Tag: Mayor Filner

  • Tweet City Heights: Emerald Commends Mayor for Apology

    By Megan Burks Emerald Commends Mayor for Apology Councilwoman Marti Emerald released the following statement in response to an apology Mayor Bob Filner made for behaving inappropriately with female staffers and other women. “I commend Mayor Filner for the courage to admit he has made mistakes and for his commitment to change his behavior. I…

  • Cab Company Owners Fear City Might Stop Underground Market for Taxi Permits

    By Amita Sharma Owners of cab companies are banding together to block transferring regulation of the taxi industry back to the city of San Diego. A memo circulating among San Diego cab company owners states that the city’s taxi industry is facing an adversarial environment. The memo accuses cab workers’ group of trying to “grab…

  • Tweet City Heights: Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star

    By Megan Burks Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star to Head Planning Department Mayor Bob Filner announced this week he’s hired former Ventura mayor and prominent sustainable development expert Bill Fulton to head the city’s planning department. U-T San Diego described his orders: “To take in livability, pedestrian-friendly community development, economic development, affordable housing and…

  • SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes for Low-Income Students

    Alfredo Mendez, 18, says buying a monthly bus pass to get to school and internships is a heavy burden for his mom, a single parent who makes minimum wage. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks “SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes Program,” Aired April 10 on KPBS News [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FREEBUS1-meb.mp3] City Heights youths chanted…

  • City Heights Stuck in the Middle of Filner-Gloria Spat

    By Megan Burks Tuesday’s uncomfortable row between Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria over SANDAG committee assignments left observers reeling. The power tussle over who gets to hand down the recommendations and how turned into an early snapshot of what many are expecting to be a colorful and rowdy transition from Capitol Hill…