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IS SAN DIEGO SEXY? Victoria’s Secret Angel Martha Hunt visits San Diego for the What is Sexy? List and dishes on fish tacos, her pal Taylor Swift, and randy pandas at the zoo. PAGE 12
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Mid-Coast Trolley could eventually extend into PB By DAVE SCHWAB Though years away – if it ever does materialize – the prospect of linking the new Mid-Coast Trolley station planned for Balboa/Morena serving Pacific Beach/Clairemont with light-rail beach service is already controversial. A public meeting planned prior to the next Pacific Beach Planning Group meeting, scheduled on Oct. 28 to discuss SANDAG’s beach line transit study, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. But the debate has already begun among community planners, and their regional counterparts at SANDAG, the region’s transportation planning agency,
Pacific BeachFest Thousands of people came out to Pacific BeachFest last Saturday and stolled the boardwalk enjoying fish tacos (congratulations to the Sandbar for its fifth straigh fish taco contest win), craft beers and the hundreds of vendors. The fest also highlighted beach activities with the Healthy Souls volleyball tournament, the RSSS surfing contest and a 5k run. (Above) Christie Jenkins attempts to block a shot from UCSD alumna Roxanne Brunsting during the Healthy Souls tourney. (Left) Remy Jaboori of San Diego during the Men’s Pro-Am quarterfinal. PHOTOS BY THOMAS MELVILLE
‘At this point, it’s very conceptual, basically a line on the map.’ CHARLES (MUGGS) STOLL DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR SANDAG
over the feasibility of using lightrail, or other alternatives, to enhance beach transportation infrastructure. The Mid-Coast Trolley project will extend trolley service 11 miles from Sante Fe Depot downtown to University City, serving major activity centers with nine trolley stops along the way, SEE TROLLEY, Page 4
City's CPC votes against short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods By DAVE SCHWAB Local leaders on both sides of the short-term vacation rental (STVR) debate are weighing in on a recent decision by the city’s Community Planners Committee (CPC) to reject a city proposal to allow rentals to operate, with greater restrictions, in San Diego residential neighborhoods. The CPC is an umbrella organization representing more than 40 community planning groups that make land-use recommendations to the city. The CPC recently voted overwhelmingly to support the contention that the city’s municipal
code already prohibits STVR’s in single-family zones. "The CPC supports hosted home sharing in concept,” noted Brian Curry, Pacific Beach Planning Group chair. Curry pointed out CPC determined that whole-house rentals for less than 30 days are considered visitor accommodations. “We are happy with the CPC vote, which was to be open to regulated ‘hosted’ short-term vacation rentals, but not wholehouse vacation rentals for less than 30 days,” Curry said. “The SEE RENTALS, Page 13