p>A motion by the San Diego City Attorney’s office seeking to dismiss a pending lawsuit filed by La Prensa San Diego was overruled by the trial judge and now opens the door for continued discover to determine the truth behind a disputed legal memo. </p>
Final stage of the cover-up is near with the help of the one person that was supposed to stop them in the first place.
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<p>An internal survey conducted by the San Diego’s Deputy Sheriffs’ union shows many hold extreme political views, including calling leadership decisions “Marxist”, referring to Black Lives Matter and Antifa as “domestic terrorist groups”, and staunch opposition to COVID vaccine mandates, but the respondents showed no support for police reforms or progressive approaches to policing advocated since the killing of George Floyd and protests in several US cities.</p>
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<p>The City of San Diego will soon allow permanent restaurant outdoor seating that has become popular during the COVID pandemic.</p>
<p>The San Diego City Council approved the “Spaces as Places” plan that will allow permanent outdoor seating for restaurants on streets with speed limits of 30 miles per hour or lower. Eateries in coastal areas will need additional approval from the State Coastal Commission.</p>
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<p>A San Diego Police Department officer charged with a misdemeanor for exhibiting a gun in a threatening manner toward a female driver during an alleged road rage incident while he was off-duty last March had also been one of three officers who shot and killed a man in 2019.</p>
<p>William Carter Torres, 30, a four-year veteran of the Department, pled not guilty to the charge that he flashed his gun after a female driver was honking and driving erratically. Torres was driving his personal vehicle at the time of the incident.</p>
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<p>A legal memo drafted by outside lawyers for the City that’s been shielded from disclosure for more than a year concluded that San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott failed to properly vet the 101 Ash Street building in downtown before she approved it in December 2016, and the memo sheds light on an ongoing cover-up to obscure Elliott’s failure to adequately protect taxpayers in the acquisition of the disastrous project – but Elliott has worked to keep the conclusions in the memo hidden.</p>
<p>[<a href="https://laprensa-sandiego.org/101ashsourcessp/">ESPAÑOL</a>]</p>
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A credible investigation into the origins of the 101 Ash deal and the financial advantages taken by a few insiders is much needed without political undertones.