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VOL. 35, N0. 45
NOV. 12, 2021
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County issues final report on Encinitas hemp farm. A3 Carlsbad proposes water rate increase, cites rising costs. A3 SANDAG free transit plan comes under scrutiny. A6
Teachers union THE fails to get signatures VISTA forcing Allman vote NEWS
Encinitas extends vaccine deadline for firefighters. A6 Group seeks to ‘keep local control’ over housing. A8 Encinitas council denies Goodson Project. A11 Flock Freight to expand in North County. A13
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was a taxpayer funded benefit for individuals who didn’t have an ‘employer’ that paid into UI (Unemployment Insurance) & needed a safety net. Without an employer record of payment, we had to let 1099 workers (independent contractors) and self-employed folks self-certify. That allowed for massive fraud.” But Gonzalez’s remarks were interpreted by many as yet another attack on independent contractors and freelancers by unfairly conflating their need for emergency financial assis-
ENCINITAS — In a bulletin sent to teachers’ union members this week, the San Dieguito Faculty Association acknowledged it will not obtain the necessary signatures to trigger a recall election of Trustee Michael Allman, RANCHO unceremoniously ending a monthslong campaign to SFNEWS unseat the first-time school board official. In the message, D u n c a n Brown, president of the San Dieguito Faculty Association, acknowledged that while ALLMAN the union won’t force a special recall election, the group has been successful in highlighting issues with the trustee. “Over 4,000 residents of Area 4 signed the petition and thousands more district-wide are now aware of the dysfunction of our school board majority,” Brown wrote. The teachers union needed 4,999 verified signatures to trigger a recall election of Allman but the union apparently felt it would not reach the mark by next week’s deadline. The dissolution of the recall campaign comes just days after The Coast
TURN TO FREELANCERS ON A16
TURN TO RECALL ON A7
Cheers! North County: In the moment with San Diego’s New English Brewing. B9
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NOAH MOYLAN, 10, linebacker for the La Costa Canyon Pop Warner Mavericks 10U football team. After winning their conference championship last month, the Mavs (8-1) are headed to Florida for the Pop Warner Super Bowl. Story on B1. Photo by Erin Margerum
Gonzalez remarks on EDD fraud draws freelancer pushback Assemblywoman’s social media post absent facts, context By Jordan P. Ingram
REGION — A San Diego lawmaker’s recent statements on social media claiming a federal program designed to help independent contractors receive unemployment benefits was responsible for billions in stolen benefits while seemingly ignoring a host of well-documented problems within the state’s own unemployment agency have prompted backlash
online. On her personal Twitter account, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) tweeted on Oct. 25 about rampant fraud perpetrated against the California Employment Development Department (EDD), which she blamed on a self-certification process on unemployment assistance forms: “Please don’t write about the EDD Fraud in CA without noting that this wasn’t the traditional unemployment insurance. This was largely a result of LORENA GONZALEZ represents San Diego in the Assembly. PUA (Pandemic Unemploy- She was the author of the controversial AB 5, which upendment Assistance) — which ed the state’s gig economy. Courtesy photo
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