4/27/22 City Council meeting open thread

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Encinitas crime rate rises much faster than region’s

Coast News:

Largely due to a surge in property crimes, the overall crime rate in Encinitas increased by 31% in 2021, according to SANDAG’s latest crime report released on Tuesday.

According to the report, crime throughout San Diego County rose by 9% between 2020 and 2021, with violent crime increasing by 8% and property crimes rising by 9% (Violent crimes were categorized as homicides, rapes, and aggravated assaults. Property crimes included robberies, residential burglaries, larceny, and motor vehicle theft).

While the city’s violent crime level rose by just 2% — below the regional average — property crimes increased by a whopping 37% in 2021, the data showed.

4/20/22 City Council meeting open thread

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Kranz takes heat for dubious reasons for firing Planning Commissioner

 Encinitas Votes

4/13/22 City Council meeting open thread

 There will be fireworks over the council’s planned firing of Planning Commissioner Bruce Ehlers!

Cardiff man dies BASE jumping in UTC

Encinitas Advocate:

Authorities on Tuesday, March 29, released the name of a 48-year-old man who died a week ago when he tried to BASE jump at a high-rise apartment building in University City.

The county Medical Examiner’s Office said Cardiff resident Eric Roden jumped from the 23rd floor of Palisade UTC, a 23-story, upscale apartment building on the corner of Lomard Place and Nobel Drive. The Medical Examiner’s Office said Roden’s parachute likely malfunctioned.

Council plots to decapitate inconvenient Planning Commission

 This Wednesday's council agenda:
 

10A.

Agenda item to terminate the term of Bruce Ehlers from the Encinitas Planning Commission effective immediately.  Contact Person:  Mayor Blakespear and Council Member Kranz

Ehlers is currently running for city council in the Olivenhain-New Encinitas district, and was a leader of the Proposition A "Right to Vote" initiative that the council despises.

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