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Morning Report: City Attorney Wants to Settle with Broker Who Helped City Buy a Hotel from a Company He Invested In
City Attorney Mara Elliott announced Thursday that she reached a deal to settle the city’s lawsuit against Jim Neil, the real estate broker who helped the city purchase a hotel from a company from which he had just bought 40,000…
Morning Report: Carlsbad Passes on Police Oversight Commission
The city of Carlsbad spent the last two years in meetings with activists and residents to reach a compromise on police reforms. The council has settled on a Community-Police Engagement Commission, which would allow for discussions between police and a…
Morning Report: The Cause of a Summertime Sewage Plume Heading North
The good news is that Tijuana isn’t currently pumping sewage to a broken wastewater treatment plant called Punta Bandera that just pumps it, untreated, straight into the Pacific Ocean. The bad news: That’s because at least one critical pipe that…
Morning Report: Under Oath, Ex-COO Reveals She Leaked 101 Ash Review
The city’s former top unelected official testified under oath that she leaked a purportedly confidential legal analysis of the 101 Ash St. transaction to a candidate for city attorney in 2020. Former Chief Operating Officer Kris Michell was subpoenaed to…
City’s Ex-COO Sheds Light on Leak But Testimony Solves None of the Ongoing 101 Ash Mysteries
Kris Michell, the city’s former top bureaucrat, testified under oath that she leaked a confidential analysis of the 101 Ash deal to a candidate for city attorney as she considered blowing the whistle on the debacle.