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<p>Three prominent Latino organizations have endorsed the non-Latino candidate for Mayor of Chula Vista, adding another wrinkle to a competitive campaign to decide the leader of the County's second-largest city.</p>
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<p>Three prominent Latino organizations have endorsed the non-Latino candidate for Mayor of Chula Vista, adding another wrinkle to a competitive campaign to decide the leader of the County's second-largest city.</p>
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<p><span><span><span><span>The City of San Diego is moving quickly to approve a redevelopment project at the site of the current Sports Arena, but the process seems to be lacking proper due diligence and vetting of the Mayor’s favored developer, reminiscent of the process that led to the disastrous 101 Ash St debacle in 2016.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>A San Diego state senator raised contributions for a prospective campaign from tobacco and energy companies, but later unceremoniously closed his campaign committee after passing some of the funds to another local candidate in a special election.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Flames are burning and mouths are watering. This week, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is bringing more than his emblematic bronze pitchfork to the West Coast: the first Hell’s Kitchen restaurant in California.</p>
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<p>The former highest-ranking City of San Diego staffer has come forward as the whistleblower who first exposed over $15 million in profits hidden within the controversial 101 Ash building lease deal.</p>
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<p><span><span><span>One of the principals of the City’s landlord company and the City’s pro bono real estate broker mislead the City’s then-Chief Operating Officer about $9.4 million in undisclosed payments made to the broker on two controversial building leases.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span>The highest-ranking City staffer at the time the 101 Ash building was evacuated in January 2020 has now admitted she leaked documents to a reporter while investigations into the controversial lease were underway.</span></span></span></p>