Guest Post: Young & Restless in San Diego
This post was written by Whitney Benjamin, a native San Diegan and marketing professional. source Recently the Equinox Center and EDC hosted an event called “The Young & Restless: Winning the Race...
View ArticleMonarch School, Serving Homeless Children of San Diego
Scott Peters Speaking to Class at the Monarch School A few weeks ago I spoke at the Monarch School’s 12th Grade Government Class. We had a great conversation about local politics, the Port and my...
View ArticleREBOOT Class 25 Commencement
Today as we honor the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I am thinking of all of America’s veterans, including those who have served recently that I had the chance to meet last month at...
View ArticleNew Improvements Make Port Spaces Accessible to All
Earlier this month, the Port celebrated completion of 280 improvements to public spaces within Port tidelands to make them more accessible to people with disabilities. The $1.6-million worth of...
View ArticleNEVP: A new gateway between San Diego’s waterfront and downtown
It took 15 years to get here, and the road was bumpy at times along the way, but today construction began on the first phase of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, or “NEVP.” Hundreds attended the...
View ArticleDad’s Fight Against Prejudice, and Meeting Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
On Monday, MLK day, I wrote about my dad on my Facebook Wall. My dad, Harvey Peters, my grandparents and Martin Luther, King. Sr. Hanging on my office wall is this picture of him in his vestments, with...
View ArticleAsphalt isn’t the only transportation answer
Scott leading planning professionals on a tour of Bird Rock in La Jolla, one of America's "Most Re-Made Neighborhoods" Last week I got to lead groups of planning professionals in town for a national...
View ArticleHouse Highway Bill, and Brian Bilbray, Would De-Fund “Safe Routes to School”&...
San Diego gas prices among the highest in the U.S. “San Diego gas prices are among the highest in the U.S.” That was the front-page headline in Monday’s U-T San Diego. When gas prices are high, more...
View ArticleWe Must Protect Social Security & Medicare, Strengthen Them for Future...
My opponent in this Congressional campaign, Brian Bilbray, has voted to end Medicare as we know it, and to make drastic cuts to Social Security. When I am elected, I will fight vehemently to...
View ArticleGuest Post: Federal Transportation Bill Takes a Step Backward
This post was written by Elyse Lowe, Executive Director of Move San Diego. More than 1,000 days after the last transportation bill expired, Congress voted last week to approve a new transportation...
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