2/23/22 City Council meeting open thread

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Division, Exclusion, and Inequality

A resident speaks to council about Mayor Blakespear's divisive "Equity Commission".

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Stabbing at downtown bar

 Encinitas Advocate:

Two men were stabbed in Encinitas late Saturday night, Feb. 19, a sheriff’s official said.

Deputies responded to a bar on South Coast Highway, south of E Street, to a reported stabbing just before midnight, Lt. Chris Galve said.

The deputies provided first aid, and paramedics took at least one of the victims to a hospital, Gavle said.

Bar patrons had detained the suspected assailant, and deputies took him into custody.

That’s the block of Biergarten and 1st Street Bar. Online commenters are saying it was 1st Street. 

Cremona announces for mayor

 Coast News:

I’m pleased to announce my candidacy for the office of Mayor for the City of Encinitas. I will run as an Independent/non-partisan candidate (NPP).

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As with all growing cities, change is inevitable. But change requires good stewardship. Like my fellow residents, many of these changes are concerning, while some are outright alarming. Many residents feel overwhelmed by the amount of housing projects the city is approving and are frustrated by the lack of infrastructure to support the thousands of additional units looming on our horizon. 

It’s become clear in the last few years that city leadership disregards residents’ input. It seems the growing concerns over housing, traffic, crime, homelessness and our loss of open space are becoming endemic in our community and a new voice and different solutions are needed.

2/16/22 City Council meeting open thread

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2/9/22 City Council meeting open thread

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Large brush fire behind Lazy Acres

 This afternoon.