Hey all!

Sadly as the title says, the Grossmont Mall is shutting down its food court, which is nothing but local mom-and-pop shops. Talked to the lady at Maui Express and they're thinking of leaving early as next week. Apparently the mall is trying to make more room for bigger stores.

I used to work nearby and eat at the food court frequently because the prices are reasonable. Despite the obvious low traffic, the food has always been great at the places I've tried, so Im super bummed.

If you loved any of these restaurants like I do, please support them while you can!

I didn't know we had beavers up in Santa Margarita river in Fallbrook. Cool!

As the title says, my 2 kids (7&4) and I are homeless and desperately trying to find housing. A few months ago, my kids and I fled a DV situation and went into a shelter. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get into any transitional housing programs and have been going between motels and a tent for the last few weeks..

I can afford up to $1750-$1800 per month and we’re looking for a studio or 1bd apartment anywhere south of the 52. The main issue is, my small business doesn’t make enough on paper and my credit is destroyed due to the DV. Through my small business, CalWORKS, and child support, we would be able to afford rent, but I still want to get a second job so I can save and fix my credit. I have enough to pay a deposit on an apartment, but as I said, no one will accept us. We do have a dog, but she’s prescribed as an ESA through my primary care physician.

We’ve tried a lot of resources so far. I’ve called 211, DV and homeless shelters, called the San Diego housing commission, and we’ve used all out ho tel vouchers through CalWORKS.

If anyone has or knows someone that has an apartment, condo, ADU, granny flat, anything, we’d really appreciate it if we would be considered. I’ve posted an ad on the “wanted:housing” page on Craigslist, but so far we’ve had no luck.

Tonight is our last night in the motel and it’s so incredibly defeating to bring my kids back into a tent. They’ve already been through so much this past year, and it breaks my heart that I can’t give them what they deserve. I know this is all short notice, but I still struggle with the shame of being in this position. We don’t have any family or friends that can help, so I have no choice but to reach out to strangers. My kids depend on me, and I can’t do this alone.

If you are able to help, you can contact me through my email: vegdocmartins@proton.me

Thank you❤️‍🩹

So I was on Silva road just parked off the side of the road and these kids zoomed up the hill in their little golf cart and one of them called me a b*tch but I was like alright whatever little shits, you know let me be the adult here so I just literally ignored them. Then moments later which is in my video they whipped their cart back around and drove by screaming and the driver of the cart was bold enough to call me the hard r. I know it definitely fits the description for the area but little did they know I have a dash camera and I would like for them to see there are consequences to their actions.

Following a major California appeals court ruling. The court found that the city's strict crackdown and cart-confiscation rules conflicted with state law, forcing the city and police to scale back their enforcement.

The Court Ruling: A state appeals court ruled that San Diego's vending laws violated the 2018 Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, which limits criminal penalties for vendors.

Enforcement Changes: Because of the court orders, police officers can no longer impound vendor carts or hand out harsh criminal punishments. As a result, many vendors have quickly returned to public beaches, bays, and areas like the Gaslamp Quarter.

Local Backlash: The rapid return of unpermitted vending has sparked frustration among local brick-and-mortar business owners, who are currently suing the city over the sidewalk competition and public safety issues.

I was out of town for 9 days in June - my total usage decreased by about 5% but my bill increased by 28.4%

It's maddening. I know it's driven by the summer rate schedule but WTF.

My bill June had 23 days at winter rates and 9 at summer rates. July's period (6/10 to 7/9) fell entirely within the summer schedule, with no split. The generation rates differ pretty dramatically by season and by TOU tier. I haven't looked back yet but this seems much worse this year.

So on-peak and off-peak summer generation costs run roughly 2.6 to 2.8 times the winter rate.

I wish I had found a post like this before signing my lease.

Issues I have faced

• Repeated elevator outages, long term residents have been saying this has lasted for 3+ years. 50% of the elevators work, if even

• Building-wide hot water outages.

• Air conditioning failures during summer.

• Poor communication from management.

• Cockroaches in some apartments (no matter what they do still come back)

• Constant maintenance issues (pipes, building systems, etc.).

The Elevator Situation

This has been the biggest issue by far. The elevators are simply unreliable. I have not seen all the elevators work at the same time and this has apparently lasted years

Waiting 20-40 minutes for an elevator has become normal.

Imagine paying downtown rent and having to budget extra time every day just to leave your apartment.

Hot Water

Residents have experienced prolonged hot water outages during the colder months. When I say prolonged I am talking MONTHS

A basic necessity like taking a hot shower became unreliable.

Air Conditioning (ISSUE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS ON JULY 16 2026🤬)

Then came the summer.

The building has experienced prolonged air conditioning outages while residents continue receiving emails that basically say:

"There is no update."

No timelines.

No meaningful explanations. THIS HAS LASTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH, IN A SAN DIEGO HEAT WAVE..

Communication

The biggest disappointment isn't that things break.

Buildings have problems.

It's that management rarely provides meaningful timelines or transparent updates. It often feels like one building-wide issue is resolved only for another one to begin.

It seems like everything needs a custom part! The boiler needs a custom part hence why it takes months, same with the air-conditioning unit, even the door handles (true story and excuse 🤣). I dont know if this is thier legal way of not accepting fault. But the fact is literally every other apartment in downtown do not have this cluster of issues.

Before You Sign a Lease, Ask These Questions

• How often have the elevators been out of service over the past year? When last did all of them work at the same time and for how long? What is the long term plan to make the elevator issue go away?

• How long have the recent hot water and A/C outages lasted? Why does it take months to fix the issues? Why dont you give the tenants rent credits for this inconvenience?

• How are residents compensated when essential building services are unavailable?

Seriously go somewhere else

At Balboa Park this evening.

I counted at least five things wrong with this bus stop. There may be more. I'll let my reddit friends figure them out. I'm sure MTS won't. Nobody should be surprised there's terrible traffic to the airport when only a handful of people were on the bus when I got on.

To not be so negative, I'll take a picture of a bus stop in the south bay done perfect by MTS. So I know they can. Just not on 992 stops for some weird, unknown reason.

Are there any running tracks in SD anywhere that are open to the public? I've been asking around and have not been able to find a school facility I can use for an hour a couple times a week during off hours. Everything is locked for liability reasons or you have to pay a significant user fee.

I don't have any kids and I'm more than happy that my tax dollars fund the schools but it would be nice if I could use a tiny piece of them every now and again. 😅

Thought everyone should know Brian Dobson is standing by this Nazi.

A majority of Democrats in the House have just voted to cut the $3.3 billion/year in U.S. military aid to Israel.

Rep. Thomas Massie – the leader of the amendment – was the only Republican in support.

Our fearless Israel first congressmen voted with Republicans to keep sending billions of our tax dollars to bomb kids in tents.

Going to watch The Odyssey on Saturday, has anyone gone recently to this specific theater? How was your experience?

Just saw the SWAT truck roll in

https://x.com/SanDiegoPD/status/2077773756622094567

Has anyone done it very recently? Just curious what the water is like? I know there won’t be running water or anything, is the lake/pond still swimmable? I’m aware of the heat and everything, not worried about that

July 4, 2004