Point Loma & OB Dems - OB Pier - Past, Present and Future
The progressive voice of Point Loma, OB and Loma Portal since 1954.
OB Pier - Past, Present and Future
Regular contributor to the OB Rag, Geoff Page, will bring us up to speed on the saga of the OB Pier.
July 25, 4PM Meeting - OB Pier - Past, Present and Future
3:30PM Social time and check-in
4:00OM Meeting on Zoom
Agenda
Main program - OB Pier - Past, Present and Future
Officer reports, with details of the August BBQ and Fall meetings
Introduction of electeds, representatives, candidates
Announcements
Geoff Page has contributed several articles on the state of the pier to the OB Rag, who broke the story that engineering reports commissioned by the city in 2004, 2016 and 2019 highlighted the state of the pier and recommended keeping "large concentrations of pedestrians" away from certain areas of the pier.
Join us to hear more about the history of the pier, the recent reports and what actions could be taken in the future.
The Moaffat & Nichol draft evaluation report from 2019 can be downloaded here.
We can thank Lori Saldaña and Dave Myers for bringing it to the attention of clubmembers at our February meeting when we voted to ask Chris Ward and Toni Atkins to make this request of the California State Auditor...
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) is joined by Assemblymembers Tasha Boerner-Horvath, Brian Maienschein, Christopher Ward, Lorena Gonzalez, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Senator Ben Hueso as members of the San Diego Delegation in requesting the California State Auditor provide independently developed and verified information related to the death of inmates in the custody of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The request was approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the California State Auditor estimates a seven-month timeframe to complete the report.
This Saturday July 24th in Irvine and Los Angeles there will be marches for Medicare for All...
MARCH FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL — m4m4all.org The March for Medicare for All is a nonpartisan collective of organizations dedicated solely to passage of Medicare for all through activism. #M4M4ALL
Here is one of Geoff's earlier articles for the OB Rag...
The City Fiddled While the Ocean Beach Pier Crumbled – A Classic Story of Neglect — obrag.org By Geoff Page While the rest of the news media was doing nothing more than reporting what The OB Rag had already reported on the sad state of the OB Pier, The Rag kept digging. The news stories focused on
A reminder that the Party's Roosevelt Honors is next weekend...
San Diego County Democratic Party Roosevelt Honors!
Roosevelt Honors honoring the party's volunteers, activists, and elected officials on Saturday, July 31, 2021, to Build a Brighter Future.
From last year, but as relevant as ever...
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History” | The New Yorker — www.newyorker.com The activist and linguist has serious concerns about the future of American democracy, although, in his view, it “was never much to write home about.”
Point Loma & OB Dems
Patron
Angela Hawkins
Diane Mosely
Sponsors
Judith Collier
Dave Furlano
Gale Hill
Carol Holt
Mike Klinkert
Susan Peinado
Gary Werchak
Sustaining
Marsha Alexander
Toni Atkins
Leslie Bruce
Barbara Bry
Michen Denny
Marilyn Gibbs
Mandy Havlik
Dianne Lane
Joe LeCava
Yvonne Lu
Katherine Merten
Ulrich Merten
Pam Page
Gregg Robinson
Wedad Schlotte
Katherine Sheehan
Louise Titlow
Howard Walker
Chris Ward
Les Williamson
Carl Yaeckel
Dev Zaveri
Point Loma Democratic Club
PO Box 7802, San Diego, CA 92167
(619) 800 5098
info@pointlomadem.org
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