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height be measured from the existing grade or lower proposed grade; coastal height is measured from the finished (higher) grade. In other words, builders are required to not manipulate the grade while simultaneously being allowed to manipulate the grade. At the hearing, Vacchi placed most of


the blame for grade manipulation at the feet of Proposition D and how it dictates that structures be measured from the finished grade instead of the lower existing grade. This is in line with the technical bulletin that his department put out in 2013 to clarify how to measure height in the coastal overlay zone — by measuring from the finished grade instead of the lower existing grade. Both Gloria and Lightner requested that


city staff come back soon with a remedy to help other similarly impacted communities. Vacchi said that he will be coming back to the city council in July 2017 with a more permanent fix in the next land development code update. “It’s way more complicated than I would have thought originally, that’s why it’s going to take us a little bit longer,” said Vacchi. Don Sevrens from the Peninsula commu-


nity planning board spoke out at the hearing in favor of the amendment. After the hearing, I asked Sevrens if


he could recall any issues with how build- ings were measured before 2013. He said he wasn’t aware of anything. In fact, his group sent a letter to Mayor Faulconer in 2014 about that 2013 technical bulletin with concerns that it was reinterpreting the way structures in the coastal overlay zone were being measured (from existing grade to now finished grade). Faulconer never addressed the planning group’s concerns — not until the community demanded it almost two years later.


JULIE STALMER ENCINITAS


Longtime restaurants lost Owners given 30 days to move out October 26 was a sad day for customers of two Encinitas restaurants: Kealani’s Hawaiian food and next-door neighbor Manhattan Giant Pizza both announced it would be their last day in business. On September 30 — after each having spent over 20 years at their locales — both received 30-day eviction notices. The two businesses in the 100 block of


West D Street, just off Coast Highway 101, along with their neighbor, Reality Place, were advised that their 1920s-era building had


been sold. On Manhattan Giant Pizza’s last night,


their small dining area was packed, as was the sidewalk area. There was a two-hour wait


Kealani, said she had another eight years on her lease. “I gave Mr. Lund the copy of the lease with his signature on it. My copy doesn’t have his signature. “Of course Mr. Lund’s children said they


never found it in all his paperwork,” said Kealani. When Kealani hired a lawyer, she believes that’s when her trouble started and she was forced to close. As I interviewed Kealani, folks would


Restaurant owner Kealani says there are no places to relocate in Encinitas.


for a pizza; they ran out at around 6:30 p.m. Restaurant owners Eddie and Sharla Ham-


ama said they had been renting on a month- to-month basis for the past seven years. “The owners, the Lunds, were local residents. They were so nice and supportive of us. They did a lot for us. We never thought we needed to renew [the lease],” said Sharla. Unfortunately, the Lunds both passed


away this year. Reportedly, their adult chil- dren sold the property quickly, with only a 30-day escrow, according to a local real estate agent and longtime customer of Kealani’s. Naomi Keliinoi, affectionately known as


come up and tell me how she helped them over the years. Dyana said 15 years ago she was living with three small kids in a one- room place. “Kealani gave me money and food to survive.” Kealani said, “I’ve fed the homeless,


provided sleeping bags, and this year alone, helped eight people get off the streets and found them jobs. That’s the aloha spirit I tried to bring to Encinitas.” She said she doesn’t know what she will


do next or how she will make a living, other than catering her food. “I’ve looked all over Encinitas. There are no places to move to.” “Normally you’d get three to six months


to move,” said Eddie. “It would give you time to find another location. Thirty days? That’s ridiculous.” The Hamamas plan to take it easy for a few months before deciding if they will try and reopen somewhere in Encinitas. KEN HARRISON


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There will be a blessing of John’s ashes on Wed., Nov. 2, after the 12 noon All Souls Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary, State and Date streets, Little Italy, followed by 1:00 pm gathering of family, friends, fans at the Reader office, 2323 Broadway, San Diego 92102.


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John Brizzolara December 11, 1950 – October 11, 2016


He was the author of the novels Wirecutter and Thunder Moon and he wrote a weekly column, TGIF, for the Reader.


Notable Reader stories: www.sdreader.com/staff/john-brizzolara


Sadness and Strange Endings (Judith Moore interviews Brizzolara about his novel) August 31, 1989


Set a Needle on My Heart and Play Those Songs of Love and Pain (author’s record collection) August 23, 1990 Flesh of My Flesh (unending romance of fatherhood) – December 10, 1992 My Belly (author’s aging body) Jan. 18, 2001


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