Point Loma & OB Dems - March 28 Meeting - Short Term Rentals & Quality of Life
The progressive voice of Point Loma, OB and Loma Portal since 1954.
March 28 Meeting - Short Term Rentals & Quality of Life
3:30PM Social time and check-in
4:00OM Meeting
Agenda
Introduction of electeds, representatives, candidates
Main program - STRs and Quality of Life
Letter on Deaths in San Diego County Jails (see below)
Officer reports
Announcements
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Short Term Rentals & Quality of Life
How many STRs are there in San Diego? How do we measure quality of life in our beach communities? Do we have a measure of housing stock and affordability?
Join a group of local panelists to discuss and suggest amendments to the ordinance under consideration by the City Council.
Items to consider:
Stock of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing, or NOAH
Cost of general housing
Public school enrollments
Increase on rents both commercial and residential
STVR-related nuisance calls to the police and code enforcement
Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, revenue from STVRs
Increase in trash pick-up
Frequency of updates to city ordinance
Deaths in San Diego County Jails
After last month's meeting Dave Myers proffered a letter the club could send to our Assemblymember Chris Ward, and State Senator Toni Atkins. Please review and suggest changes by emailing info@pointlomadem.org, we will vote on this at the March 28 meeting.
Dear (Assemblymember/Senator)
As the President of the Point Loma & Ocean Beach Dems I’m writing on behalf of members to express concerns over the high rates of deaths in custody in San Diego County jails.
Club members voted at our March 28, 2021 meeting to ask that your legislative office request an investigation by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) to determine if these deaths are excessive compared to other large counties in California, and if future deaths could be prevented with changes to training and procedures.
San Diego County is the second largest in California. Under Sheriff Bill Gore, 158 men and women have died while in custody. The local Community Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) has reported and investigated many of these deaths.
However, a few years ago, there were so many deaths being reviewed that the CLERB staff could not complete their work under legal timelines, and had to dismiss 22 cases without findings.
Even though the CLERB does not provide racial or ethnicity data in their annual report, it appears 82% of the people who have died in custody were from BIPOC communities, raising additional concerns about racial disparities in San Diego’s criminal justice system. One young Latina who died was pregnant, and failed to receive proper medical care at the time of her death.
In addition, 80% of the people who have died in county jails were awaiting trial. They had not been convicted of a crime when they died.
Finally, the survivors and family members of many of these men and women have successfully sued San Diego in wrongful death cases. Large settlements- paid by taxpayers- are costing us millions of dollars each year, as well as requiring related staff hours and costs to defend the Sheriff’s Department in court, file appeals, etc.
For all these reasons, we ask that you submit a request to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, requesting an investigation to determine if the number of deaths in custody and related legal liabilities and settlements are disproportionately high in San Diego County, and if there is a pattern of racial discrimination in these deaths.
On behalf of the Club I look forward to hearing back from your office, and will be happy to provide additional information if needed.
Sincerely,
Peninsula Community Planning Board Elections Thursday, March 18 — pcpb.net
The voting process during the pandemic is under the guidance of the City of San Diego.
In a departure from past PCPB election practices, however, and in recognition of the need to limit person-to-person contact or the sort of crowded polling places typical of past elections, this year voting will be exclusively by ballots mailed-in by voters or deposited into a monitored ballot drop box located at one or more yet-be-determined locations in the Peninsula area - one of which has been tentatively planned for the parking lot at the Point Loma Hervey Family Library. Once those drop box locations are finalized, they will be published on this webpage along with other voting and election details as they develop and are implemented.
Monday March 15 Deadline for Feedback on Draft Mission Statement for the County's New Office of Equity and Racial Justice — corexmstp8ybvrq33dv2.sjc1.qualtrics.com
San Diego County is creating a new Office of Equity and Racial Justice. Please take this brief survey to provide feedback on the draft mission statement, as well as feedback that will help us understand different community concerns and needs as it relates to the Office of Equity and Racial Justice.
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Point Loma & OB Dems
Patron
Angela Hawkins
Diane Mosely
Shoba Reddy
Sponsors
Judith Collier
Dave Furlano
Gale Hill
Mike Klinkert
Susan Peinado
Gary Werchak
Sustaining
Toni Atkins
Ybarrondo Belen
Leslie Bruce
Barbara Bry
Michen Denny
Marilyn Gibbs
John Geary
Ann Gonzales
Mandy Havlik
Carol Holt
Yvonne Lu
Katherine Merten
Ulrich Merten
Pam Page
Vera Plain
Wedad Schlotte
Katherine Sheehan
Louise Titlow
Howard Walker
Chris Ward
Brant Will
Les Williamson
Point Loma Democratic Club
PO Box 7802, San Diego, CA 92167
(619) 800 5098
Chartered by the San Diego County Democratic Party
John Loughlin, President
Diane Mosely, Vice President
Kip Eischen, Secretary
Angela Hawkins, Treasurer
Central Committee Liaison, Ruth Rollins
Endorsement Committee Chair, Deval Zaveri-Tabb
Membership Committee Chair, Susan Peinado