La Jolla Town Council will vote for 6 trustee seats
Eight candidates are running for six available La Jolla Town Council seats. Clockwise from top left: Brook Baginski, Ernie Casco, Cody Decker, Michael Dershowitz, Charles Merriman, Carolyn Marsden, Christy Littlemore and Ron Jones.
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Feb. 17, 2021 8 AM PT
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The La Jolla Town Council will vote to fill six trustee seats by its March meeting from a slate of eight candidates.
Ballots are emailed to current Town Council members. The six candidates amassing the highest number of votes will be sworn in at the meeting Thursday, March 11. The term for a trustee is three years.
6 La Jolla Community Planning Association board seats up for grabs in coming election
La Jolla Community Planning Association trustees meet via Zoom on April 3.
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Seven candidates are vying for six available seats in the La Jolla Community Planning Association’s upcoming board election.
The election will be held Thursday, March 4, with results announced at the board’s meeting that night. Board terms are three years.
A candidates forum was held during LJCPA’s Feb. 4 meeting online, with each candidate given the opportunity to make a brief statement. Formal statements have been posted on the LJCPA website,
The slate of candidates ranges from the association’s current president to an architect, a refugee and more:
Village Merchants Association approves directional sign concept for La Jolla
Examples of FlashParking’s display options as outlined in the proposal it submitted to the La Jolla Coastal Access and Parking Board.
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The La Jolla Coastal Access and Parking Board’s directional sign proposal went two for two this week in gaining conceptual approval from local groups as the La Jolla Village Merchants Association gave unanimous support to the project during its Feb. 10 meeting.
Two days earlier, the La Jolla Planned District Ordinance Committee said it also supports the concept, but asked to see the proposal again when formal designs are ready.
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Could the La Jolla Village Merchants Association be bringing back the controversial “Seal Cam”? During the group’s Feb. 10 meeting, its executive director, Jodi Rudick, said she’s pursuing such a project, though she had few details.
Rudick introduced the idea of installing a camera on private property to show live video of La Jolla Cove, La Jolla Village, La Jolla Shores and more on computers and mobile devices.
“I’m not going to talk too much about the details because we have lots of stuff in the works, but we are looking at being able to mount a camera … at a location to be kept secret until everything is worked out,” she said. “We want it to be high up overlooking La Jolla so anyone can click on [a live feed] and see the seals [at the Children’s Pool], the sea lions [at The Cove] and up to Scripps Pier, or the waves at La Jolla Shores.
“We’re on track” to reopen April 12, San Diego Unified School District Area 5 Superintendent Mitzi Merino told the La Jolla Cluster Association during its March 18 meeting, referring to the district’s plan to have students return to campuses for up to four days a week of in-person instruction in a hybrid model with online learning.