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10. After years of debate the City Council approves funding for Downtown’s first full service permanent homeless shelter.
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San Diego Council Approves Money For Downtown Homeless Shelter
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It’s been an unusually cold, wet winter on the streets of San Diego. That makes recent progress on a permanent homeless shelter in downto… -
9. A huge financial liability is reined in when city and labor leaders agree to a historic retiree health care deal.
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City saves $323 million on retiree health care
The city of San Diego’s leaders signed off on a tentative agreement Friday with labor unions that they say would shave $323 million off a…
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8. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association’s annual dinner is a huge hit thanks to a hilarious skit based on the movie, The Hangover. Yes, that is Police Chief Bill Lansdowne tasering Councilman Carl DeMaio.
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San Diego politicians poke fun at issues, each other in parody movie
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s $130 million municipal deficit may be no laughing matter, but a local taxpayers group has enlisted a number of l…
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7. Despite resistance from the San Diego Chargers and some hotel owners with properties located outside Downtown, the City Council moved forward with plans to expand one of the region’s leading economic engines.
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Convention center expansion moves forward
The Convention Center expansion is one step closer to becoming a reality after the San Diego City Council approved a plan Tuesday that wo…
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6. What’s left of Occupy San Diego continues to make news. The protest, tied to the national Occupy Wall Street movement, peaked in late October with a rally outside City Hall.
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Occupy SD arrests turn sleepover into spirited vigil
7 big trash cans full of miscellaneous stuff (ie. skateboards, blankets, clothing, sleeping bags, tents, tarps) 1 shabby chic yellow nigh…
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5. Four top shelf candidates decide to run for Mayor and two of them pass an early fundraising test with impressive hauls.
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DeMaio, Fletcher establish big campaign funds early
SAN DIEGO — City Councilman Carl DeMaio and state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher passed an early test in the 2012 race for San Diego mayor b…
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4. San Diego Unified, the state’s second-largest school district, flirts with insolvency — again. The district’s budget problems are expected to dominate headlines in 2012 and be a major issue in the upcoming mayor’s race.
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San Diego Schools Chief: ‘Starting Point on the Road to Insolvency’
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:11 am | Updated: 12:02 pm, Wed Nov 30, 2011. Things have gotten to the point at the San Diego Unifi…
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3. The region’s leading news source, The San Diego Union-Tribune is sold, and its new CEO stumbles out of the gate.
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New U-T Boss: ‘You Change Now or You Die’
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:09 pm | Updated: 7:25 pm, Fri Nov 18, 2011. Hotelier Doug Manchester’s behavior in the board room i…
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2. One of the biggest local stories of the year broke in L.A. but the the ripple effect from the Farmers Field announcement continues to be felt in San Diego.
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Farmers Insurance Exchange to sponsor proposed L.A. NFL stadium – ESPN Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — If the NFL does return to a proposed stadium in downtown Los Angeles, the league’s newest venue will be called Farmers Fie…
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1. There was no bigger fight than the battle to qualify a sweeping pension reform initiative.
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SD pension initiative qualifies for June ballot
A proposal that would be the most dramatic change ever to San Diego’s public employee pension system has qualified for the ballot after e…
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________Tony Manolatos is a communications strategist who blogs about politics and media. Follow him on Twitter and catch him on Fridays at 3:50 p.m. on FM 95.7 with KOGO’s LaDona Harvey.
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For some reason this was left off when I downloaded the post:
This list is based entirely on what I remember from 2011, which means it’s deeply flawed. Thank you for checking it out. Happy New Year!