Local San Diego News From Around The County

You know why you have to love politics? The language. One of the great political clichés is that one campaigns in poetry but governs in prose. No matter what, the common denominator of good political speech is sharp elbows to the opposition’s ribs.

San Diego became the 10th county in the state to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday, joining a new wave of governments choosing to limit, but still allow, pot sales within their boundaries.

The proposed San Diego City Hall that will likely go before voters in November is much smaller and less expensive than the version first contemplated three years ago.

A proposal that would add a new layer of scrutiny in San Diego for big-box retailers that want to sell groceries has been shelved temporarily for further review.

A new policy approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday limits medical marijuana dispensaries to 16 areas in the unincorporated county.

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Chula Vista officials have once again put off a decision on whether to charge at-fault drivers a cleanup fee for accidents in which hazardous liquids such as gasoline and antifreeze are spilled on city streets.

Legislation proposed by the father of slain Escondido teenager Amber Dubois to speed up and better coordinate responses to reports of missing children unanimously sailed through the state Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday.

Two county supervisors are requesting that $5 million cut from the board’s discretionary fund be used to help implement recommendations of a recent sweeping study on regional fire protection needs.

Grieving parents would have the right to seal the autopsy reports of their murdered children under legislation stemming from the slayings of north San Diego County teenagers Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.

It has been three years since the city of San Diego banned large retailers with full-service groceries only to reverse course a month later when Councilwoman Donna Frye famously dropped her opposition to Walmart Supercenters.

California voters could decide in November whether to block the state from taking local government revenues dedicated to roads, public transit and other services.

The Vista City Council has received a petition signed by more than 100 city employees asking that the new Civic Center Community Room be named after retiring Mayor Morris Vance.

The Poway City Council this week approved a $76.8 million budget for the coming fiscal year that is similar to previous years but comes with a warning that sales and property tax revenues are not what they once were.

Coronado has approved a $38.2 million operating budget that required the use of $572,079 from its reserves.

Chula Vista may do away with the enforcement section of its campaign-contribution law to prevent politically motivated complaints from costing the city expensive legal fees and because the state Fair Political Practices Commission already governs campaign misdeeds.

Chula Vista may do away with the enforcement section of its campaign-contribution law to prevent politically motivated complaints from costing the city expensive legal fees and because the state Fair Political Practices Commission already governs campaign misdeeds.

A plan to expand a popular Pacific Beach restaurant that sells alcohol and features games such as beer pong has hit a nerve with residents who have long complained about the impacts of booze on their community.

A neighborhood meeting will be held June 24 to discuss lighting for the sports fields at the planned Encinitas Community Park in Cardiff.

California’s political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission, is investigating Escondido Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler for allegedly failing to report the true sources of gifts she received on a trip with the Chargers in November to Denver.