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The city's deal with the Air Pollution Control District over violations at a firefighter training facility and other city workplaces calls for $4.7 million for a tree-planting program

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diego’s City Attorney Mara W. Elliott moved forward today legal action voiding City’s now infamous deal with 101 Ash St. and Civic Center Plaza buildings, aiming to recoup more than $44 million for the city. The 101 Ash St. building has become controversial as of late among San Diego’s officials. Jason Hughes, commercial real estate broker and a principal of Hughes Marino, Inc., had acted as a “special volunteer for real estate services” for former Mayor Kevin...

Print The ill-fated decision to sign a lease-to-own deal for the former Sempra Energy headquarters at 101 Ash St. continues to cost the city of San Diego big chunks of public funding. At the recommendation of Mayor Todd Gloria, the San Diego City Council voted Tuesday to pay more than $1.8 million to settle legal claims filed by two companies hired to help renovate the vacant 19-story high rise. The decision came on a 6-3 vote, with Councilmembers Sean Elo-Rivera, Vivian Moreno and Monica Montg...