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Scott Appleby & Kerry ApplebyPayne A Family Tradition VILLAGE of Real Estate Success LA JOLLA NEWS 858-775-2014 DRE#01197544 DRE#01071814 LA JOLLA’S LOCALLY OWNED INDEPENDENT VOICE SERVING UNIVERSITY CITY AND LA JOLLA TODAY AND EVERY DAY SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GROUP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014 LJTODAY.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15 A R T & W I N E G A L A N O T T O B E M I S S E D Pre-ballot frenzy LJVMA hopefuls schmooze as Oct. 8 board elections near By DAVE SCHWAB seen just what can be accom- plished with merchants working Candidates in the La Jolla Vil- together for common cause. lage Merchants Association’s LJVMA is a nonprofit business (LJVMA) board election next week improvement district that creates talked about why they’re run- economic development policies ning, and group president C.A. and programs to enhance busi- Marengo answered a question ness in La Jolla. about the benefits of the organiza- The group will hold its board of tion at a public forum at We Olive directors elections Wednesday, on Sept. 30. Oct. 8, from 8:15 to 10 a.m., with “Why are we paying this (busi- 16 candidates vying for 10 posi- ness license tax) when we’re not tions. Voting is open to all mer- getting any benefit out of it?” chants in the Village BID possess- asked a local art gallery owner at ing a current business tax the end of candidates’ presenta- certificate. About 1,400 business- tions. es are Association members. “We’re your voice, your advoca- The candidates' statements are cy to the city, the outside, the pub- available online. For a look, please lic,” answered Marengo. “We visit sdnews.com, click the La Jolla need you to get involved. I will not Village News link and scroll down let you now not be involved.” to the News section. TAKING A TUMBLE Street acts are an important part of the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday, Marengo said he’d felt similarly Oct. 11 and 12 at various Girard Avenue locales between Prospect Street and Torrey Pines Road. More than 40,000 are expect- a decade or more ago about ed at the free festival, which features more than 150 artists from the region and raises money for underfunded programs at business improvement districts local public elementary and secondary schools. For more information, visit ljawf.com. Read the story on Page 11, which (BID) like LJVMA but has since SEE PARTY >> PG. 16 explains the intricacies behind the fortitude of stein-holding. COURTESY PHOTO Feet to the fire National Football League Art & Wine Festival exploits a commissioner Roger Goodell is facing a wave of criticism for his By MARTIN JONES WESTLIN handling of physical abuse alle- local perspective gations involving some of the league's players. While some support John Maher's a fine one to talk. Liter- say nervous and I wouldn't say confi- his stepping down from office, a ally. Not only is he a native La Jollan, dent; it's just more exciting,” the veter- former San Diego resident insists he's a first-time exhibitor at the sixth an fine-art ocean photographer said. that the commissioner put his power annual La Jolla Art & Wine Festival, Some of the excitement, he added, nat- to the best and highest use. See our sports coverage, PAGE 8. set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 urally comes for the prospect of more and 12, on Girard Avenue between than 40,000 people looking over your The buzz isn't good Prospect Street and Torrey Pines Road. work; the rest lies in the fact that The last five decades have seen a That means he can speak to both the Maher's been in business for only about dramatic worldwide drop in the festival's considerable growth and his nine months, gingerly plying his trade number of honeybees, which im- measurably enhance plant life. Our own impressions as a novice vendor. in an area known for its sweeping vis- garden columnist describes her It's the latter part that sticks with the tas among generations of photogra- firsthand observations on the casual observer as Maher conveys his phers. That's the trick to his art – dilemma, which no less than Albert home-grown excitement over an Einstein said might herald the end of GEARING UP All eyes are on La Jolla Villa Merchants Association executive direc- the planet. See our story, PAGE 18. equally home-grown festival. tor Sheila Fortune (left) at the board’s pre-vote party at We Olive. PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWAB “I'm going into the fest — I wouldn't SEE FESTIVAL >> PG. 7 FRIDAY · OCTOBER 3, 2014 2 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS News WINNING THE FIGHT IN A Faulconer releases plan for green jobs, gas reduction WALK To coin a traditional phrase, the fight to end breast On Sept. 30, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City Council President resources, increase local energy production, improve quality of cancer starts with a single step. Todd Gloria and Council President Pro Tem Sherri Lightner life and save money. The list of steps toward these goals includes Millions of people in more than released a plan that calls for eliminating half of all green- requiring developers to install conduits for solar and electric 300 communities, including San house-gas emissions in the city and aims for all electricity used vehicle charging stations in new construction; creating a Diego, will take that step on in the city to be generated from renewable sources by 2035. renewable energy program; developing a zero-waste plan; and Sunday, Oct. 19, with the Ameri- “By striking a balance between protecting our environment changing policy to have a majority of the city’s fleet be electric can Cancer Society's Making and growing our economy,” Faulconer said, “San Diego can vehicles. Strides walk (the picture above support clean technology, renewable energy and economic The Climate Action Plan helps achieve the greenhouse-gas reflects the success of last year's growth. I’ve brought together environmental and business reduction targets set forth in the 2005 executive order issued event). The noncompetitive four- groups to update this plan and move San Diego forward. Let’s by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The City’s first Climate Action mile event is designed to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness preserve our children’s future and hand down a San Diego Plan was approved in 2005 and a commitment to update the about ways to reduce breast cancer risk and raise money to help the Amer- that is cleaner than it was when we received it.” plan was included in the city’s 2008 General Plan update. ican Cancer Society fight the disease. The local walk begins in Balboa Park The plan is a package of policies designed to create new jobs This new plan is in draft form until it is reviewed by the public between Sixth Avenue and Laurel Street. Registration starts at in the renewable energy industry, improve public health and and approved by the City Council. 7 a.m., with the event at 8. For more on Making Strides, see makingstrides.org. air quality, enhance water quality, efficiently use existing — Staff and contribution Brown signs legislation banning plastic shopping bags 14TH ANNUAL An effort to drastically reduce the events and are harmful to marine life. industry. A co-author of the legislation, number of plastic shopping bags used in The new state law prohibits grocery Democrat Pacoima Sen. Alex Padilla, San Diego was made moot today when stores and pharmacies from distribut- said the inclusion of loan funds for busi- SAVE THE DATE! Gov. Jerry Brown signed a statewide ban ing the bags beginning July of 2015, nesses to convert to the manufacture of of the wispy sacks. with the ban extending to convenience reusable bags would help address their “With the passage of the state law, and liquor stores the following July. The concerns. there's no longer a need for the city to law also makes $2 million in loans avail- San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer take action on this,'' said Councilwoman able to plastic-bag businesses to help recently came under criticism for mov- Monday, Oct. 20th 6 pm - 8:30 pm Sherri Lightner, chief proponent of a them transition to the manufacture of ing slowly on an environmental study local ban. She added the legislation reusable bags. for Lightner's proposed local ordinance. Get a group of your favorite friends together and stroll through the village signed into law by the governor was “This bill is a step in the right direction He released a statement that said he sampling food from over 20 of the best restaurants in La Jolla, and exclusive ”almost identical” to what she wanted – it reduces the torrent of plastic pollut- deferred the study until the Legislature and After-Party at a La Jolla favorite hot spot! in San Diego. The city should continue ing our beaches, parks and even the vast and governor took action because it with outreach to the public to educate ocean itself,” Brown said. “We're the first would have been costly for the city in $45 Purchase tickets online: www.TasteofLaJolla.com residents on reusable shopping bags, she to ban these bags, and we won't be the staff time and money. said. last.'” The city will take steps to come into 100% of ticket sales go to benefit the students of Environmentalists who support the Plastic bag manufacturers have blast- compliance with the state law, the La Jolla High School ban say the bags are among the top ed efforts to ban the product, saying it mayor said.