Commentary: Redistricting – Let’s get it right this time
Encinitas residents have an opportunity to undo the controversial map which presently defines the boundaries of each of the four districts....
Catherine Blakespear
Commentary: Past property discrimination in Encinitas
It was unsettling to learn recently that property in Encinitas had used exclusionary racial covenant language in property transfer documents....
Commentary: Blakespear misses affordable housing opportunity
The mayor and council only increased the affordable housing percentages by a mere 5% on the next slate of up-zoned housing projects....
8 named to new Encinitas committee on social equity
The committee is a forum for a diverse group of voices to provide input and help create safe and accessible opportunities for residents....
Commentary: Blakespear’s choice — 15% or 50%
How is building 85% luxury homes and condos compassionate to our teachers, firefighters, and service workers who need housing now?...
Blakespear elected chair of SANDAG’s board
REGION — The San Diego Association of Governments’ board unanimously elected its new chair Dec. 4, elevating current Vice Chair and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear...
Mayor’s Minute: Exciting city updates as ’21 nears
The challenges and opportunities facing the City of Encinitas go on, with exciting prospects for building a better future here at home....
Encinitas mayoral candidates further discuss toxicity, online abuse
ENCINITAS — Both Encinitas mayoral candidates, Mayor Catherine Blakespear and challenger Julie Thunder, spoke out against toxicity this election cycle and pledged to run fair...
Encinitas voters will decide three elected seats, cannabis initiative
ENCINITAS — Coming this fall, Encinitas residents will vote for three elected positions — mayor and city councilmembers in Districts 1 and 2 — and...
Encinitas mayor appointed to three-year term on Airport Authority Board
ENCINITAS — This month, Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear officially began her three-year term on the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. Blakespear was appointed by...
Blakespear to chair key SANDAG housing committee
A battle over where more than 170,000 affordable units should be spread throughout the county is looming for the region’s chief planning agency....
Blakespear: Advance Leucadia Streetscape in wake of Walker accident
Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear is set to request city staff to devise an “immediate” plan to implement pieces of the Leucadia Streetscape in the wake...
