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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order Oct. 22 imposing a moratorium on new data center construction while the city drafts regulations, a move prompted by a proposed 400-megawatt facility at the NAVWAR site near Old Town.
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Three bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sept. 29 change how accessory dwelling unit fees are calculated, allow two detached ADUs per single-family lot and require cities to disclose development costs earlier, with direct implications for La Jolla's single-family neighborhoods.
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San Diego's Budget and Government Efficiency Committee takes up Councilmember Henry Foster III's resolution Wednesday, Oct. 21, to terminate the city's $2 million Flock Safety license plate reader contract and delete all stored data, setting up a potential veto showdown with Mayor Todd Gloria.
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Public records obtained by the Students' Civil Liberties Union show UC San Diego employed staff to attend student protests while posing as students during the 2024-25 academic year, filing reports with campus police that named students.
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A National Weather Service beach hazards statement warns of dangerous rip currents and surf up to 7 feet along La Jolla's coast through Tuesday morning, while a separate low-pressure system is forecast to bring widespread rain and possible thunderstorms from Wednesday night into Thursday.
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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria appointed Bethany Bezak, the city's chief performance and logistics officer, as the next chief operating officer, with a City Council confirmation vote set for Monday, Oct. 19.
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Councilmember Stephen Whitburn's reversal on Flock license plate readers gives the San Diego City Council a simple majority to cancel the city's $2 million surveillance contract, though Mayor Todd Gloria could veto the move.
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San Diego's inflation rate reached 4.7% in September, the highest in three years, as Council President Joe LaCava renewed calls for Sacramento to rein in SDG&E spending amid a pending 8.6% rate hike request.
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Three new California e-bike safety laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom take effect starting Jan. 1, 2027, including a statewide 10 mph sidewalk speed limit and stricter classification rules for high-powered electric devices. A UC San Diego study documenting a surge in e-bike collisions helped shape the legislation.
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The La Jolla Village Merchants Association will count ballots for eight board candidates, hear a StreetScape construction update and review La Jolla Savings Pass data at its annual meeting Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Riford Library.
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The San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality confirmed that bacteria levels at La Jolla Children's Pool exceeded state health standards after Tropical Storm Rachel, urging beachgoers to avoid water contact for at least 72 hours.
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UC San Diego's police department ended its roughly decade-long participation in Operation Stonegarden, a federal grant that sent campus officers to patrol La Jolla beaches alongside Border Patrol, after student protests and an internal policy review.