Tag: Councilwoman Marti Emerald

  • Release of San Diego Police Racial Profiling Analysis Delayed

    By Megan Burks San Diegans concerned about police racial profiling will have to wait eight more months for the results of an independent study on the San Diego Police Department. Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Wednesday she’s postponing a report promised this month until all three stages of the study are complete. The decision was made…

  • City Heights Gets $3.1M Grant to Renovate YMCA Building

    Councilwoman Marti Emerald speaks at a press conference announcing a state grant to renovate a building in City Heights, Aug. 3, 2015. | Photo Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler A major step toward providing a new recreation center in economically disadvantaged City Heights was taken Monday when city officials announced a $3.1 million state…

  • Councilwoman Marti Emerald: ‘It’s Time To Step Aside’

    Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Claire Trageser When San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald first ran for office in 2008, she saw it as switching from one form of advocacy to another. She’d spent 22 years as an investigative reporter for Channel 10 and specialized in consumer advocacy reporting. Known as “The Troubleshooter,” she…

  • San Diego to Loosen Tobacco Restrictions, Add E-Cigarette Rules

    By Megan Burks The city of San Diego’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a new tobacco ordinance. It would lift a 1,000-foot buffer zone around schools, playgrounds and other youth-oriented facilities that prohibits retailers from selling tobacco products. It would also strike advertising regulations within the buffer zone and a requirement…