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Massive cranes mounted on a Dole Food Co. cargo ship hoisted containers at the Port of San Diego on Thursday, powered not by the ocean-going vessel’s hulking diesel engines but electricity.
Before the port’s anchor-tenant started plugging its freighters into “shore power” at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan, pollution was noticeably worse, said Todd Post, lead mechanic at the terminal.
“My truck would be parked here with soot all over it,” said Post, a stevedore with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 29, who was overseeing operations Thursday.
Industrial businesses at the port have repeatedly blamed heavy traffic on Interstate 5 and the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge for the pollution that’s long plagued nearby communities.
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Some of San Diego’s most celebrated bayfront destinations Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing are governed by an unfamiliar entity with power that, in 2021, will prove more consequential than ever.
Formed by the state in 1962, the San Diego Unified Port District spans 34 miles of coastline from Shelter Island to the border. The land was granted to the agency to hold on behalf of the public; it includes tidelands in San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and Coronado. It’s a self-funded, non-taxing entity governed by a board of seven commissioners who are appointed by their member cities.
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San Diego’s bayfront is controlled by a little-known agency with power that will be tested in new year [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Some of San Diego’s most celebrated bayfront destinations Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing are governed by an unfamiliar entity with power that, in 2021, will prove more consequential than ever.
Formed by the state in 1962, the San Diego Unified Port District spans 34 miles of coastline from Shelter Island to the border. The land was granted to the agency to hold on behalf of the public; it includes tidelands in San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and Coronado. It’s a self-funded, non-taxing entity governed by a board of seven commissioners who are appointed by their member cities.
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The Port of San Diego’s long-running agreements for outsourced police and fire service within the district last week escalated from a routine matter of business to a charged discussion about fairness and the agency’s role in scrutinizing costs.
At the Dec. 8 board meeting, the port’s seven appointed commissioners were asked to approve 40-year emergency service contracts, known as municipal service agreements, with the cities of Chula Vista and Imperial Beach. But after nearly two hours of deliberation, with the central debate relating to whether the port was in a position to act on the unprecedented contracts, the items were pushed for additional review to the next scheduled meeting.