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By Bianca Kaplanek

SOLANA BEACH — Nine months away from the end of his third term, Solana Beach City Councilman Mike Nichols resigned his seat, effective March 12. In a letter dated March 11 to City Manager Greg Wade, Nichols said he was stepping down “to handle pressing family matters.” “It has been an honor to serve on the City Council since my election in 2006, including my three terms as Mayor,” he wrote. Nichols “I will miss my involvement on the City Council, but I need to focus on my family at this time. I sincerely appreciate the understanding of my colleagues and the community regarding my decision to resign.” Prior to his first election to City Council, Nichols was a member of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission from 2002 to 2006. He served as chairman from 2004 to 2006. He was re-elected to City Council in 2010 and appointed in 2014 when there were an equal number of candidates for the two vacant seats. He served as mayor, a position that rotates annually in Solana Beach, in 2009, 2013 and 2017. The principal land-

Wes Cross, of Cross Armory of Carlsbad, during a presentation about gun compliance at 2018 California Gun Laws Convention on Saturday at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Photo by Shana Thompson

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By Aaron Burgin

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ENCINITAS — EnciniNEWS tas and the Encinitas Firefighters’ Association have agreed to a four-year contract that will give fire personnel a series of raises and a corresponding increase to their pension contributions. The agreement, which the City Council will ratify on March 21, will give fire RANCHO captains and firefighters a 3.5 percent salary increase SFNEWS and fire engineers a 4.5 percent increase this year, and increases of 3 percent, 2.5 percent and 2 percent for all firefighters in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. To put in perspective, a probationary firefighter who would earn about $74,000 in 2018 would earn $79,874 in 2021 under the new contract. At the same time, the contract calls for firefighters who have been with the department since before 2013 to increase their pension contributions by 1.5 percent, 1 percent and 0.5 percent in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. This would increase the total employee contribution toward pensions to 12 percent, matching what firefighters hired after 2013 must contribute. The city and firefighters tentatively reached the agreement Feb. 16 and the union ratified it on March 5. The contract is expected to cost the city $973,906 over the life of the agreement.

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ARMS EDUCATION Gun owners attend convention to brush up on firearms and CA law

By Steve Puterski

DEL MAR — Gun laws are a hot topic and California possesses some of the strictest regulations in the country when it comes to guns. On March 17, the San Diego County Gun Owners Political Action Committee held its second annual gun law convention at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Executive Director Michael Schwartz organized three discussions and a live demonstration to inform

attendees of the state’s current and soon-to-be laws. The first panel featured four attorneys discussing and taking questions about some of the latest laws, many of which they said are contradictory and overreaching. The second panel featured those in the industry working on legislation for gun owners, activism, education and complying with the law. “Everybody that at-

tended enjoyed it, got a lot out of it and learned a whole lot,” Schwartz said. “We really want to grow this into a true convention that is regional. There are bans on accessories, types of semi-automatic rifles and pistols to some degree. Navigating all that is very, very difficult because in the rest of the country it’s very normal activity to own these types of rifles, pistols and accessories that are banned in California. Trying to

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navigate an industry that sells products that are normal across the country and that are illegal here is very difficult.” Schwartz and Craig Deluz of the Firearms Policy Coalition described their work on educating local and state lawmakers and working toward sensible legislation. They both said their groups are bipartisan and focus only on Second Amendment is-

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