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Pacific Beach Foot Traffic, Retail, Up in Smoke
Gotta love the comments that PB has always been a party town. For all of those who say that, you are showing your age.... And in response to Raffesberger: If you asked any self-reliant 20 or 30 something PB resident who has lived here and considers it 'home', you will find that they wouldn't be caught dead on Garnet after 9pm. They like to party with class in the Gaslamp area! So, no, the age does not determine the business mix. And, a bit of information about Gaslamp since that history got by you: Downtown was a dump until funds built Horton Plaza. That changed the entire landscape downtown. PB has a poor business mix that will ultimately create a huge blight problem, not unlike what happened in North Park (pretty much already is in progress). I guess that is what the City wants so it can get redevelopment money to clean up the mess. Meanwhile all the residents will get the worst of both worlds - low values for their properties and a hell hole to live in. But the commercial property owners will eventually have this problem too when all the businesses that can stick all their sales in their pockets rather than pay taxes on it are looooong goooone! Yes, follow the money....— April 8, 2011 2:56 p.m.
Journal Puts Floatopia on Page One
Surfpuppy: Perhaps you would like to be on the bay and tell the young adults (most minors) how to behave. Living on Sail Bay it is refreshing to have it attract people for the right reasons and not the Circus it was with the booze on it. Yes there are laws to deal with drunk and disorderly. Here's an idea: You try approaching 1000 to 3000 drunk people and start issuing citations. See how far you get without fearing for your own life. Next: Try travelling to the East Coast (or even Hawaii) and see how many public beaches have MORE laws than ours. Then: Go home and teach your kids something other than the old freedom line. Oh I forgot, you probably don't have any yet.— July 25, 2010 11:10 a.m.
Controversy on Deck
Unfortunately, Ms. Galliher's follow-up interview did not answer the question of the buying of memberships. Sounds like she wants memberships no matter where they come from or who buys them. Other town councils limit their memberships to persons that live, work or have some affiliation to the community. If a business wants a recommendation, then let the business pay for the entire membership mail-in vote. This PBTC board doesn't seem concerned at all about the residents, or this issue would not have escalated to this (see article about April 2010 general meeting). This council should stick to community service and remove itself from issues that might cause the individual board members to be liable.— June 20, 2010 12:38 p.m.
Bring Your Own Concerns
Grasca: You may want to know that there currently are NO requirements for an alcohol licensee to increase parking as they increase their business size. Development services will confirm. This means that a bar can double it's size or add a deck that doubles their capacity and not be required to add ANY additional parking for their patrons. This is one small example of how the current policies are inadequate and affect the residents.— June 19, 2010 11:27 a.m.
License Creep
Kelowry78: If all of the businesses 'followed' the rules, PB would not have as many dui's. If there was more enforcement there would be even more statistics. As it is, there is not enough enforcement to go around, due to City budgets. Other areas have needs for police, too! ABC doesn't have the ability to enforce either! When you have too many of something, there is a problem. Businesses that would improve the area won't come, due to the the reputation and high-crime associated with it. Businesses that feed into the reputation currently in place are creating more of a problem.— June 18, 2010 11:13 a.m.
License Creep
Let's get the numbers right. Pacific Beach has 19 TIMES the City's alcohol-related crimes rate. Not 19% higher. Big difference.— June 17, 2010 4:47 p.m.
Bring Your Own Concerns
Dear refriedgringo: It is ridiculous to think that anyone who lives in PB would not want people to come and enjoy PB, especially a business owner. What is ridiculous is that PB would want to attract only people who want to get drunk and drive through neighborhoods and be destructive to the community. That is currently what the reputation is and it is only working for the ones making money off of the drunk and disorderly. College kids come and go. With revolving-door residents there is no community. With no community there will be more need for these businesses to draw from outside. Don't know a community that doesn't need business and don't know a business that doesn't need a community.— June 13, 2010 12:49 p.m.
Bring Your Own Concerns
Dear PB92109: You might want to know that those places with the high-rises (like downtown) has a CUP (conditional use permit) in place. Do the math on their DUIs and high crime and you will be enlightened. And, you might want to know that the costs for DUI's and related crimes to the City are much higher than the taxes received by alcohol establishments. Get that statistic and you will need to have a drink yourself.— June 13, 2010 12:10 p.m.
Bring Your Own Concerns
As a PB native and a business owner, I have seen the steady decline of the business mix in Pacific Beach. Greedy landowners are certainly a part of the problem. But, I love the people who want to blame everyone else for the situation. DUI's would be limited if people did not get over-served. Period. Does not matter if they come in from outerspace or you live next door to the local watering-hole. Police, whether they are misdirected or not, are to 'protect and serve'. That does not mean that they need to take resources from other areas to handle the over-served or under-thinking. What part of too-many of something does anyone not get?— June 13, 2010 12:02 p.m.
Wake Up, Speak Up
Well, Grasca, I hope that when you need someone to answer your 911 call, they are not too busy issuing tickets to the drunk and disorderly at Kate Sessions. Have you noticed, perhaps, that SDPD have to pick their 'battles'? Or, better yet, try seeing it from their eyes by going on a 'ride along' and see what their battles are in PB? I guess if you were a cop you might know why they let some things/violations go while looking at the bigger picture. It is their job, and I trust them to do what they need to do. I agree with the 24 hour ban, but I have grown tired of the argument 'why don't we enforce the laws we have'. Laws are made because people are not responsible enough to use good judgment. Otherwise we would not need laws! I am insulted by the residents of Kate Sessions that have blamed the alcohol ban at the beaches and bays for their problems. It seems that it only matters if it impacts their neighborhood. As a PB Native this kind of reaction is not 'neighborly', and it pretty much sounds 'snobby'. The greater good of PB should be the focus, not the block you live on. The drunkatopia capital is PB, not just Kate Sessions.— April 25, 2010 4:14 p.m.