EUSD spending $800,000 per year on yoga?

From the Inbox:

This document showing the EUSD board approval of $800,000 for health and wellness (aka yoga) was obtained by a special records request. It was discussed and approved at the special board meeting on April 26. There is not a link on the EUSD website. There is not one mention of the word yoga. This was a special board meeting to discuss a budget related item (not an emergency which is the true purpose of special meetings which allow only 24 hours notice to the public).

This money came out of the general fund. Last year Baird asked for special permission of the state board to allow the $10 million Pacific View money (which by law should have went to a one time use) to be put in the general fund. This allows for no accountability of the money to the taxpayers. It was approved by the state.

Baird sits on the yoga board for the Jois Foundation.

I'm guessing some of that $800,000 is also going to "Healthy Day Partners" for running the vegetable garden. In any case, the district could certainly be more transparent.

Ocean views linked to better mental health

Don't ask us; it's just science.

New research suggests that residents with a view of the water are less stressed.

The study, co-authored by Michigan State University's Amber L. Pearson, is the first to find a link between health and the visibility of water, which the researchers call blue space.

"Increased views of blue space is significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress," said Pearson, assistant professor of health geography and a member of MSU's Water Science Network.

Guess that explains why Olivenhain folk are so surly.

City harassing residents with interminable, obnoxious push poll advocating Housing Element approval

Epic rant from victim of a "poll" on the city's housing element ballot initiative here.

Despite the resident's belief that the "poll" was so ridiculous that it couldn't possibly have come from the city, Deputy Mayor Lisa Shaffer seems to acknowledge the city's responsibility for the push poll in her newsletter:

Some of you may have also received a phone call with a rather long phone survey about the housing plan. I didn't get the call, but have talked to several folks who did. What I understand is that it's very long and complicated, and people ended up frustrated and annoyed. That's unfortunate. This kind of polling is commonly used when considering a major ballot initiative, to help us assess what the level of understanding is, what people's concerns are, so we can prepare a ballot measure that the voters will support.

How much are the taxpayers paying consultants for this gem?

Out with the old...

From the Inbox:

The continued crapification of everything in Encinitas

http://pacificq.com/

The same folks who ran out the Encinitas Blvd. 7-11 have recently done their magic on Betty's Taco's, the RC car place, Swami's Cafe, a pizza place, and now my favorite place to take the family for an evening of fun, Pacific Q billiards.  The sign on the door said they can't make enough money to stay open.

That means only a tailor, a barbershop, and a beauty supply store remain in the way of the wrecking ball and a future upscale dining experience, presumably made up of national chains and upscale hipstercrap.

Loss of community character is the cost of 21st century capitalism...

 

Interestingly, while the Ralph's / Trader Joe's parcel immediately behind this property is on the city's map for upzoning to mixed-use 3-story condos, this property is not.

City surveys residents

Patch:

The city of Encinitas is asking community members to participate in one of two surveys as it works to create a draft Parks, Beaches and Trails Master Plan.

A 25-question survey was mailed Friday to 3,500 randomly selected residents.

If you receive the survey, please send a scan or photo to encinitasundercover at gmail.com. We'll post the questions so that everyone has a chance to respond, not just the lucky 3,500.

Prom Invitation Kook

Doesn't say who it's from. Hope Hannah knows.

Artist from Encinitas murdered on Maui

CBS 8:

Two men are being held in connection to the death of a Maui artist.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a 24-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in the death of 39-year-old artist Michael Colby.

Colby's body was discovered March 1 in the area of Kaa Point, just west of Kanaha Beach.

The man has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. The teen was arrested Friday by Maui police and has been turned over to the Sheriff's Department.

The painter moved from Encinitas, California, five years ago and often worked outdoors or at Kanaha Beach.

Maui News:

[P]olice identified the murder victim as 39-year-old Michael Colby, who was living in Kahului after moving to Maui from Encinitas, Calif., about five years ago.

"He was an incredible soul," said Janel Enger, who grew up with Colby in California and considered him a brother. "There's nobody in the world even close to him."

"He was a wonderful human being, always had a smile to share and a laugh. He was willing to cheer anybody up at any given time through any circumstances at all."

[...]

Colby grew up in the San Diego area, graduating from San Dieguito High School in Encinitas in 1994.