CAN E-CIGS SAVE ‘YEAR OF OBSTRUCTION’ PACIFICA WINS SMOKERS CASH? OBAMA: I’LL ACT ON MY OWN ON IMMIGRATION COLTS CROWN HEALTH PAGE 17 NATION PAGE 5 SPORTS PAGE 11 Leading local news coverage on the Peninsula Tuesday • July 1, 2014 • Vol XIII,Edition 272 www.smdailyjournal.com County property values up $8.8 billion Foreclosures more than halved; assessments hit another historic high By Michelle Durand The 2014-15 roll. Last year also had an $8.8 utive increase reflects “the vibrant ous year. The roll has both a DAILY JOURNAL STAFF property assess- billion increase which was itself a economic conditions of our coun- secured and unsecured section. The ment roll certi- 3.33 percent jump over the previ- ty,” said Assessor Mark Church in secured represents nearly 95.7 The county’s property assess- fied Friday is ous year. his announcement of the roll percent of the roll with commer- ments hit a historic high of $164.9 billion, Approximately 30,000 proper- value. cial and real estate property and $164.9 billion in a year that also an $8.8 billion ty owners will receive their The property assessment roll is this year showed a 5.82 percent saw the number of foreclosures — or 5.61 per- assessed value notices in the next the value of all properties as of increase. slashed in half and more proper- cent — increase few days. Jan. 1 of each year, summarizing All of San Mateo County’s ties retaining and restoring previ- over last year’s The three-year run of historic the additions, removals and cities and unincorporated areas declines in value from the previ- ously declined value. Mark Church $156 billion highs and the roll’s fourth consec- See PROPERTY, Page 20 CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE RULING Council votes against plan for land swap Grassilli tips San Carlos against ballot By Michelle Durand his nine years DAILY JOURNAL STAFF on the council. “I don’t make The proposed land trade between a decision in a San Carlos and its elementary vacuum or with school district for a charter school preset preju- campus died Monday night when dices,” Grassilli Councilman Bob Grassilli cast the said. deciding vote that killed the pos- The law sibility of rezoning of a North required a four- Crestview park on the fall ballot. Bob Grassilli fifths majority Grassilli voted along with to go ahead if Councilman Matt Grocott against even one person filed a written overriding the protest of residents protest. More than 600 did, who believe the plan will increase including about 25 percent from REUTERS traffic, eliminate precious open non-residents. A demonstrator in support of abortion and contraceptive rights, left, shoves his poster in the face of a space and tax the city’s coffers Grocott has been the council’s demonstrator holding a sign which reads:‘I am the Pro-life Generation,’after the Hobby Lobby ruling outside building fields and fighting most vocal opponent of the land the U.S.Supreme Court in Washington,D.C. The U.S.Supreme Court on Monday ruled that business owners can expected litigation by neighbors. swap plan because he said the park object on religious grounds to a provision of Barack Obama’s health care law that requires closely held companies Grassilli called it one of the most to provide health insurance that covers birth control. SEE STORY PAGE 7 difficult issues he’s wrestled with in See LAND SWAP, Page 18 Legislature seeking voter Police:Residential burglaries on rise Two suspects arrested,some still at large input on campaign cash By Samantha Weigel Isaias Hernandez, a 19- By Fenit Nirappil ment to the U.S. Constitution clamping DAILY JOURNAL STAFF year-old San Mateo resi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS down on corporate campaign giving. dent, was arrested around The state Assembly approved SB1272 on A man was arrested just hours after com- noon on Fallon Avenue SACRAMENTO — California voters could a party-line 49-22 vote, with Republicans mitting an early-morning residential bur- in San Mateo on Monday weigh in this fall on the growing influence in opposition. The bill is expected to pass glary in Hillsborough on Monday and with after he broke into a of money in politics under a bill that the Senate with amendments and head to the stark increase in the number of homes home on the 1700 block advanced Monday. Gov. Jerry Brown. being broken into over the last month, law of Sharon Avenue in Hillsborough, said The legislation calls for an advisory bal- enforcement officials continue to warn there lot measure asking if voters want an amend- See CASH, Page 20 are opportunistic criminals on the prowl. Isaias Hernandez See ARREST, Page 20 650.588.0388 601 El Camino Real San Bruno, CA 94066 Mon.-Sat. 10am-7pm Sun. Noon to 6pm 2 Tuesday • July 1, 2014 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL Thought for the Day “Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.” — David Sarnoff,American broadcasting pioneer (1891-1971) This Day in History Delegates from 44 countries began meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where they agreed to 1944 establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In 1535, Sir Thomas More went on trial in England, charged with high treason for rejecting the Oath of Supremacy. (More was convicted, and executed.) In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania. In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect. In 1912,aviator Harriet Quimby, 37, was killed along with her passenger, William Willard, when they were thrown out of Quimby’s monoplane at the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet. In 1934, Hollywood began enforcing its Production Code subjecting motion pictures to censorship review. In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1963, the U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes. REUTERS In 1973, the Drug Enforcement Administration was estab- Children swim along algae-covered coastline of Qingdao,Shandong province,China. lished. In 1974, the president of Argentina, Juan Peron, died; he was succeeded by his wife, Isabel Martinez de Peron. In other news ... In 1980, “O Canada” was proclaimed the national anthem Kitten travels 30 miles west of San Diego. the Civil War. The act protected of Canada. Acutter intercepted it and three peo- Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa In 1984,the Motion Picture Association of America estab- in engine compartment ple were detained. Authorities say the Grove “for public use, resort and recre- lished the “PG-13” rating. SUNNYVALE — A San Francisco boat held 257 bales of marijuana, ation.” The law was the first in the In 1994, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Bay Area man had an unexpected pas- weighing about 7,600 pounds. nation’s history allowing for a scenic Palestinian land after 27 years in exile as he drove from senger in his car during the 30-mile The boat was towed to San Diego, natural area to be set aside. Egypt into Gaza. trip to his parents’ house: a small, where the pot and suspects were turned The grove restoration project was Ten years ago: Legendary film and stage actor Marlon stray kitten that had somehow found a over to a task force led by Immigration approved in December 2013. The $36 Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80. Saddam Hussein place to ride in the engine compart- and Customs Enforcement. million project is paid for through scoffed at charges of war crimes and mass killings, making ment. $20 million in private contributions a defiant first public appearance in an Iraqi court since being Jim Michelotti says he heard meow- Yosemite celebrates raised by the Yosemite Conservancy hunted down seven months earlier. ing after pulling into a gas station on 150th anniversary and $16 million from the National Saturday. A woman next to him said it Park Service. Birthdays was coming from his 1993 Mitsubishi YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — A parking lot that threatens the Diamante, so he began checking Yosemite National Park on Monday trees’ roots will be moved to another around. marked 150 years since President area and replaced with footpaths, With the help of a flashlight, Abraham Lincoln signed an act pro- among other changes to the park. The Michelotti found the black kitten on a tecting the park for generations of work will happen in phases over sev- bar between the engine and firewall, visitors. eral years. just inches from the ground. The cat The celebration included a ground- was greasy and scared, but otherwise breaking to launch a project restoring Officials clash over beach OK. the Mariposa Grove, which consists contamination warnings It had apparently ridden from of 500 mature giant sequoia trees that Michelotti’s home in the Silicon are among the oldest living organisms TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal Actor-comedian Actress Pamela Hip-hop artist Valley city of Sunnyvale. in the world. and state officials are clashing over Dan Aykroyd is 62. Anderson is 47. Missy Elliott is 43. Michelotti says the cat appears to National Park Service Director Jon standards for warning the public about be abandoned. Jarvis said the anniversary should be a water contamination at the nation’s Actress Olivia de Havilland is 98. Actress-dancer Leslie reminder of the ancient treasures with- beaches. Caron is 83. Actress Jean Marsh is 80. Actor Jamie Farr is 80. Nearly 4 tons of in the park. The U.S.