EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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June 5, 2014 (San Diego's East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

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STATE

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LOCAL

East County demographic results shared (UT San Diego)

Did you know that in El Cajon, the majority of its 99,680 residents are renters? That it has the youngest population – with its median age of 32 -- of any other East County city or community? Were you aware that in La Mesa, the 57,182 residents have reached the highest education of any East County city, with 71 percent having some college education?

 

San Onofre Emergency Procedures Concern Senator Boxer (KPBS)

 ....U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer noted in her Nuclear Regulatory Commission remarks that during the recent San Diego wildfires, one blaze burned a half-mile from San Onofre. The senator said power companies regularly ask for exemptions from emergency response measures at nuclear power plants once they are decommissioned, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has never yet denied any of these requests....

 

Lengthy La Mesa Village makeover set to start (Scoop San Diego)

La Mesa Boulevard is in for a 16-month makeover that’s set to start shortly after Independence Day.

 

San Diego County turnout just 20 percent (KPBS)

Political scientist calls it "perfect storm of disinterest"

 

San Diego Mayor joins White House initiative to end veterans’ homelessness (KPBS)

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer was tapped Wednesday to be one of five California mayors to join a White House initiative to end homelessness among former members of the armed forces.

 

Vandals spray-paint animals, super glue locks, spray paint and egg high school (Ramona Sentinel)

Ramona High School security officials discovered two goats and a sheep in the Bulldog stadium Monday morning in what appeared to be a prank. The sheep and one goat were spray-painted with “2014,” said Principal Chris King.

 

Wayward vehicle damages storefront at O’Dunn’s Fine Art (La Mesa Today)

Firefighters are on the scene of an accident in which a pickup truck damaged the front of O'Dunn's Fine Art Store on La Mesa Boulevard in the Village.

Peters, DeMaio look to series of debates (UT San Diego)

52nd Congressional District race will be a marquee matchup on Nov. 4

San Diego’s second chance at drone domination (Voice of San Diego)

San Diego missed out last year on a shot to become a national drone testing hub. Now, leaders have another chance to be at the forefront of drone research, and they’re taking pains to ensure they don’t repeat the mistakes they believe doomed their first bid.

Peeved Commissioner Peevey hints at CPUC disarray (Reader-Don Bauder)

On May 14, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) held an evidentiary hearing on a deal that would permit Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to sock ratepayers for $3.3 billion over mistakes made by Edison and/or its supplier at the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant. Negotiations over the settlement took nine months, but the evidentiary hearing lasted only three and a half hours; ratepayers got only 40 minutes to state their case

 

STATE

 

Senate approves changes to initiative process (Sacramento Bee)

The state Senate approved changes to the state's century-old initiative process with a provision that allows a measure to be withdrawn even after proponents have gathered enough signatures.

 

Calif. Supreme Court Orders Officials to Name Names When Police Shoot People (Reason)

Police departments in California cannot simply refuse to release the names of police officers involved in shootings. So ruled the California Supreme Court today, six to one.

 

Warning label for sugary drinks passes California Senate (Reuters)

A bill to require sugary soft drinks to carry labels warning of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay passed the California Senate on Thursday, the latest move by lawmakers nationwide aimed at persuading people to drink less soda.

 

In low-dollar CA governor’s race, advertising pushes Neel Kashkari ahead of Tim Donnelly (Sacramento Bee)

Neel Kashkari’s campaign for governor was on the brink of irrelevance two months ago.

 

Bill would erase Prop 187 language from California codes (Sacramento Bee)

In overturning 1994's Proposition 187, federal courts ruled that California can't cut off publicly funded education, health care and welfare benefits for people who immigrated to the country illegally. Yet laws on the books in California still include passages that were created by the controversial ballot initiative, prohibiting public schools and universities from admitting students who are not citizens or legal residents, denying undocumented immigrants the ability to access social services and requiring teachers and professors to turn undocumented students in to federal immigration authorities.


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