[SDCBC] Bayshore Bikeway on San Diego Council Agenda September 18th

Thu Sep 6 01:19:38 EDT 2007

I do not know what else is on the 18th City Council agenda but there should be an hour or so of testimony on the equal rights for gay couple issue.  I know we will find mutual friends and supporters among those there for this civil  rights movement.

All the best
John Stump

      Council splits on gay-marriage motion

      By Jennifer Vigil
      STAFF WRITER 

      September 5, 2007 

      SAN DIEGO - A measure to offer support for same-sex marriage in a case pending before the state Supreme Court failed yesterday, but the San Diego City Council will return to the divisive topic in two weeks. 

       The City Council tied 4-4 on the motion calling for a brief to be filed with the court. The deadlock initially killed the measure. 
      Council President Scott Peters and council members Toni Atkins, Ben Hueso and Jim Madaffer voted in favor, while Kevin Faulconer, Donna Frye, Brian Maienschein and Tony Young voted in opposition. 

      None of the council members who voted no expressed their thoughts on same-sex marriage. Frye instead said she thought the public had not been allowed enough of an opportunity for input. Her motion to postpone the decision, in hopes of drawing more public participation, failed. 

      Atkins and Madaffer argued in favor of the city sending notice of its support for same-sex couples to the court. Atkins opposed delaying consideration of the issue, but she relented by early evening, calling on Peters to give the council a second chance to review it. He complied, and said he will schedule it for Sept. 18. 

      Though not a party to the case, San Diego was considering joining other city governments, including Los Angeles, San Jose and Oakland, in formally notifying the court of their support for homosexual couples receiving the right to marry. 

      Three years ago, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses for gay couples. The city was forced to stop the practice, which led to the litigation. 

      Those in favor of same-sex marriages prevailed in 2005, but an appeals court overturned the decision a year ago. The state Supreme Court will review that ruling. 

      Supporters argued to the council that all couples should be allowed to marry so they are treated equally under the law. Opponents contended that marriage is an institution reserved for men and women. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Jennifer Vigil: (619) 718-5069; jennifer.vigil at uniontrib.com  

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kathy Keehan 
  To: 'Sdcbc' 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:52 AM
  Subject: [SDCBC] Bayshore Bikeway on City of San Diego Planning Commissionmeeting tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

  The Bayshore Bikeway Western Salt project (that segment of bikeway to be constructed between 13th and Main down at the south end of the bay as an alternate to Palm Avenue), is going before City of San Diego Planning Commission tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is at 202 C St, 12th floor, Council Chambers.

  So far things are looking ok, but the historic resources folks want us to pave over the tracks rather than taking them out (now that they are historic, you know.) which we think will probably be a maintenance issue down the line when the ties start to deteriorate. Hopefully Planning Commission will support the project and recommend approval of the project and the EIR, but a few bike voices would probably help the cause. Please let me know if you might be able to attend this meeting!

  Also, please mark your calendars for September 18th, when the bikeway goes to the San Diego City Council for approval and certification of the EIR.

  Kathy

  ------------------------------------------

  Kathy Keehan

  Executive Director

  San Diego County Bicycle Coalition

  P.O. Box 34544

  San Diego, CA 92163

  858.487.6063

  execdir at sdcbc.org

  www.sdcbc.org

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  _______________________________________________

  You are subscribed to the SDCBC mailing list as jwstump at cox.net
  To unsubscribe or change mailing options, go to http://www.bikesandiego.org/mailman/listinfo/sdcbc
  List privacy information is located at http://www.stickman-computing.org/aup
  For help or to talk with someone other than the mail robot, send e-mail to postmaster at stickman-computing.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0001.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 35 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0012.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 1140 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0013.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 314 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0014.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 133 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0015.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 295 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0016.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 141 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0017.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 302 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0018.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 135 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0019.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 312 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0020.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 174 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0021.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 43 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0022.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 49 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.bikesandiego.org/pipermail/sdcbc/attachments/20070906/9f2847af/attachment-0023.gif 