On Monday morning, our Lisa Halverstadt learned that the City Council will not be voting on 101 Ash St. Serve us directly for the purpose of being the culmination of any long -standing San Diego political issue.
Maybe the council didn’t get the five votes it needed, maybe some new information has materialized, or the mayor’s explanation that they heard the country’s call takes a long time to implement. terms of the agreement, that’s all. That last statement would probably be most interesting, since it would mark the first time in the city’s history that a critical review is not just a negative revelation for a wide variety of opinions.
However, former Mayor Kevin Faulconer jumped on the KUSI on Thursday and said he was happy that Mayor Todd Gloria had decided to postpone the vote for a month until there was enough time. public use of a settlement’s information may put an end to some of the city’s complaints. continued others, leading to the acquisition of two large plots of land in town for the renovation of City Hall which were not planned and would not be carried out within the next month. The public will also have enough time to seek the city attorney’s objection to the decision, or legal and policy reasons.
“I think you have to make sure that any decision that is planned will be in the best interest of the town, in the best interest of the taxpayers and not something that should be taken seriously. in a hurry, ”he said. “I think we’re going to hear a lot about it in the coming months.”
Obviously, now that we’ve made the difficult and courageous decision not to rush the matter, and ignoring the team’s screams from the competitors, we don’t need to rush to reveal whether the deal is real. a success to the city and taxpayers or not. The important thing is that we now have the time.
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Back in Gloria’s first stint in the mayor’s office – on a temporary basis that didn’t really exist – Nicole Capretz led the prosecution in her administration for what was her most iconic figure at the time. , although it did not pass until Faulconer. This may interest you : Greenidge creates high-tech opportunities for me and the state of NY (Guest opinion Will Talton). office: Urban Climate Plan.
The city has adopted a plan that will halve its carbon footprint by 2035 that, among other things, shift to 100 percent renewable energy and get half of the people living close to the bus in bike, walk or go to work that same year. San Diego received national praise from the New York Times and other places.
However, this week, Capretz – who now runs a non -profit group that is urging San Diego and other cities to do more in their climate plans – came as a protest against the update of the Climate Action Plan that Gloria is currently trying to pass. . Although the plan is expanding its goals – the city will reach “net zero,” by 2035, when the height of its greenhouses is equal to the height absorbed by the environment ( or new technology to remove carbon from the air) – Capretz and his team pushed for a “no” vote from the Council committee, because the city didn’t have a deadline and four prices ’ due to his commitments. They finally got on the boat when city staff agreed to give it up in February.
However, it was interesting to hear Capretz, perhaps the city’s best buyer for the pricing plan, point out that sponsors made mistakes in the original plan by not scheduling. clear the costs and time requirements for each policy involved.
“We didn’t put in place an action plan for the first Climate Action Plan,” he told our MacKenzie Elmer. “We won’t make that mistake again.”
