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The Commission on Police Practices will need to deal with a backlog and implement rules to carry out investigations

The move comes as an interim commission, faced with a backlog and low number of members, put its work on pause

San Diego Voters approved a police oversight body with expanded power in 2020. But with two-thirds of commission seats vacant, it basically stopped functioning. The City Council filled 25 commission vacancies Monday.

Property owners in Southeastern San Diego pay anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars in assessments to fund a special maintenance assessment district, a tool communities can use to address needs they feel are not met by the city. Now a battle for control could spell the district’s end.

Dog shootings and mysterious letters initially put Berkowitz on Intervallo's radar. On Christmas Eve 1976, Intervallo and Chamberlain were called to probe the shooting of a German Shepherd. By that point, Berkowitz had already shot six people in three separate incidents in the Bronx and Queens, killing one, Donna Lauria. She was 18.  Four months later, the Yonkers cops investigated the shooting of a black Labrador retriever hit by a .22 caliber bullet in the dog's backyard. The Labrador was owned by Sam Carr, the apparent "Sam" in Son of Sam. Both dog shootings occurred close to Berkow...