EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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February 2,  2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

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LOCAL

Poverty in San Diego: new report (Reporting San Diego)

A new report from the National University System Center for Policy Research has found distressing information about San Diego. The overall economy has improved, but poverty rates have worsened. This leads to problems and policy decisions, since this poverty Is no longer concentrated in the traditional urban core. We have pockets of deep poverty in the suburbs and more rural areas of the county, which also have less access to services... In the period covered by the 2010-2014 ACS, 49% of individuals living in highly-concentrated poverty lived outside of the City of San Diego.

Senator Block bows out of race against Atkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

…Block, 65, said he has no interest in another elected office. But given he is a former professor and dean at San Diego State University, he would "definitely" be interested in that field, possibly as an appointment to a board overseeing one of the state college systems. The senator surprised some colleagues with his announcement.

Lindo Lake to undergo major upgrades (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Lindo Lake Park in the heart of Lakeside is nearing a quarter-million dollars in improvements.

 

Navy Commander Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case (KPBS)

A U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty in San Diego on Thursday to federal conspiracy and bribery charges for giving classified ship schedules — including those that contained information related to the U.S. Navy's ballistic missile defense operations in the Pacific — to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for cash, gifts and prostitutes.2455672

Openness at San Diego City Hall (San Diego Union-Tribune editorial)

The San Diego City Council will soon consider an important proposal that, judging by its history, most members don’t want to pass. But they must, in the name of honest government, transparency, accountability and the public trust — not to mention good politics.

Morning Report: Filner’s Former Chief Writes Tell All (Voice of San Diego)

Attorney Lee Burdick became one of former Mayor Bob Filner’s top defenders while serving as his chief of staff. Now, she’s written a self-exonerating (and self-published) memoir…

Website devoted to retirees likes Santee (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A website devoted to retirees has named Santee as one of the top areas in the country to retire.

 

San Diego High’s land lease expires in 2024 (U-T)

In just over eight years, the San Diego Unified School District will lose its 50-year lease to 34 acres in Balboa Park and be required to demolish San Diego High School and return the land to the park. 

 

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Legislators urge Jerry Brown to intervene in Coastal Commission spat (Sacramento Bee)

Escalating a dispute over the management of California’s coastline, a group of California lawmakers is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to protect the imperiled head of the California Coastal Commission. Environmentalists attribute the move to oust Executive Director Charles Lester to pro-development forces...Now a group of Democratic lawmakers is rallying behind Lester, warning in a letter to Brown that firing Lester “would be disruptive to achieving the state’s coastal protection and management goals.”

California, Oregon moving to demolish Klamath River Dams despite Congress (Sacramento Bee)

Federal officials and the states of California and Oregon will press forward with plans to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, seeking to resolve years of dispute over the watershed despite resistance from Congress, a Brown administration official said ...The agreements, reached by tribes, farmers and other groups, had promised habitat restoration and guaranteed Klamath Basin farmers a more reliable supply of water. But they hinged on removal of the four privately owned dams – three in California and one in Oregon – viewed as harmful to migratory fish.

CPUC reform bills are passing again (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Lawmakers are pushing ahead with efforts to reform the California Public Utilities Commission after Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto last year of a spate of similar bills.

The War on Charter Schools Ignores What’s Best for Students (Voice of SD)

There’s an aggressive turf war that several San Diego-area school districts are waging against personalized learning, independent study-based public charter schools across the county.

EPA announces $182M for California water projects (U-T)

Carlsbad chosen as example of recycling technology

California Police Used Stingrays in Planes to Spy on Phones (Wired)

The government’s use of a controversial invasive technology for tracking phones just got a little more controversial.

 


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