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Print On a 5-2 vote Friday, the San Diego County Planning Commission recommended the county’s Board of Supervisors move forward on the construction of a solar project covering more than 600 acres, next to the desert town of Jacumba Hot Springs. But the recommendation, which came after some spirited debate, calls for a slight reduction to the project’s footprint and increased buffer zones for what would be called the JVR Energy Park. “This is a tough one,” Commission Chairman Michael Edwards said near the end of the meeting in which two members supported a motion to reject the project outright following public comment from more than a dozen Jacumba residents who want the size of the energy park cut by about half. ....
Print Continue to article content In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Kevin Faulconer speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. | Chris Carlson, File/AP Former San Diego mayor to officially launch GOP challenge to Newsom OAKLAND, Calif. With the Gov. Gavin Newsom recall movement gaining intensity in California, Republican Kevin Faulconer on Monday said he will become the first major elected official to officially launch a gubernatorial campaign to challenge the Democratic leader. Faulconer, who was San Diego mayor for more than six years, told POLITICO in an interview Monday he will run in the recall election should the drive qualify by the mid-March deadline. He will formally announce his campaign Tuesday at a Los Angeles campaign event with parents frustrated by school closures. ....