New council poised to undo Blakespear's Santa Fe Drive fiasco

Union-Tribune:

A controversial construction project that’s completely overhauling busy Santa Fe Drive will be halted for at least six months while city officials try to figure out if it’s actually improving roadway conditions, the Encinitas City Council decided Wednesday.

17 homes per acre!

Union-Tribune:

Neighbors, who have said they were expecting something more like 1 home per developable acre, rather than 17, banded together to form the opponents’ group United Citizens for the Responsible Development of Bella Vista.

We've already hit something like 10 homes per acre, if you look at Calypso Place off Daphne in Leucadia or Primrose Lane off Olivenhain Road east of Home Depot.

Alas, the U-T article is just poor editing. The La Costa Boulevard development is 17 homes over ten acres.

Voice of San Diego: tax increase failed because voters don't trust Kranz

 VOSD:

In North County, four cities – Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside and San Marcos – asked residents to vote on sales tax measures that could provide relief to their budgets, bolster public safety, improve infrastructure and maintain quality of life.

Of the four measures, only one of them failed. Encinitas’ proposed one-percent sales tax increase, Measure K, was rejected by voters, with nearly 52 percent voting “no.”

But the other North County sales tax measures passed by wide margins, each earning 60 percent or more of the vote. So, why did Encinitas – a city whose demographics and political leanings suggest residents would support a sales tax increase – reject one, while other cities overwhelmingly supported them?

Coupled with overall frustration with the rising cost of living, it likely came down to a deeper dissatisfaction among Encinitas residents with how their city is being run and financially managed. This became clear when voters decided to oust the city’s mayor and an incumbent city councilmember.

This was Kranz's second attempt to push a sales tax increase on Encinitas.

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A million bucks ain't what it used to be

 Zillow:

Constituents unhappy with Santa Fe redesign

From the Inbox:

Joy,

This corridor was designed and approved by people who clearly have
shit for brains. Today was 10 min from Evergreen to Nardo and there
was no going around the bus which was stuck in the westbound driving
lane.

Why haven't you been as upset as the rest of us who have to use this
mess and done something about it?

You suck and so does everyone who hasn't pulled this project up and
started over.