Successful Use of Progressive Design-Build in California Community Colleges
June 7, 2017by DPMC Admin
City hires veteran litigator as counsel
February 5, 2017by DPMC Admin
Leslie Devaney, a tough litigator who once ran against Michael Aguirre for San Diego city attorney, has been hired as city counsel for Del Mar. The selection of Devaney came after the Del Mar City Council conducted interviews in April with representatives of five firms who competed in a bidding process. The council met Monday...
S.D. Law Firms Real Estate Footprint Relatively Unchanged; Rents Remain High
October 24, 2016by DPMC Admin
A study released Monday by Chicago-based real estate investment and advisory firm JLL on the real estate outlook for law firms in San Diego said local firms have not decreased their footprints as much as firms have in some other primary U.S. markets. According to JLL, the typical U.S. law firm has shrunken its office...
It’s a struggle that plays out every summer when tourists invade small seaside towns — how to accommodate and profit from the visiting hordes while still preserving the community’s character and charm. Del Mar is navigating those rocky waters as it tries to regulate short-term vacation rentals, whose increasing popularity is a boon for landlords...
The Carlsbad City Council has squelched an appeal to open an indoor gun range in the city’s industrial park. The council voted 4-1 late Tuesday — in a public meeting packed with gun range supporters — to deny Gregg and Lisa Gunther’s request to open the range at their Gunther’s Guns business on Loker Avenue....
Neighbors balk at big lifeguard tower
April 23, 2015by DPMC Admin
A long-planned lifeguard tower now under construction on South Mission Beach is drawing complaints from residents that the building is too big and too expensive. Property owners along Ocean Front Walk are worried the nearly 4,000-square-foot edifice will obstruct their views and degrade property values. They also say the city failed to properly inform the...
Del Mar officials are settling a lawsuit with billionaire Madeleine Pickens, who fought an order to prune hedges on her beach patio that were blocking a neighbor’s coastal views. Pickens has trimmed the plants. The settlement is expected to result in Del Mar’s view laws remaining intact; the city paying about $20,000 in legal costs;...
OCEANSIDE – The Tri-City Medical Center board has spent several hours in a series of closed-session meetings over the last three weeks, but has released no new information on the fate of eight hospital administrators who have spent the past three months on paid administrative leave. Meanwhile, the administrators have collected roughly $700,000 in salaries...