Commentaries: A Selection “You have to be involved in terms of what’s happening in your own neighborhood”— Barack Obama 2025 “Besieged Council Walks Back (Some) Paid Balboa Parking”OB Rag, Sept. 17, 2025 “Let Them Take Buses: The Ugly Truth About San Diego Transit Commuting”OB Rag, Sept. 8, 2025 “Trash Fee Vote: City Council Running on Empty”OB Rag, June 13, 2025 “Ugly Buildings in Golden Hill: Don’t Wake a Sleeping Tiger”OB Rag, May 22, 2025 “Todd Gloria’s Alternative Facts”OB Rag, Mar. 12, 2025 2024 “The Halloween Fairmount Fire: When Luck Runs Out”OB Rag, Nov. 1, 2024 “The Worst ADU in San Diego: A Closer Look”OB Rag, Oct. 15, 2024 “The ‘Property Bros’ See OB as a Cash Machine”OB Rag, Aug. 20, 2024 “Kettner and Vine: Not This Time”OB Rag, July 22, 2024 "Balboa Park Has Become a Dump Site for the City of San Diego"OB Rag, June 18, 2024 2023 "San Diego officials must consider these key questions before rebuilding the Civic Center"San Diego Union-Tribune, July 5, 2023 "Hey, Let’s Make Hillcrest More Crowded!"OB Rag, October 31, 2023 2021 "Stealth Local Government Forces San Diegans to Read the ‘Fine Print’."Times Of San Diego, August 27, 2021 2018 "Neighborhood Planning Groups Are Not Closed Off to New Voices"Voice Of San Diego, June 28, 2018 2017 "Bike Commuting Plan Faces Bumpy Road"San Diego Union-Tribune, July 14, 2017