City Council
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Encinitas City Council Scorecard
đ¤ Encinitas City Council Scorecard (First Six Months in the Saddle â The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) January â June 2025 đ¤ The Good â Tip Your Hat đď¸ Retained Homeless Action Plan: Maintained previous plans to improve outcomes for unhoused residents, with an added emphasis on municipal code enforcement. đłď¸âđ Continued Pride Recognition:Upheld the tradition of
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City Council Meeting Recap: Aloha Shirts but No Action?
Pleas for Safety Fall On Deaf Ears, Climate Action Goals At Risk, and Tightening Screws on Unhoused đ¨ Aloha Shirts, But No Action?Encinitas City Council returned from summer break with leis around their necksâbut left urgency at the door. đş While Council showed up in Hawaiian shirts, 15 speakersâincluding the grieving parents of Emery Chelakianâshowed up
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Planning Commission Work Plan, Budget & Fees, Panhandling, and Another Monologue
Council is in the home stretch before their summer recess. Hereâs what happened at their meetings last Wednesday. đPlanning Commission Workplan â Code Rewrites In, Affordability Out: Council approved the Planning Commissionâs workplanâwith two big edits: Deputy Mayor Lyndes was the only ânoâ vote, warning that ignoring affordable housing could backfire. Mayor Ehlers argued housing
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Homeless Action Plan Update, June 4, 2025 Meeting
In this week’s special council meeting, the city’s Homeless Action Plan (HAP)was discussed. Ultimately the council voted unanimously to keep the HAPâwith sharper tools, stricter enforcement, and a side of neighborly love. Will it deliver? Stay tuned.
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Budgets, Santa Fe Drive project, fast-tracking Fire Station 6, and another DOGE attempt â Encinitas Style!
What a Council meeting! Here is this weekâs Council Meeting recap in case you missed it. đ° FY25-26 City Budget Introduction: How is budget planning going? First, the City Manager Jennifer Campbell praised Staff for presenting a balanced budget. City is in a stronger financial position than expected because $5 million additional revenue will result from
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Budget Battles, Bike Lane Drama, Permit Parking & the Never-Ending Roundabout Rumble
We listened to all 8 hours of the Council Meetings this week, so you don’t have to! (If you fell asleep, we forgive you!) Our big takeaways: Budget Planning: How should the City prioritize public safety, infrastructure, and services when thereâs more moneyâbut not enough for everything? Sharrow Debate: Cyclists can legally ride these roads.
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City Council Meeting Recap: Strong Support for the CRC
The City Council unanimously supports CRC! At Wednesdayâs meeting, the Encinitas City Council finally and officially showed support for the Community Resource Center (CRC), rather than blaming them for attracting unruly unhoused people to Encinitas. In a unanimous 4-0 vote, they approved the CRCâs $30,000 grant application without the restrictions that were previously proposed.
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Budget Game, Mayorâs âVisionâ, Arbor Day, and Sugarsweet Farm
đ° $8.5M Up for Grabs â Who Gets It?: At the first FY25-26 budget workshop, City staff reported our finances are in good shape with higher revenue than forecasted. With $8.5 million of unallocated general funds to spend, Mayor Ehlers laid out his spending priorities: The Hygeia roundabout? Snubbed again. Councilmembers Shaffer and OâHara recommended a
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City Council Meeting Recap: March 19, 2025
Celebrating Local Legends: Encinitas honored outgoing Commissioners and gave a shoutout to Round Table Pizza for 50 years of serving the community! In public comment period, CRC CEO John Van Cleef pushed back against claims that the CRC attracts unhoused individuals, citing hard facts to debunk that myth. The Cityâs political consultant briefed the council
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City Council Meeting Recap: Homelessness, Safety, and Speed
More Pickleball âNoiseâ: During Oral Communications, Bobby Riggsâ neighbors complained about pickleball noise, booze-fueled parties, and parking chaos and demanded action. HUD Grants â Homeless Outreach Under Fire: Council unanimously agreed to accept the draft Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) plan and make it available for public comment between March 14 and April 12 and then
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Council Meeting Recap: Budget Surplus, Active Transportation Award, New Park, Wildfire Prep & Housing Reform Aspirations
Award for Active Transportation:Â The San Diego chapter of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) awarded the city for their active transportation project work. Thanks to all the city staff and previous council members who supported active transportation improvements over the last decade. City Budget: Pretty Good! At a Special Meeting, the City Council heard