Sheila Pell

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Slow bike riders vs. fast ones in Cardiff-Solana Beach stretch

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

To encourage cycling and walking on scenic highway 101, Encinitas built a protected bike lane along the north and southbound shoulders between Chesterfield Drive in Cardiff and Solana Beach to the south. Soon after the low concrete barriers went up in 2020, there were reports of crashes and injuries. Walkers and slower recreational riders were using the bike lane; faster "spandex riders" were choosing the sharrows; and people were weaving around the wheel stops and bollards.
Del Mar: bikes and e-bikes - stay off sidewalks and streets where we tell you

2 weeks ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

And forget about San Dieguito Lagoon Since the pandemic, e-bikes have been a growing share of the transportation mix of objects moving at different speeds on roads, trails, and sidewalks. Riders of all experience levels jostle and merge — or try to. The result: collisions and regulations.
Court rejects San Diego County's transportation plan

3 weeks ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

County tries to limit development that would cause more driving – but fails The county has lost again in a battle brought by environmental groups over its transportation guidelines for new development. On March 28, California's Fourth District Court of Appeals reversed a Superior Court of San Diego County decision that upheld the county's 2022 transportation study guide.
No clustered housing for South Moro Hills

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

In a 3-2 vote, the Oceanside city council agreed last week to completely halt consideration of clustered housing in South Morro Hills, the city's last remaining farmland. A community plan for the 3,500-acre agricultural region in the city's northeast corner will also be shelved until Oceanside's general plan update is approved, which is expected to take about three years.
Encinitas carries the war beyond plastic straws

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

Eat out — but don't throw it out. That's what the city of Encinitas has tried to encourage when it comes to dining and plastic leftovers. However, the city's ban on styrofoam and plastic straws in 2020 didn't address the mountain of other disposable plastic foodware like utensils, plates and cups. Now, the environmental commission is working on an amendment to require single use foodware be compostable or reusable.
San Pasqual - an Eden for San Diego's homeless

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

As San Diego weighs new options to replace scrapped plans for a 1,000-bed homeless shelter in Middletown, there's another idea not being considered by the city that offers to "end homelessness in 100 days." The idea is to use vacant city-owned land in the San Pasqual Valley, 40 miles north of downtown. Most of the approximately 14,000-acre planning area is owned by the San Diego Water Utilities Department.
Spotlight On an Urban Farm Helping Refugees and Immigrants Build Community

1 month ago | modernfarmer.com | Sheila Pell

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Forget about coral bells

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

San Diego native plant gardeners take note: Heuchera sanguinea, commonly known as coral bells, no longer belongs in your plot. The popular clump-forming perennial named for its bell-shaped flowers has been removed from the California Native Plant Society's database, which supports native plant gardeners and industry members.
Imperial Beach anguish - so much for the birdwatching

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

The new building at 951 Seacoast Drive is touted as a public amenity for everything from ocean-view dining to yoga and birdwatching tours. But to many neighbors of the two-story commercial building, which sits across the street from the Imperial Beach Pier Plaza, it's turning into something entirely different: "a private party palace."The project broke ground in March 2022, replacing a dilapidated house with promises of an exciting new venue for gatherings of up to 100 people.
The infill urge comes to Dove Court

2 months ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

Flood of ADU exceptions threatens South Mission Hills The planning commission last week voted to initiate an amendment to the Uptown Community Plan that opens the door for a developer's project — but only a crack. "It's just a way to turn over facts," said commissioner Ken Malbrough. What comes next is an environmental review and hurdles that will have to be overcome to create the proposed single-family homes; a category of housing where San Diego is said to lag.