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The bond plan from Mayor Todd Gloria — expected to cost $348 million over the next 30 years — would backfill funds diverted when the city bought out leases for the uninhabitable 101 Ash St. office tower and nearby Civic Center Plaza.

The bonds would cost the city up to $11.6 million a year for the next 30 years — an amount that comes to $348 million, or almost $32,000 a day until 2053.

Appellate judges sought the city's response before deciding whether to take up the two cases.

Jason Hughes wants an appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision not to dismiss him from city lawsuits.

City lawyers continue to argue the lease was illegal, but District Attorney Summer Stephan is moving slowly in closely watched investigation

There are two candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot for San Diego City Council District 4: Republican dietitian Gloria Evangelista and Democratic incumbent Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe.

The city's former 101 Ash St. landlord had been removed as a defendant in the taxpayer case under a tentative ruling last week

Goldstone will stay on as a special advisor to the mayor.

Apparently contradictory positions underscore how convoluted the litigation has become

Lawyers for taxpayer plaintiff John Gordon say they will appeal