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Contents 1 San Diego Issues 1.1 Some Modest Proposals 1.2 Intoxicants 1.2.1 The 2009 City Council policy regarding intoxicants. 1.3 Charter Amendments 1.3.1 Proposition C - Auditing Independence 1.4 Finances 1.5 Environment 1.6 Airport 1.7 Economic Development 1.8 Water Supply 1.9 Marriage Equality 1.10 Sports Subsidies

[edit] San Diego Issues

[edit] Some Modest Proposals

Bankruptcy is a certainty unless the city can get its house in order. First, it must slash expenses: pay and fringes of city workers must come down. This could be accomplished by threatening bankruptcy and telling the workers that they either bargain with the city, or a BK judge will make the cuts.

Corporate welfare would be slashed at every opportunity. There would be no more subsidies for real estate developers. CCDC would be abolished. The "strong mayor" concept would go back on the ballot and hopefully repealed.

Some tough decisions would have to be made -- say, committing to desalination and toilet-to-tap. Then there would have to be a plan to restore the infrastructure. It would involve floating of bonds, and would almost certainly involve higher taxes, beginning with the T.O.T.

[edit] Intoxicants

[edit] The 2009 City Council policy regarding intoxicants.

The City of San Diego Police department policy shall place the lowest posible piority on cannabis law enforcement, including but not limited to "medical marijuana" and recreational use.

Alcohol and marijuana producers, distributors, and dealers shall not be allowed to contribute to political campaigns in San Diego elections.

[edit] Charter Amendments

[edit] Proposition C - Auditing Independence

Regarding “Council Relapse: Moves would replace reform with a facade” (Editorial, Feb. 12):

Your editorial stating that the mayor should remain as the appointing authority of the city’s internal auditor fails to grasp the most basic auditing concept - specifically, that the auditor must be independent from management both in fact and appearance. The auditor and audit committee’s responsibility is to be a check on city management, not a rubber stamp.

Our current system, which allows the mayor to hire and fire the city auditor, poses the most significant threat to auditor independence and public accountability. How can you honestly audit the person who not only appoints you but also has the power to fire you? According to Government Auditing Standards, independence is defined as independence from management. Advocating for a process that would allow the mayor to handpick both the internal auditor and the audit committee would make the city’s auditing process even worse than it is now. Our former city auditor left last year because he was told by the mayor’s staff to change the conclusion of his annual report to make it appear that the city’s internal controls over financial reporting were better than they were.

As Wall Street and the financial rating agencies watch San Diego’s efforts to institute reform measures, we must show them that we are serious about setting up a responsible and independent auditing process - one that follows not only Government Auditing Standards but also one that ensures independence from both city management and uninformed political editorials.

DONNA FRYE

San Diego Councilmember, Sixth District

[edit] Finances

[edit] Environment

(see the Environment page)

[edit] Airport

[edit] Economic Development

Other than bio-tech, what does San Diego produce? It seems we've moved away from manufacturing to becoming overly tourist dependent in our economy. Do we want to be a city of waiters and waitresses? TWFred 17:53, 7 May 2008 (CEST)

[edit] Water Supply

[edit] Marriage Equality

Please see: Marriage Equality

[edit] Sports Subsidies

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