Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement One thing was clear from San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s staff presentation Thursday on the troubled Ash Street purchase: No one on the City Council was happy about how the transaction has been handled.Aides to Faulconer — who in 2016 promoted the deal to acquire the 19-story high rise as a way to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and consolidate the city’s downtown workforce — presented the council with five options for moving forward Thursday night.None of them were received well.The city has been...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement One thing was clear from San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s staff presentation Thursday on the troubled Ash Street purchase: No one on the City Council was happy about how the transaction has been handled.Aides to Faulconer — who in 2016 promoted the deal to acquire the 19-story high rise as a way to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and consolidate the city’s downtown workforce — presented the council with five options for moving forward Thursday night.None of them were received well.The city has been...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement More than three decades ago, California voters rebelled against insurance companies and passed Proposition 103, a ballot measure that among other things created an elected insurance commissioner to approve or reject proposed increases for home and auto premiums.Now a bill co-authored by Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, would rewrite the way many homeowners’ premiums are calculated and prevent Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara from rejecting new costs added to policies.Assembly Bill 2167 is next headed to the Senate...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement More than three decades ago, California voters rebelled against insurance companies and passed Proposition 103, a ballot measure that among other things created an elected insurance commissioner to approve or reject proposed increases for home and auto premiums.Now a bill co-authored by Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, would rewrite the way many homeowners’ premiums are calculated and prevent Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara from rejecting new costs added to policies.Assembly Bill 2167 is next headed to the Senate...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The chief executive of the San Diego County pension system announced his resignation Thursday, a surprise that came near the end of a retirement board meeting conducted by videoconference.David Wescoe, who joined the San Diego County Employees’ Retirement Association during a time of turmoil and second-guessing between some retirement board members, said he decided to accept a recently offered private-sector job in San Diego.“Most of the heavy lifting here has been done,” said Wescoe, who was addressing the board...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The chief executive of the San Diego County pension system announced his resignation Thursday, a surprise that came near the end of a retirement board meeting conducted by videoconference.David Wescoe, who joined the San Diego County Employees’ Retirement Association during a time of turmoil and second-guessing between some retirement board members, said he decided to accept a recently offered private-sector job in San Diego.“Most of the heavy lifting here has been done,” said Wescoe, who was addressing the board...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Federal housing officials are reviewing a 2018 real estate purchase by the city of San Diego that relied on millions of dollars in community development block grants to pay for a failed indoor skydiving center.The review was sparked by Rich Riel, a former candidate for mayor. In a letter to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development official, Riel accused Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Attorney Mara Elliott of relying on a questionable report to determine the value of the property, which the city paid $7 million for...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Federal housing officials are reviewing a 2018 real estate purchase by the city of San Diego that relied on millions of dollars in community development block grants to pay for a failed indoor skydiving center.The review was sparked by Rich Riel, a former candidate for mayor. In a letter to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development official, Riel accused Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Attorney Mara Elliott of relying on a questionable report to determine the value of the property, which the city paid $7 million for...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Dozens of employees of the New Children’s Museum recently were laid off, and some workers suspect the mass termination was prompted by their recent vote to certify as a union.The union-organizing effort — the first of its kind at a nonprofit museum in San Diego — was being closely watched by other charity executives as a test case and potential harbinger of labor practices to come.Earlier this month, New Children’s Museum officials notified more than 30 workers by email that they were being let go, a decision the...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Dozens of employees of the New Children’s Museum recently were laid off, and some workers suspect the mass termination was prompted by their recent vote to certify as a union.The union-organizing effort — the first of its kind at a nonprofit museum in San Diego — was being closely watched by other charity executives as a test case and potential harbinger of labor practices to come.Earlier this month, New Children’s Museum officials notified more than 30 workers by email that they were being let go, a decision the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A tear-gas canister was deployed inside the County Administration Center— apparently by accident — Sunday night as sheriff’s deputies responded to a protest against law enforcement abuses outside the building. It resulted in the closure of the buildings to employees Monday and Tuesday. County spokesman Michael Workman characterized the damage as minimal.“There were no evacuations,” he said. “The building was empty other than law enforcement. That remediation was minor and is complete.”AdvertisementWorkman said the...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A tear-gas canister was deployed inside the County Administration Center— apparently by accident — Sunday night as sheriff’s deputies responded to a protest against law enforcement abuses outside the building. It resulted in the closure of the buildings to employees Monday and Tuesday. County spokesman Michael Workman characterized the damage as minimal.“There were no evacuations,” he said. “The building was empty other than law enforcement. That remediation was minor and is complete.”AdvertisementWorkman said the...WW…