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Melinda White (left) embraces an emotional Eva King during the memorial at Sunset Cliffs for Mike White, a well-known angler and surfboardshaper who grew up on Ladera Street. Melinda, Mike’s sister, helped organize the memorial and paddle out where dozens of friends and fam-ily, including King, who was a life-long friend and former girlfriend, came out to celebrate Mike’s life on Sunday, Aug. 11. ‘Sunset Cliffs washis world and his playground,’ said Melinda. ‘He loved it here.’ See page 10 for the story. THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON

EMOTIONAL MEMORIAL

Residents are beingasked to sign a peti-tion on Ocean

Beach’s Neighborhood WatchFacebook page to take actionto “help to keep our sidewalksclean ensuring a healthierenvironment for everyone.”

“One complaint that is oftenheard about the downtownarea of Ocean Beach is howdirty, stained, and smelly thesidewalks are,” the online peti-tion reads.

“The OB Clean & Safe Pro-gram, a project of the OceanBeach MainStreet Association,is looking to change that byapplying for funding to providebi-monthly cleanings of New-port Avenue sidewalks, inaddition to installing addition-al trash bins along the street.

Movementfor cleanerOB streets

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OB surfboard makerAlbert “Ace” Elliott lostmuch of what he’s

acquired, including 50-year-oldirreplaceable memorabilia, whenhis shaping shed on Froude Streetnear Saratoga Avenue caught fireon Aug. 6.

Elliott’s workspace was full ofold boards and photos of friendshe’d made custom boards for.

“I saw my bike was on fire in mybackyard and I tried to put it out,”said Elliott, who’s been riding e-bikes for years. “I picked up a fire

extinguisher, pulled the plug, hitthe fire — and it exploded. It justblew up in my face, like little shot-gun shells going off.”

“It was a nightmare,” addedElliott of his loss. “It was my littlego-back-in-time sanctuary. It’s nota dollar thing.”

Fortunately, the OB fire stationwas just around the corner andthey came and put it out sparingdamage to the main residence.

“[The fire] took all my boardsand tools, got my truck andcamper,” noted Elliott.

Longtime Ocean Beach surfboard shaper trying to rebuild after fireBY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON

The charred remains of Albert ‘Ace’ Elliott’s shaping shed in OB. SCOTT HOPKINS / PENINSULA BEACON SEE FIRE, Page 5

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AFTER THE STORM … A NEW HOPE

As we head into summer, more restrictions are being removed, more businesses are reopening, and more residents are getting back to work – even the Ocean Beach Farmers Market could return in June – and while we’re not quite out of the woods, yet, we’re also no longer asleep in the poppy fields. Since rainbows are a sign of hope after a storm, we wanted to share this one that appeared earlier this year from our Wizard of OB. JIM GRANT/PENINSULA BEACON

PLHS seniors willing to wait for in-person commencement ceremonyBy DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon

Nearly everything is going re-mote during this pandemic, except apparently most 2020 senior grad-uations throughout the San Diego Unified School District, including Point Loma High School.

And, at least in the Pointers case, the student body has al-ready made its first choice for a graduation ceremony.

“Based on my consultations with the student body, we do not want a virtual graduation, so a lot of work has gone into alternative options to avoid that scenario,” said Ila Jade Komasa, ASB president at PLHS, and president of SDUSD Council of ASB Presidents. “Although it is still a possibility in case public health guidelines will not allow us those

alternative options, we are not currently planning a virtual grad-uation for the June 9 graduation celebration.”

Komasa said PLHS’ preference is to postpone its graduation ceremony.

“We are planning class of 2020 celebrations that are alternatives

to a graduation ceremony for our original date of June 9,” she said. “This allows us more time to plan a postponed graduation for over summer. The goal for this postponed graduation is to have an in-person ceremony while following all health guidelines outlined for the time of the cere-mony. Obviously our top priority is the health and safety of all staff and students, but it is important to the student body to have as close to a traditional graduation as possible.”

Added Komasa: “These deci-sions are the result of weeks of planning with the student body and all of the initial recommenda-tions came from the direct opin-ions of over 2,600 seniors within our school district. The survey

results expressed an overwhelm-ing majority that students would rather postpone and hope for in-person ceremonies than have virtual graduations.”

The SDUSD Board May 12 ac-cepted recommendations from student ASB leaders who have worked with seniors on what graduation will look like this year, noted SDUSD spokesperson Maureen Magee. “Basically, the board said schools could come up with their own graduation plans, as long as they are ac-cessible to everyone, are in sync with public health guidelines, and are approved by their prin-cipals and school leaders,” said Magee.

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State officials approve San Diego County’s plan to allow dine-in customersThe state has approved San

Diego County to move further into Stage 2, allowing dine-in custom-ers at restaurants and in-person shopping for retail businesses, with modifications to protect the spread of coronavirus. Businesses need to follow the guidelines, complete and post safe reopening plans.

Businesses and restaurants must demonstrate compliance with re-quirements for social distancing, disinfection, sanitation, and safe operations. To meet the require-ments of the public health mea-sures issued by the governor, San Diego County will implement the measures outlined below.

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- All employees have been told not to come to work if ill.

- Employees receive a thermal or temperature scan prior to the beginning of each shift.

- A health survey is conducted with each employee prior to the be-ginning of each shift to verify staff have not experienced symptoms consist with Covid-19 in the past seven days or exposed to someone who has experienced symptoms in the past 14 days.

- Employees with Covid-19 like symptoms are not allowed to work and encouraged to contact their medical provider or 2-1-1.

- Face coverings are worn by all staff that interact with the public and when unable to social distance with other employees.

- Clean and disinfect employ-ee restrooms and breakrooms frequently.

- All employees have read and

understand the Covid-19 fact sheet (available in multiple languages).

- Employees shall not share food, beverages, and food-ware.

- Employees do not shake hands, high-five or do similar greetings that break physical distance.

- Employees must frequently wash their hands with soap and warm water.

- A copy of this protocol must be shared with each employee to ensure they understand and will implement the procedures.

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- All tables are six feet apart or if un-movable, a barrier or partition has been installed to separate the tables.

- Tape or markings of at least six feet separation are used in any

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- Staggered seating times are used to space traffic flow.

- Limit the number of patrons at a single table to a household unit or patrons who have asked to be seated together.

- People in the same party seated at the same table do not have to be six feet apart.

- All members of the party must be present before seating and the host must bring the entire party to the table at one time.

- Tables are spaced six feet away from all food preparation areas, including beverage and server stations.

- Other measures used to ensure social distancing is adhered to while customers are waiting to be seated, during ordering or during pick-up of food:

FACE COVERINGS REQUIREDHealth officials want people to

know that face coverings and physi-cal distancing will be required when entering these businesses. In restau-rants, the coverings will be needed until the customers are seated.

“As San Diegans prepare to eat out and go shopping, it’s import-ant for people to remember they must wear a face covering when in public and close to other people,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “The County is enormously grateful for the public’s effort to date.”

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Two recent studies have esti-mated that between 12,000 and 15,000 local lives were saved be-cause of the preventive measures.

“Had we not practiced physi-cal distancing and respected the stay-at-home order, many thou-sands more individuals, including our elderly, would have died from Covid-19,” Wooten said. “The County has made great progress in the fight against Covid-19 and it is now safe for certain businesses to resume operations if they can im-plement safety measures outlined by the County and state.”

STAGE 3 PILOT PROPOSALThe board also approved pro-

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Point Loma High School will be collecting all athletic and JROTC uniforms on Saturday, May 23 and May 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. The drop-off boxes will be located in the Clove Street park-ing lot. Anyone who is walking up in-person for drop-off must wear a facial covering. Drive-up drop-off will also be available, just drive into the parking lot for directions. Coach V will be there to assist.

The requirements for uniform drop-off:

- All items should be placed in a plastic bag.

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If you have any large equipment to return, please securely tape the student's identifying information to the item(s). They will not be collect-ing any textbooks, chrome books, or academic materials at this time. Only athletic/JROTC items can be accepted. Email Coach V ([email protected]) with any questions.

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OB man helps rescue of unique Surf ScoterOn Monday, May 18, Ocean

Beach resident Manmadh Rebba and a friend got their coffee from Vili's on Newport Avenue and headed to the beach for an early morning walk. Rebba, who is em-ployed at San Diego International Airport in the Airport Design and Construction Department, was scheduled to work from home that day, which turned out to be fortunate for a distressed Surf Scoter.

“I noticed a bird struggling and being swept by the waves. It was moving and struggling to get back on its feet and the waves kept pushing the bird in and out,” Rebba said. “I thought it was a regular beach bird from a distance, but when I got closer it was something I never saw before in my life.”

The male Surf Scoter, a sea duck that is nicknamed “old skunk-head,” is not commonly seen in Ocean Beach because it’s pelagic, but is not a rare bird. Compared to most Northern American sea ducks, the Surf Scoter breeds exclusively in North America, mostly in Northern Canada and Alaska. Then, they take differ-ent migration routes to spend the winter in more temperate environments.

Rebba took photos of the bird and then asked members of the Facebook group Social Ocean Beach how he could help it. After

a few minutes, he saw the mes-sage from Knysna Leigh that San Diego Humane Society was being informed and they were on their way.

“We stood there and cautioned surfers, runners, dog walkers to go around the bird until we got help,” Rebba said. “After 15 min-utes, I saw San Diego Humane Society vehicle pull into the park-ing lot and then the officer come over, who was none other than Knysna Leigh.

“[Leigh] got the box prepared,

put her gloves on, and picked up the bird with the dry towel, and put him safely in their box,” Rebba said.

Leigh brought the sea duck to SeaWorld Bird Rescue for rehabil-itation. “I’m told that the bird is emaciated, but in guarded condi-tion,” said SeaWorld spokesperson Terry Kelly.

“It was a great experience and I was glad I got the opportunity to help in the rescue of this unique bird. It was a great way to start the week,” Rebba said.

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The idea behind creating a free grocery-delivery service by students to the needy occurred to Point Loma High School stu-dent Madelyn "Maddie" Wozniak pre-pandemic, when her high-risk grandparents moved in with her family.

“We needed to get them grocer-ies and they just couldn’t leave the house,” said the 16-year-old junior. “It was very hard to find a service that could help us get those grocer-ies. It took us hours (of looking) to find one.”

Noting she didn’t want others to face the same dilemma, the notion struck Wozniak that there was a community void that needed to be filled.

“I texted a few friends and asked if they would be interested in deliv-ering groceries to seniors or other needy people like women with ba-bies,” she said.

Her friends’ response was so positive, it prompted Wozniak to start Store-2-Door with a website promoting a free student delivery service.

“It just took off from there,” said Wozniak noting those availing themselves of Store-2-Door’s ser-vices pay for their own groceries while adding there’s no charge whatsoever for delivery.

“In March we started doing runs to places like Target and grocery stores, even take-out,”

Wozniak said. “We posted on Next Door on March 29, and we got two clients that day. Since then, we’ve done about 50 runs, about 25 of them regulars, about three a day, that we keep track of on a spreadsheet.”

Of Wozniak’s efforts, PLHS prin-cipal Hans Becker said, “She is the student who masterminded this. I’m so proud of her.”

Store-2-Door is also active now on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The student-run delivery program was recently featured in a CBS TV 8 news feature.

Wozniak said that, right now, the idea is to continue the delivery program “until we’re through with the pandemic.”

She added the program, which started in Point Loma, has now gone regional.

“We have different student groups in different areas around San Diego like in North County and Chula Vista,” Wozniak said. “We have at least 60 students now participating from different high schools. If someone needs help, I just text one of our student volun-teers who are available to do a run in that area.”

Wozniak added all deliveries are made with Covid-19 safety precau-tions in place.

“We make sure all of the students are wearing masks and gloves and wiping everything down,” she said. “It’s very safe.”

Jordan Stahl (left) and Payton Richardson (middle) delivering to one of their commu-nity members

Store 2 Door board members are (top, from left) Kalia Chalom, Maddie Wozniak, Sophia Sullivan, Audrey Jason, Aida Soltanian, Eleah Lee; (middle from left) Jessica Ellis, Stella Modiano, Stella Bruce, Maya Deak, Carly Rosier, Carson Arnold; (bottom, from left) Adelka Hancova, Cassidy Saunar, Ava Crowe, Jackson Burchard, and Ila Komasa.

Open registration begins for summer sessionThe San Diego Community

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Alternatives to a June in-person graduation were discussed at the May 12 SDUSD Board of Education meeting. Gleaned from that discus-sion was the realization that a tradi-tional graduation commencement will almost certainly not take place next month. SDUSD seniors are ac-cepting that, although they’re not let-ting the circumstances define them.

PLHS’ Komasa presented findings to the board from a student commit-tee that helped organize a survey to seniors in the district regarding pos-sibilities for how and when to mark an alternative graduation.

More than 2,600 seniors respond-ed to the survey where they laid out their preferences, including the op-tion of postponing in-person grad-uation until later in the summer, provided it can be held safely by ad-hering to public health guidelines.

Komasa said another option presented by seniors includes the

possibility of a virtual graduation ceremony at some point, if a physical graduation cannot be held on either a large or small-scale this summer.

SDUSD Superintendent Cindy Marten agreed with Komasa, giv-ing credit to the student committee that turned a setback into a search for alternatives.

“The students are all pretty disap-pointed that the end of our senior year was taken away from us,” concluded Komasa. “But the support from the school district, and from the commu-nity, have been amazing, and we are very hopeful that we will still be able to have some of our senior activities.”

Caps and gowns, diploma covers and graduation signs can be picked up at a student’s individual high school between May 27 and June 3. Details on specific pickup times and protocols will be announced when they are finalized.

CLASS OF 2020 SURVEYRecently, Affirm, a privately held

San Franciso-based financial tech-nology company, released a survey

with insights on how graduation has changed for the class of 2020. The insights include how grads plan to celebrate, how their sum-mer plans have changed, and the gifts they’re most excited to receive.

HIGHLIGHTS:• Casual Ceremony Attire: Over

80% of graduates are attending their graduation this year; over 60% are wearing PJs or athleisure

• Post-Grad Travel Plans: 80% of graduates rescheduled travel plans, with 70% shifting to 2021

• Putting Plans on Hold: 70% of graduates have postponed or can-celled moving

• What Grads Will Be Doing Instead: Graduates plan to spend the consumer consuming content

• 63% plan to use the summer to watch movies or TV, 60% will be listening to music and 59% are planning to stay connected by calling or doing video calls with friends and family.

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Point Loma High principal announces move to Rancho Bernardo High

By SCOTT HOPKINS | The Beacon

Already undergoing major phys-ical changes, Point Loma High School will now experience a hu-man one. Principal Hans Becker announced last week that he has accepted a new position as principal of Rancho Bernardo High School in the Poway Unified School District.

In a letter emailed to parents, Becker called it "a career move that comes with many mixed emotions and sleepless nights.

"I love Point Loma High School and the students, staff, parents, and communities we serve. I have always said that Point Loma is the finest high school in San Diego and I still believe that," Becker wrote. "However, I’ve always known I was not going to be fortunate enough to serve this community forever.

"My educational pathway has always revolved around change and reinventing myself, and that is what drives me," Becker wrote. "I have been at PLHS for 12 years; five years as vice principal and seven as principal. It’s actually

one of the longest tenures of any administrator at Point Loma and I am honored to be a part of this school’s fabric.

"Words cannot tell you the grat-itude I feel for the positive impact you have had on me as a person," Becker told the community. "I’ve always believed what makes a school amazing is its people, and that’s you. It’s the amazing stu-dents, artists and athletes, it’s the top-notch staff and the always sup-portive families—generation after generation."

Becker succeeded previous

Principal Bobbie Samilson in 2014.His new position begins in July

and the San Diego Unified School District will post the open position initiating a process that hopefully will result in the naming of a new leader prior to the opening of the new school year on Aug. 31.

Becker anticipates his successor will be an exceptional person.

"Point Loma (High School) is a highly desired school for the fin-est aspiring administrators," he noted. "I can assure you that the next principal of this school will be an excellent educational lead-er; nothing less will be tolerated by our community and the San Diego Unified School District."

Becker assured current students and parents he will continue to ad-vocate for them.

"I am still your principal and will make sure that we finish the year as strong and safe as possible. I will be there for the class of 2020 to the very end. I wish you all the best and I am still here to support, talk, or answer questions. My biggest regret is that I can’t do this in person."

Residents, businesses can adopt Point Loma High School seniors Bу SCOTT HOPKINS | The Beacon

With their students unable to

experience many senior activities, Point Loma High School parents have created a way for community members to adopt a member of the school's Class of 2020.

Michele Huber, Senior Class chairperson, notes the 95th gradu-ating class of the school has lost ma-ny of its traditional activities with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Students may not see their class-mates and favorite teachers again.

Parents have created "Adopt a 2020 Senior," based on a nation-wide program, for school alumni,

businesses, and community mem-bers to recognize and celebrate each student's accomplishments.

Adopters are asked to send let-ters, cards, gifts, gift cards, snacks or any other items to show their support. The program requires participants to have an online Facebook account.

Parents of seniors have created a short biography of their students. Adopters are encouraged to read through them and select one or more. After making a selection, they should type "Adopted" in the "Comments" section below the biography.

Organizers are hoping to have

every class member adopted. Adopters can reach out to par-

ents for addresses or coordinate a personal meeting with their senior. This requires clicking on the par-ents' names above the biography and selecting "Profile."

Adopters are encouraged to send something once or spread it out over the next weeks as the original-ly scheduled commencement date of June 9 approaches or beyond.

Huber and other committee members hope to lift each graduate up with positivity, encouragement, and love.

Contact [email protected] for more information.


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UPDATE: Rowdy crowds after dark continue at Sunset CliffsBy DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon

Reacting to Sunset Cliffs’ res-idents continued complaints about increasingly large and unruly crowds leaving garbage, noise, and traffic behind, District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell earlier this month called for reassessing the situation, with the possibility of temporarily clos-ing the park.

“Since our parks and beaches have been opened San Diegans have, for the most part, done an excellent job following public health orders while returning to public spaces for passive use,” said Campbell in a press release. “Unfortunately, this has not been the case in Sunset Cliffs Natural Park or in the greater Sunset Cliffs community.”

Both Campbell’s and Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s offices have been closely monitoring the situation at Sunset Cliffs, after receiving nu-merous reports of people parking and partying in nearby residential neighborhoods into the evenings.

“While I appreciate the resourc-es we have invested there – it’s clear this issue is not getting any better,” said Campbell. “Protecting public health has been a priority for me. I believe it’s time we take a step back to better assess the open-ing of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park to protect public health, discourage illegal gatherings, and keep people safe.”

With Memorial Day weekend coming up, SDPD has said they will increase their presence at Sunset Cliffs checking on alcohol use, social distancing, and beach gatherings. Laura McLean,

captain of SDPD Western Division, responded to residents by pointing out police officers have been and will continue issuing ci-tations and warnings at the park.

“Just because you don’t see en-forcement being taken on a par-ticular incident, doesn’t mean enforcement hasn’t been done,” McLean wrote in an email to Sunset Cliffs residents. “Maybe it wasn’t done on the incident you called about, but that doesn’t mean enforcement has not occurred at all.”

Most of the rowdy activity oc-curs after the sun sets and peo-ple return to their cars parked throughout the neighborhood.

Sunset Cliffs neighbor Glen Volk, who recently embarked on a full-court-press lobbying effort of City officials to spur action on curbing Sunset Cliffs' crowds, said he is not in favor of shutting the park down 24/7.

“My belief is that we should be closing Sunset Cliffs after dark, but not during the daytime where we haven’t had any major issues,” Volk said. “It’s been busy with the usual crowds, and surfers use it. I would hate to see them get their legs cut out from underneath them. It wouldn’t be fair to them. This is a nighttime thing.”

Added Volk: “When the sun goes down, the park turns into a differ-ent animal. Police closed parking lots on the cliffside of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, and the surrounding neighborhoods have been inundat-ed since with people parking there and partying.

“The City really needs to shut down the neighborhood from all the traffic. They need to shut down the park at night, and tell the peo-ple who’ve been parking on resi-dential streets, ‘If you’re not a res-ident, you have to leave.’”

Since Sunset Cliffs Natural Park was reopened on April 27, after it was closed for about a month due to the Covid-19 pandemic, neighbors claim the situation has increasingly become unmanage-able and have been flooding SDPD and City officials with calls and emails to take more action to cur-tail the traffic, litter, and late night shenanigans.

Added Campbell, “Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is more than just a neighborhood park like Kate Sessions or Western Hills. As a re-gional attraction, Sunset Cliffs is more aligned with Mission Bay or Balboa Park and therefore similar restrictions should apply.”

Dedicated in 1983, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is a 68-acre re-source-based park stretching along the ocean bordering the western edge of Point Loma. The 18-acre linear section of the park lies to the west of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard be-tween Adair and Ladera streets.

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Short-term vacation rental operators hoping for rebound this summerBy DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon

Like a ship trapped in the dol-drums at sea, the Covid-19 pan-demic has temporarily taken the wind out of the sails of local short-term vacation rental owners and operators.

The ongoing pandemic has changed the “typical” tourist, said industry spokesperson Jonah Mechanic, owner of SeaBreeze Vacation Rentals in La Jolla and president of Share San Diego, Airbnb's San Diego arm.

“The client now is not your typi-cal tourist who comes here to go to the beach and see all of San Diego’s attractions like the zoo, Balboa Park and SeaWorld, which are all closed,” Mechanic said. “People are now staying here for more ex-tended periods of time. For exam-ple, many people living outside San Diego, who have family here, are coming and renting for a month or multiple weeks, so they can stay in the same house and quarantine together. It’s something we haven’t

seen before.”With kids, and sometimes par-

ents both at home, they’re finding their space has “shrunk,” which Mechanic said is causing some to consider taking on a short-term rental “to have a larger house and maybe some outside space with a yard to help with the kids while quarantining together.”

Will the new normal ever get back to normal for short-term rentals?

“Two theories on that,” an-swered Mechanic. “The first is that unemployment rates are through the roof right now and finances will be tough. Even when things go back to normal, people may remain hunkered down and not go on vacation. The other is that people, being cooped up during the lockdown, that they’ll really want to get out of the house and go on vacation (post-pandemic).”

It’s Mechanic’s take that not only who is coming – but how they’re getting here – could likely be per-manently altered by the pandemic.

“What I’ve read is that inter-national travel will be the last to come back,” he said. “What will be coming back more quickly is road trips for drive-to destinations. San Diego has always been a predom-inantly drive-to destination. Once we get back to some sense of nor-malcy, people are going to choose to drive to Southern California. But these are all theories. We’re in un-precedented times.”

Kimberly Wise, a longtime re-al estate agent in Mission Beach who deals with short-term vaca-tion rentals through her compa-ny, Magical Mission Beach, noted Covid-19 restrictions are ham-stringing everyone in the industry right now.

“The governor’s executive or-ders say vacation rentals are not an essential business and I could be fined,” said Wise, who present-ly manages 18 short-term rentals. “And we may not rent to anyone who is not essential. I’ve been go-ing along with that because I’m trying to follow the rules.”

Wise is now getting phone calls from clients saying, ‘The beach is open, start renting again.’” To which she responds, “No, the ocean is open – the sand is not. It’s just a delicate situation.”

Of the future of short-term rent-als, Wise counseled, “We all need to take a collective breath until we find out what’s next, instead of be-coming arm-chair scientists.”

Post-pandemic, Wise sees short-term rentals coming back gradually.

“I think we’re going to have peo-ple coming from driving distance,” she said. But with current pandem-ic restrictions presently in place, Wise warned, “You can’t just let

people come to this community and party and play volleyball on the beach as if there weren’t any restrictions.”

Blaine Smith, owner/operator of 710 Beach Rentals at 4990 Mission Blvd., concurs with Mechanic that the “new normal” in short-term rentals likely will be different.

“After the lockdown order in mid-March, the cancellations started coming in,” Smith said, adding, “I’m optimistic that we’ll rebound once the lockdown is lifted. But I think it’s naive to think we’re going to have the same demand we had prior to the pandemic.”

Added Smith: “I think people will be uneasy about traveling in an airplane, and that demand for air travel will be down. Obviously, it’s also going to take time for peo-ple to be comfortable going and staying in new places and venues, once they’re allowed to leave their homes. It’s my take that it’s going to take time to get consumer con-fidence back.”

Smith said the jury is still out on whether short-term rental op-erators will convert to longer-term rentals, as a consequence of the pandemic.

“It’s a little too early to tell the impact of how many short-term rental properties will convert to long-term,” he said. “There has been an uptick in mid-term rent-als. But as far as full conversion to long-term and pulling out of short-term … I do think that’s going to happen. I just don’t know to what extent. After the lockdown is lifted, what we’ll be seeing is anybody’s guess.”

Samuel Cryan, a longtime short-term rental operator who

represents properties countywide including Ocean Beach, said he is holding his own right now during a depleted market.

“I’m still getting bookings here and there,” Cryan said. “During this time of quarantine, I’ve got-ten five bookings now not on the beachfront. I don’t know if they’re low-cost rentals, or nurses dealing with Covid or random strangers.”

Noting he’s been dealing with short-term rentals since the begin-ning, Cryan added, “We’ve been very lucky. It’s covered the costs. We’re making do.”

Regarding the future of short-term rentals, Cryan advised short-term operators to stay the course.

“The reality is a lot of people are getting scared and putting their houses on the monthly rental market,” he said. “They’re freak-ing out, not getting their money. But I guarantee you 100% that when it (market) comes back, the ones who stick it out are going to be the breadwinners and make a @#$%load of money.”

Cryan concurs that tourism, once it revives, is likely to involve, at least early-on, driving to San Diego, not flying.

Jonah Mechanic

Beach residents concerned if short term rentals begin to ramp up


With short-term rentals pres-ently hobbled by a lack of tourism during the pandemic, the ques-tion of whether or not they’re over saturating the beachfront is resurfacing.

With the Covid-19 lock down two months old, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decree that STRs can-not be rented to non-essential ten-ants, STR operators admit rentals are way down. They’re also noting the market’s demographics have changed. With airport traffic crater-ing, San Diego, at least temporarily, has become a drive-to destination.

The Peninsula Beacon spoke with two residents – Greg Knight and Gary Wonacott of Mission Beach, the coastal community ac-knowledged as having the largest proportion of STRs – to get their take on what the present short-term rental situation may bode for the future.

“We are seeing a decline in the amount of STRs that are being rented and many of the responsible owners and property managers have

stopped renting all together with the stay-at-home order in place,” said Knight, a small-business owner and member of Mission Beach Town Council. “However, many property managers are seeing their business-es losing money, which means they are doing anything and everything to get a unit rented.”

Added Knight: “This means lowering the prices and going af-ter the people that are not taking this situation as serious. An STR on my court actually rented to a group recently that were just here for the (lockdown) protest in PB.”

“Grocery stores limit the num-ber of shoppers, but we do not put a limit on the number of visitors coming into our residential ar-eas. This seems insane,” said Gary Wonacott, a former MBTC mem-ber who resigned recently, and has advocated for stricter STR regulations.

Meanwhile, Wonacott said the pandemic has brought some changes to MB, that some residents are not displeased with.

“Mission Beach last summer was inundated by STRs, scooters,

and airport noise,” he said. “It was horrendous … Since the coronavi-rus showed up, virtually all of the scooters have disappeared. STRs, until recently, have been very qui-et. And airplane noise is almost non-existent over MB.”

Nearly a year ago in June, MBTC sought to “broker” a compromise over STRs in the community. The MBTC room vote then was 94-34 in favor of an MBTC committee’s recommendations, with at least one critic arguing it was a largely pro-rental partisan crowd, not the sentiment of long-term residents.

No action was subsequently tak-en by the City over MBTC’s short-term rental recommendations.

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The impact of the COVID19 virus on mostof our local businesses has been devastating.Many have been shut down entirely formonths. Others have been able to remainopen but operating only in a limited capac-ity.

One of the local businesses affected isGianni Buonomo Vintners. Located on New-port Avenue in Ocean Beach, this award-winning wine making operation had seensteady growth over the last five years untilthe pandemic hit. We recently caught upwith owner/winemaker Keith Rolle to askhim how his winery has been impacted byCOVID19.

Q: In early March you were forced tostop all operations. How has the shut-down affected Gianni Buonomo Vint-ners?

When revenue drops dramatically andmost operational costs remain steady, it is arecipe for many sleepless nights. Most busi-nesses on the Peninsula are in the sameboat. We still must pay rent, insurance,license fees, and taxes and more taxes. It isnot sustainable.

For my winery, the mandate stresses thatno tastings or glass pours are allowed, butcustomers may enter the winery to pur-chase bottles.

Unfortunately, a large part our businessdepends on beach foot traffic and privatedinner events. With the beaches closed,there is little to no foot traffic. Maintainingstrict social distancing protocol means wewill have to modify how we host specialevents.

Q: How have you adapted to the “newnormal?”

With stay-at-home orders in effect, thefirst thing we did was to start a free deliveryservice to our wine club members in SanDiego County. Then we expanded free deliv-ery to anyone living in 92106 and 92107with no minimum purchase. This hashelped, but its barely enough to keep thelights on. Now we are looking at partneringwith local restaurants.

Q: What are the biggest obstacles youare facing?

There are a couple. First, is the social dis-tancing issue. To assure everyone’s safetywe will only be able to accommodate a frac-tion of the guests we did in the past. I am notsure how to overcome that obstacle. Anoth-er obstacle is helping Peninsula residentsunderstand that there is an actual award-winning winery in their community wheregrapes are brought in and the wine is madeon site. The concept of a winery withoutvineyards creates kind of a disconnect forsome.

Q: Moving forward, where do you seeyour business and the other Peninsulabusinesses in the coming days, months,and years?

My business is like many others. Becausetourism in San Diego is basically shut off andsocial distancing restrictions will limit thenumber of guests that can be serviced, busi-nesses will not be able to generate the amountof revenue they did just months ago.

Rents on the Peninsula and specifically onNewport Ave. are due for a major adjustment.If not, our community will populate with deeppocket franchises like you see in Pacific Beach.

Many of the small stores and restaurantsthat survive will struggle to afford the cur-rent rent prices with reduced income. Theywill be forced to close permanently or leave thearea.

I am confident our Peninsula communitycan pull together to help our independentbusinesses keep their heads above water, orwine in our case, until we are able to moveabout freely again.

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Deemed essential, local cannabis shops negotiate the pandemicBy DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon

It’s hard to say if the legal canna-bis industry has “escaped” the eco-nomic downturn from Covid-19, or risen above it.

In any event, local legal mari-juana dispensaries, which were designated by the state as essential businesses, have remained open and have fared better than many other small-businesses during this two-month pandemic pause.

The Peninsula Beacon caught up with two local dispensaries for a Q&A to discuss how they’ve been holding up against the economic downturn.

PB: We’re hearing that there

was a surge in business for mari-juana dispensaries in March and April after the virus hit. Was that true with your business?

URBN LEAF: “Initially yes,” said Kendall Barquist, store man-ager at Urbn Leaf, which has three San Diego dispensaries and covers coastal and other areas of the City and County. “Especially once we put in the new policy for following lockdown protocols, social distanc-ing and mandated facemasks.”

COLUMBIA CARE: “That was exactly our experience,” said Carolyn Kates, promotions and community outreach specialist with Columbia Care San Diego Dispensary at 4645 De Soto St. in Pacific Beach. “In March, we had

a record number of shoppers, who seemed to be ‘stocking up’ for their

quarantine. However, as soon as the official ‘stay at home’ order came, our sales dropped in half.”

Added Kates: “As the weeks went by, many people lost their jobs and it seemed as if they had less ex-pendable income. Finally, some of our customers opted to have their cannabis delivered by a delivery service, which we do not offer at this time. All those resulted in our sales dropping each week, except for the weekend prior to 4/20, and on 4/20, when we witnessed a re-turn of our shoppers, almost back to normal.”

PB: Tell us a little bit about your

clientele, are they from the sur-rounding area?

URBN LEAF: “Usually we primarily have tourists because we’re the closest location to the airport,” said Barquist. “But since the travel ban due to the pandem-ic, we started to get people from all over including North County and

Temecula. I would say our sales went down about 30% after the

travel ban, but the business has been pretty consistent ever since. We always have bodies here. But before the pandemic, we had the entire lobby filled and lines out the door. Now it’s just consistently busy.”

COLUMBIA CARE: “Over half of our clientele are tourists and visitors to Pacific Beach,” said Kates. “The other half come from all around San Diego County. Because of that client mix, we were also adversely affected by the beaches and the boardwalk being closed for over six weeks. When tourism suffers, our dispensary also suffers.”

PB: Were you surprised at

all that marijuana dispensaries were determined to be essential businesses?

URBN LEAF: “I’m so proud to be in this industry,” said Barquist. “We went from illegal to essen-tial within two years. It’s been an amazing thing to see.”

COLUMBIA CARE: “No, we weren’t surprised,” said Kates. “We are both a medicinal and rec-reational dispensary and have a significant number of seniors and disabled veterans that shop at our store for their medicine.”

PB: Have you totally, or mostly,

switched over to take-out as op-posed to people coming inside your place like dine-in restaurants?

UBRN LEAF: “We were initial-ly just doing pick-up orders,” said

Barquist. “But once we received more clarity on restrictions, we decided to stay open through this pandemic with state-mandated laws in place. Now gloves are man-dated for every employee, and no patrons are allowed to touch any product.”

COLUMBIA CARE: “We closed our physical store on April 6 and reopened May 8,” said Kates. “Our clients were still able to order on-line via Weedmaps, IheartJane, walk up to the window and order or phone-in their orders and pick-up. We also had curbside pickup available. In response to closing our physical store, we created a virtual shopping app-VirtualCA.care, on which our clients could meet with a budtender to get their questions answered or to get prod-uct suggestions.”

PB: Once the lockdown is lifted,

do you expect business to bounce back?

URBN LEAF: “I think we will bounce back no problem,” said Barquist. “There will always be a need for cannabis now that it’s legal. The clientele will always be there. If anything, we’ll be back – and better than ever.”

COLUMBIA CARE: “I think that our business will return,” said Kates. “It may be slower than we want it to be. But, we will all find a new normal way of being, and for selling and buying cannabis.”

JUNGLE JAVA IN OB CLOSING“We are so happy and proud

that we could keep Jungle Java going for a few more years,” said the coffee shop’s operator for the past three years, Danielle Hargis. “It’s a lovely place that has ma-ny memories thanks to the amazing people that worked there threw the years and the wonderful people who came to enjoy the sun, the plants and the tasty treats. Thank you so very much. Be safe. Be well.”

Concerning why she’s closing Hargis said: “It was a mix of a lot of things. It was hard to keep so-cial distancing in a place where people gather. I don’t know how to reopen when people can’t socialize.”

Hargis added she was un-certain she could keep the coffee and plant shop at 5047 Newport Ave. on an even keel financially. “I didn’t think I’d have the numbers to keep the place open,” she said. “Also, my lease is up. It was just a busi-ness move.”

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With major public events con-tinuing to be canceled, the choice for those remaining now becomes postponement – or going virtual.

That wasn’t even an option, or much of one, pre-Covid-19. But now, with no clear end to the pandemic in sight, event promot-ers are finding they’ve run out of alternatives.

The question now becomes, is it worth it to stage a major event re-motely? Will it be financially feasi-ble with far more restrictions, and far fewer attendees?

And the answer, according to local event promoters is: It all depends.

The Peninsula Beacon caught up with four event promoters in town – Sherry Ahern, Laurel McFarlane, Meredith Hall-Chand, and Armando Cepeda – to get their take on the viability of virtual events, and whether we’ll continue to see them more moving forward.

Laurel McFarlane, CEO of McFarlane Promotions, promotes numerous major events annual-ly including the St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween block parties down-town, as well as Old Town’s Cinco de Mayo.

“It worked out great, the virtual fiesta went really well for the busi-nesses there,” said McFarlane of the recent virtual Cinco de Mayo. “Businesses were slammed for that day, and consumers from all over had fun watching it virtually for two hours.”

But it can be really hard to do free events virtually, pointed out McFarlane, adding its almost un-fair to compare live with remote.

“Live is a whole different thing, a whole different experience,”

she said adding, “And with a free event, unless you’ve got sponsors to support it, it may actually end up costing you more (to stage).”

Sherry Ahern of La Jolla, found-er/promoter of both the La Jolla Farmers Market and the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival, recently got the market reopened by adher-ing to strict state health guide-lines. But the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival ended up being postponed until 2021. Ahern said it just didn’t pencil out.

“You would have had to have so-cial distancing with people walk-ing about ensuring they weren’t in clumps,” she said. “And we also would have had to have social dis-tancing in the wine and beer gar-den. … not to mention that a lot of our event sponsors might not be in their best shape then.”

Adding it all up Ahern conclud-ed, “We just wanted to be the best we could be for that event. We just didn’t think it would be feasible to do it.”

Meredith Hall-Chand with the Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Foundation said it worked out for her group to go ahead and virtually stage a fundraising dinner on May 29 for the three-day event, presently planned for Sept. 26.

“With a virtual event you really have to think creatively to make sure you’re engaging your commu-nity,” Hall-Chand said. “And you have to have the capacity to figure out how to go virtually. You have to figure out a way to do it from a different platform.”

The answer for Komen in doing its fundraising dinner virtually was to have had a lot of online attractions.

“We have videos showing and

talking about (cancer) patients here in San Diego, Hall-Chand said. “We’re having a silent auc-tion, VIP packages, a doctor from Scripps speaking, an electronic violinist and a large contingent of the restaurant community that supports us. We already have al-most 300 people signed up and they’re excited and interested, to see what it’s going to look like.”

Armando Cepeda represents both Encore, a music and entertainment production company, as well as the Virtual Event Collective, three busi-nesses creating seamless custom-ized virtual experiences for clients.

With the advent of virtualism, events have “taken on a new life,” said Cepeda.

“We’re doing lots of small things now like putting up webcams so people can see what’s going on at events and the new formats have been really cutting-edge,” he said. “We’ve been able to do virtual events for graduations, fundrais-ers, galas, fashion, etc.”

Is the trend toward hosting more virtual events a temporary trend in response to the pandem-ic, or a permanent change in event promotion?

“The East Coast had already been doing more virtual stuff with the possibility of hurricanes and such,” said McFarlane. “More and more people are getting exposed to events online. Though there’s something really amazing about live events. You just can’t get that on virtual. Probably, we’re going to have a hybrid of live, and virtual, when this is done.”

“I believe it (virtual) is deeply embedded now in the public con-sciousness,” said Cepeda. “It just makes sense to offer virtual ser-vices from here on out. Even if we

do go back to ‘normal,’ virtual is still a unique way to engage people and get them to interact.”

Added Cepeda: “Once you get past the learning curve, virtual

becomes more comfortable. But it will never replace live events or live interaction. It’s not meant to. It’s meant to be a tool, if you will, to provide a different experience.”

Kathryn Vaughn, Lynne Doyle, and Kristi Pieper at last year’s Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Foundation dinner.

San Diego’s Small Business Relief Fund to top $20 millionContinuing to take steps to

provide relief to San Diegans af-fected by COVID-19, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer announced that re-sources made available to San Diego small businesses will now top $20 million following the mayor’ deci-sion to direct $13 million in federal CARES Act funding to help small businesses get back on their feet.

“Small businesses are the lifeblood of San Diego’s economy and they need our help now more than ever,” Faulconer said. “The Small Business Relief Fund has delivered financial assistance to hundreds of business-es so far, and the work has only just begun. This new funding will go to even more businesses as they plan for the reopening of our economy.”

This week, Faulconer released a re-vised fiscal year 2021 budget propos-al that prioritizes federal CARES Act stimulus funds for small businesses, homeless services, and childcare for frontline workers. The proposal calls for using approximately $13 million for small business relief.



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May is Bicycle Safety Month and regional nonprofit Circulate San Diego, which promotes mobility choices, is encouraging people to walk, drive, or ride their bikes while practicing social-distancing.

With shelter-in-place orders continuing, San Diegans still need to get to essential jobs, run errands, or go outside to exercise.

As a result, vehicular traffic has reduced significantly and alterna-tive modes of travel have become increasingly popular. That is evi-denced by several areas that have seen more than 1,000 pedestrian trips per day, and greater biking by families and people of all abilities.

That is why San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer recently unveiled his “Slow Streets” pilot program. The program makes it safer for San Diegans to walk and bike by creating more space for physical distancing and reducing congested foot traffic at parks, beaches, and outdoor trails.

The City has closed select streets, such as Diamond Street in Pacific Beach from Mission Boulevard to Olney Street, to thru-traffic to implement Safe Streets. This pri-oritizes pedestrian and cyclist use as cost-effective transportation for essential workers during a time of economic strain and decreased transit service. Safe Streets include temporary barriers and signage allowing residents to move about their neighborhood while practic-ing safe social distancing.

Circulate’s executive director, Colin Parent, said the organi-zation has published a report recently showing that many es-sential riders continue to rely on transit. “However, many may feel they should avoid transit if they can, and a bicycle is an affordable choice,” said Parent. “Bicycle shops have been doing a lot of business lately, and there's reason to think to ride a bicycle may become more popular after our experience with the pandemic. Riding a bicy-cle allows people to get around while avoiding close quarters and

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As part of Safe Streets, the City has reopened key bikeways as transportation corridors to con-nect essential workers to their jobs. Those include major com-muter bikeways like the SR-56 Bikeway, the San Diego River Bikeway from Ocean Beach east to Mission Valley, Rose Creek Bikeway, Rose Canyon Bikeway,

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Of Safe Streets, Andy Hanshaw, chair of the City’s Mobility board said: “Safe, outdoor spaces for res-idents to access their jobs and es-sential needs by biking and walk-ing is critical during this time. These include the existing com-muter bikeways that also make these connections. We look for-ward to helping identify additional streets that build on this network.”

A bike month resource page on-line is at circulatesd.org/may_is_bike_month. There is also a Bike Month Bingo game people can play that encourages more biking.

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Martha Smith- La Jolla HighValedictorian and 4.0 average, Marthaearned a full scholarship to UCLAstudying Marine Biology and Bio-Tech. Martha was active in water-poloand track and field. We love you andare so proud! We love you, Mom &Dad §

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Savannah Ames is a dual stu-dent-athlete on San Diego Mesa College’s softball team. Ames, a Point Loma High School alum-ni, attends both San Diego Mesa College and Point Loma Nazarene University. Ames majors in com-munications and plans on grad-uating from PLNU in fall of 2020. She carries a GPA over 3.0 at both colleges, PLNU 3.4 GPA and Mesa 3.8 GPA.


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Those recommendations includ-ed non-transferable rental permits; annual per-unit $950 permit fee; primary rental occupant must be age 25-plus with the three-night minimum; two-person per bed-room occupancy; required “good neighbor policy” posting; prompt nuisance complaint response;

complaint log required showing responses; escalating fines from $1,000 to $4,500 with permit re-vocation, and an appeals process, for repeat offenders; and an ulti-mate goal of limiting short-term rentals in MB to 30 percent of total units.

Since then, the STR issue has since largely been back-burnered with the upcoming mayoral elec-tion and the ongoing pandemic.

There is now a new concern over

short-term rentals besides lack of enforcement.

“Many people are coming in and do not know what the rules and regulations are during this virus,” Knight said. “Many aren't wearing masks. When you just show up in town and find that you are limited to no boardwalk, no restaurants, very limited supplies, and not knowing where to find sources of information, it makes it next to impossible for renters to figure

out what to do and where they can go.”

Added Knight, “MB is a very tight commu-nity geograph-ically with a lot of units right on top of each other and many doors that open with-in six feet of one another. MB also has a lot of senior

citizens living in close proximity to college-age and mid-20s peo-ple, many of whom don't take this situation very seriously. We are concerned that if the virus were to come to MB, it has the potential to spread like a wildfire with severe consequences for some. If vacation rentals are allowed to come back in with no consequences, our popu-lation in Mission Beach could in-crease by 400-plus percent, which could be deadly.”

Wonacott’s longstanding view that MB is oversaturated with short-term rentals remains un-changed. And he doubts the pres-ent “pandemic pause” will have much long-term effect.

“The percent of STRs in PB has been around 7 percent of total dwellings compared to over 50 percent in MB,” he said. “I doubt there are many communities in California that compare with MB, which is why we are so concerned about a sudden increase in coro-navirus here brought in from STR

visitors. … I do expect the percent of STRs in MB to drop substantial-ly this summer in MB, although it appears that most STR owners/investors are staying the course for now. I don’t see a dramatic de-crease in STRs in the long term due to the virus.”

Reacting to the contention that short-term tenants aren’t aware of local pandemic restrictions, rent-al industry spokesperson Jonah Mechanic said: “From direct inter-action with our guests, that is sim-ply not true. Virtually every guest that calls or emails our office look-ing to come to San Diego always asks what the rules are so that they are prepared. They ask about the beach closures, restaurant availability (dine-in versus take-out), masks, and social distancing. These are responsible people who are in need of accommodations so that they too can responsibly shelter-in-place.”

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