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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>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>
<h6>Pictured: Solana Beach Mayor Lesa Heebner, SD Council President Sean Elo-Rivera, County Supervisor Chair Nora Vargas, SANDAG CEO Hasan Ikhrata</h6>
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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>