Encinitas Right to Vote Initiative

Prop. A approval has a few twists

Helen Hawes • July 16, 2013

Even after Proposition A’s win in a June 18 Encinitas special election, it appeared to be a game of numbers and letters to get the City Council to adopt and implement the measure, including one state...

Anti-Prop. A mailer stirs up flier flap

Helen Hawes • June 6, 2013

It’s a mystery. Finding an individual willing to take credit for the creation of a recent flier in opposition to Proposition A, on the ballot as The Encinitas Right to Vote Amendment, could be likened...

Is there a punch line to Encinitas politics?

Roman S. Koenig • June 3, 2013

I first learned that Encinitas politics was nasty business when the punches were thrown. Literally. The realization hit me – figuratively – when I was attending a community business meeting in 2002....

For Prop. A: Initiative will help preserve community character

Sheila S. Cameron and Olivier Canler • May 11, 2013

Your “yes” vote on the Right to Vote Initiative, Proposition A, is the most important vote you will cast since we incorporated the city of Encinitas in 1986. Your vote will decide if Encinitas retains...

Against Prop. A: Planning process will be thrown into chaos

Tony Kranz • May 11, 2013

The “Right to Vote” initiative, now known as Proposition A, will be decided in a special election on June 18, and I urge you to vote no. Prop. A seems straightforward and simple to support: what...

Initiative backers pan impact report

Ernesto Lopez • March 26, 2013

Although the Encinitas City Council has already ordered a special election for the Right to Vote Initiative on June 18, backers are saying the report ordered by the council on the effects of the proposal...

Will ‘right to vote’ really save the magic?

Roman S. Koenig • March 26, 2013

If you want to find a hint of the North County coast that once was, take a trek up to the Central Coast. Each January, I take a trip to Morro Bay for a college journalism faculty conference. It’s...

Law firm to tackle initiative report

Ernesto Lopez • February 20, 2013

Encinitas city planners have selected Costa Mesa law firm Rutan & Tucker to conduct a report on possible effects of the Right to Vote Initiative, as asked for by the City Council on Feb.13, the planning...

Backers, city weigh next steps for Right to Vote Initiative

Ernesto Lopez • February 9, 2013

A special election for the Right to Vote Initiative approved in January could cost the city around $300,000, according to the Encinitas city clerk. The initiative – which would impose a citywide height...

Backers: Initiative qualifies for ballot

North Coast Current • January 19, 2013

A petition drive for the Encinitas Right to Vote Initiative has qualified for a special election, supporters announced Jan. 18. The city clerk certified on Jan. 17 that the petition has qualified with...

LETTER: Let residents vote on growth

July 31, 2012

For most participants, the process of updating the housing and land-use elements of the Encinitas General Plan has been frustrating and difficult. These elements must be resolved before the City Council...

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