REPORT SHOWS TOBACCO INTERESTS SPENT NEARLY $100 MILLION IN LAST DECADE TO BUY ELECTIONS...

Assemblyman Martin Garrick, R-Solana Beach, as Republican Leader, took the second-most tobacco pay-offs, totaling $15,600 in 2009-10. Over a longer period, 2003-10, Mark Wyland, R-Solana Beach, took in the most tobacco money among current local lawmakers, $47,743. He is the longest serving local Republican in the Legislature, once an assemblyman now a senator...Cigarette makers and distributors contributed $6.5 million to California state candidates in 2009-10, a $4.5 million increase over the 2007-2008 election cycle...The industry also spent $2.76 million on lobbying, much of it dedicated to defeating new tobacco taxes.

TOBACCO MONEY REPORT SHOWS TOBACCO INTERESTS SPENT NEARLY $100 MILLION IN THE LAST DECADE TO INFLUENCE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE POLICY

The American Lung Association in California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing releases a new report on campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by tobacco interests

July 19, 2011 (Sacramento, CA)   Tobacco interests spent a total of $9.3 million on campaign contributions and lobbying in California during the 2009-2010 election cycle and have spent nearly $100 million over the last decade, according to a new report by the Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing, a project of the American Lung Association in California.  

"Big Tobacco continues to use its vast financial resources for campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures to oppose bills and ballot initiatives that would benefit public health by reducing tobacco use," said Jane Warner, President & CEO of the American Lung Association in California.   

Tobacco Money in California Politics shows that tobacco interests contributed more than $6.56 million to candidates and members of the California Legislature, constitutional officers and political committees and spent $2.76 million on lobbying expenditures during the 2009-2010 election cycle.

The data used in producing Tobacco Money in California Politics is derived from the semiannual contribution reports and the quarterly lobbying reports filed by the tobacco interests with the Secretary of State that cover the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010.

Highlights from Tobacco Money in California Politics include:

• Sixty percent of the total contributions made during the 2009-2010 election cycle were to political committees in support of Proposition 26 and in opposition to Proposition 25, which were both passed by California voters in the November 2010 general election.  Proposition 25 changed the vote requirement for passing a state budget from a two-thirds vote to a simple majority and Proposition 26 reclassified many types of fees as taxes, subjecting them to a two-thirds vote requirement.
  
  
• Of the 122 state legislators (more than 120 due to vacancies and special elections), tobacco interests made campaign contributions to 59 members, or 48 percent, similar to the total from pervious election cycles.
• Philip Morris USA Inc. spent more than $750,000 on lobbying in the second quarter of 2009 (April through June), a record amount for lobbying expenditures in one quarter by any tobacco interest over the last decade.  During those three months, the legislature voted on two budget bills that contained a tobacco tax increase and another tobacco tax bill that was moving forward in the legislative process.

"The numbers in this report are clear, Big Tobacco is spending to protect their vast financial interests in California," Paul Knepprath, Vice President of Advocacy and Health Initiatives, American Lung Association in California. "Despite the tobacco industry spending millions, smoking rates continue to drop and the state and local governments continue to pass policies that reduce tobacco's impact on our state."

A full copy of Tobacco Money in California Politics is available atwww.Center4TobaccoPolicy.org/tobaccomoney. The Center also maintains a searchable database of campaign contributions that the public can use to learn if their own State Assembly Member or Senator received campaign contributions available at www.Center4TobaccoPolicy.org/database

 Below are the report documents, as well as a database of campaign contributions to Members of the California Legislature that contains data from the 2001-2002 election cycle to the present and is searchable by name, legislative district and county.

Tobacco money to sitting lawmakers 2003-2010*

• Senator/Assemblyman Mark Wyland, R-Solana Beach, $47,743

• Senator/Assemblywoman Mimi Walters, R-Lake Forest, $30,600

• Assemblyman Martin Garrick, R-Solana Beach, $29,100

• Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, $25,100

• Senator/Assemblyman Joel Anderson, R-La Mesa, $23,900

• Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore, $20,300

• Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, $19,000

• Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, $3,900

*Some numbers reflect donations for different offices and can vary by number of years in office. No sitting Democrat from San Diego County received direct contributions.

Source: American Lung Association inCalifornia

Tobacco Money in California Politics

Tobacco Money in California Politics: Highlights of the Report

Tobacco Money in California Politics: A Decade of Influence

Database of Campaign Contributions of Tobacco Interests 

Press Release

Below are past tobacco money reports:

2009-2010 Election Cycle

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2009 - March 2010 

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-December 2009

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-September 2009 

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-June 2009

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-March 2009

2007-2008 Election Cycle

Tobacco Money in California Politics: Report for the 2007-2008 Election Cycle

Tobacco Money in California Politics: Highlights of the Report 

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2007 - September 2008

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2007 - June 2008

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2007 - March 2008

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January- December 2007

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-September 2007

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-June 2007

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January-March 2007

2005-2006 Election Cycle

Tobacco Money in California Politics: Report for 2005-2006 Election Cycle

Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2009 - September 2010 

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: January 2009 - June 2010

Meet New Al-Qaeda - Yemen Leader Anwar al-Awlaki: From the files of Seth Hettena...A LOOK AT SAN DIEGO AND RANCHO SANTA FE'S VERY OWN NOTORIOUS AL-QAEDA LEADER...

(Photo: Anwar al Awlaki's booking photo after he was arrested in San Diego on April 5, 1997.)

Time-Line Followed By ABC News May 2011 Update and KPBS Awlaki in San Diego investigation:

Contents:
Early years in America

Busted for Prostitution

The 9/11 Plot

Yemen

Fort Hood

Christmas Day Bombing

Airstrike in Yemen

April 1971: Anwar al-Awlaki born in Cruces, N.M. while father is on diplomatic posting.

1978: Leaves U.S. for Yemen.

Jan. 13, 1988: Issued U.S. passport.

Awlaki

 (Photo: Awlaki was an Imam at the Ribat Mosque in La Mesa in 2000 when he held regular sessions with two of the September 11th hijackers -- Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. Intelligence officials said the two Al Qaeda operatives viewed Awlaki as a spiritual adviser.)

June 5, 1990: Enters U.S. in Chicago with Yemeni passport with J-1 exchange visitor U.S. visa issued in Sana’a.

June 6, 1990: Applies for Social Security card. Claims he was born in Sana’a, Yemen.

June 8, 1990: SSN 521-77-7121 issued to Awlaki.

Aug. 21, 1991: Enters U.S. in Chicago.

1991: Attends Colorado State University on a scholarship from Yemen.

Jan. 29, 1992: Enters U.S. in New York City.

Nov. 18, 1993: Applies for a U.S. passport in Fort Collins, Colo.

1994: Graduates from Colorado State with bachelor’s in civil engineering.

1996: Named imam of Masjid al-Rabat in San Diego.

1996: Busted for soliciting a prostitute in San Diego.

Time uncertain: Arrested by San Diego police “for hanging around a school.” (9/11 Commission MFR FBI Agent #59)

1997: Busted again for soliciting a prostitute in San Diego.

1998 & 1999: Serves as vice president of Charitable Society for Social Welfare Inc., the U.S. branch of a Yemeni charity headed by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani. Federal prosecutors in a New York terrorism-financing case later describe the charity as “a front organization” that was “used to support al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.”

January 1999: Enrolls in San Diego State University master’s in educational leadership program. SDSU spokesman says the school does not have records showing Awlaki earned a degree.

June 1999: FBI investigates Awlaki after learning that he may have been contacted by Ziyad Khaleel, who bought a satellite phone bin Laden used in the 1990s.

1999-2000: During its investigation, FBI learns that Awlaki knows individuals from the Holy Land Foundation and others involved in raising money for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Sources alleged that Aulaqi had other extremist connections. (9/11 Commission Report)

February 2000: Four calls between Awlaki and Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi who helped Al-Hamzi and Almihdhar find an apartment in San Diego. An FBI agent tells 9/11 Commission staff he is “98 percent sure” that the two hijackers were using al-Bayoumi’s phone at this time. (9/11 Commission MFR FBI Agent #63)

Early 2000: Visited by a subject of a Los Angeles FBI investigation closely associated with Blind Sheikh [Omar Abdel] Rahman. (Congressional Joint Inquiry on 9/11)

Early 2000: Several sources tell FBI that Alwaki “had closed-door meetings in San Diego” with Alhazmi, al-Midhar and another unidentified person “whom al-Bayoumi had asked to help the hijackers.” (Congressional Joint Inquiry)

Feb. 3, 2000: FBI electronic communication, background searches re: Awlaki. (9/11 Commission report)

March 2000: FBI closes its investigation, stating “the imam … does not meet the criterion for [further] investigation.” (Congressional Joint Inquiry on 9/11)

July-August 2000: Resigns from San Diego mosque.

Summer-Fall 2000: Travels abroad to “various countries.” (SD Union-Tribune 10/1/01)

January 2001: Moves to Virginia. Employed at Dar Al-Hijra Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., largest mosque in the country.

January 2001: Enrolls in George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, pursing a Ph.D in human resource development.

Unknown: Meets Nidal Hasan, future Fort Hood shooter.

Early 2001: Named Muslim chaplain at GWU.

April 2001: Al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour arrive in Falls Church and attend Dar Al-Hijra mosque. Awlaki denies having contact with the men in Virginia. (9/11 Commission report)

July 20, 2001: Delivers sermon at Friday Jummah Prayer in U.S. Capitol.

Before Sept. 11, 2001: Awlaki returns briefly to San Diego (9/11 Commission MFR) “Reportedly acted suspiciously by declining help with boxes he was transporting in a rental car (driven only 37 miles) and by refusing to provide any local address to the rental agent.” (9/11 Commission MFR FBI Agent #59)

August 2001: According to NY Times, Awlaki tells neighbor Lincoln Higgie, “I don’t think you’ll be seeing me. I won’t be coming back to San Diego again. Later on you’ll find out why.”

Sept. 17, 2001: In comments published on IslamOnline, Alawki suggested that Israelis may have been responsible for the 9/11 attacks and that the FBI “went into the roster of the airplanes and whoever has a Muslim or Arab name became the hijacker by default.”

Sept. 15-19, 2001: Interviewed four times by FBI. Awlaki says he did not recognize Hazmi’s name but identifies his picture. Admitted meeting with Hazmi several times, he claimed not to remember any specifics of what they discussed. Describes Hazmi as a soft-spoken Saudi student who used to appear at the mosque with a companion but who did not have a large circle of friends. Does not identify Almihdhar.

September-November 2001: Interviewed numerous times by reporters, including National Geographic, Ray Suarez and The Washington Post.

2001-2002: Awlaki observed allegedly taking Washington-area prostitutes into Virginia. Authorities contemplate charging him under the Mann Act, reserved for nabbing pimps who transport prostitutes across state lines.

March 2002: Awlaki leaves for U.K.

March 31, 2002: Lectures at Quran Expo in London

April 2002: Employment with Dar Al-Hijra mosque ends.

2002: Federal prosecutors in Colorado receive information from Ray Fournier, a federal diplomatic security agent in San Diego who was investigating Awlaki for passport fraud.

June 2002: Figures in Operation Green Quest, a terrorism-related money-laundering investigation.

Mid-2002: Radwan Abu-Issa, the subject of a Houston Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation, sends money to Awlaki, according to a document in a restricted government database. Awlaki’s name was placed on an early version of what is now the federal terror watch list.

June 17, 2002: Federal magistrate in Colorado signs warrant for Awlaki’s arrest for passport fraud.

October 2002: A federal diplomatic special agent in Colorado began investigating in preparation to take the case to a grand jury learns Awlaki corrected the place of birth on his Social Security application to New Mexico.

Oct. 8, 2002: FBI electronic communication, interview re: Awlaki. (9/11 Commission Report)

Oct. 9, 2002: Arrest warrant rescinded.

Oct. 10, 2002: Arrives in New York on a Saudi Airlines flight from Riyadh. Briefly detained by INS.

Oct. 11, 2002: Criminal case terminated.

Late 2002: Visits Fairfax, Virginia home of Ali al-Timimi, a radical cleric, and asked him about recruiting young Muslims for “violent jihad.” Al-Timimi, is now serving a life sentence for inciting followers to fight with the Taliban against Americans.

Late 2002: Departs U.S. for London.

June 2003: Delivers lecture at Muslim Association of Britain symposium in London

December 2003: Islamic Forum of Europe lecture: “Stop police terror.”

Dec. 18, 2003: British MP Louise Ellman tells House of Commons calls Muslim Association of Britain is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood; says Awlaki “is reportedly wanted for questioning by the FBI in connection with the 9/11 al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.”

Early 2004: Moves to Yemen.

2004: Lectures at Imam University in Sana’a, Yemen, a school headed by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani.

Mid-2006: Awlaki arrested in Yemen. Claims he was held at the request of the U.S. government.

Oct. 17, 2006: Yemeni secret police raid swept up eight foreigners living in Sana’a, under surveillance by the CIA and British intelligence, and at least 12 other men across Yemen. Yemeni authorities insist they dismantled an al-Qa’ida cell and disrupted a gun-running ring to neighbouring Somalia, although no evidence is found. Awlaki (identified as “Abu Atiq”) said to be key to the raid.

September 2007: FBI agents interview Awlaki in prison. Ask about contacts with 9/11 hijackers.

December 2007: Awlaki released after 18 months confinement in Yemen, almost all of it in solitary confinement.

Anwar Awlaki in 2008

February 2008: Registers www.anwar-alawlaki.com

February 2008: U.S. counterterrorism officials link Awlaki to terrorism, The Washington Post reports. “There is good reason to believe Anwar Aulaqi has been involved in very serious terrorist activities since leaving the United States, including plotting attacks against America and our allies,” an anonymous U.S. counterterrorism official tells the Post.

Unknown: Awlaki leaves Sana’a and moves to remote Shabwa region.

Dec. 17, 2008: Maj. Nidal Hasan contacts Awlaki via e-mail. “Do you remember me? I used to pray with you at the Virginia mosque.” Awlaki tells Al-Jazeera: “He was asking about killing American soldiers and officers. [He asked] whether this is a religiously legitimate act or not.”

“…the first message was asking for an edict regarding the [possibility] of a Muslim soldier killing his colleagues who serve with him in the American army. In other messages, Nidal was clarifying his position regarding the killing of Israeli civilians. He was in support of this, and in his messages he mentioned the religious justifications for targeting the Jews with missiles. Then there were some messages in which he asked for a way through which he could transfer some funds to us [and by this] participate in charitable activities.”

December 2008: San Diego JTTF opens investigation into intercepted e-mails between Awlaki and Maj. Nidal Hasan. (FBI statement)

Jan. 1, 2009: Awlaki speaks via satellite link at London Muslim Centre. Event organized by Noor Pro Media.

January 2009: In blog post, Awlaki asks: “Today the world turns upside down when one Muslim performs a martyrdom operation. Can you imagine what would happen if that is done by seven hundred Muslims on the same day?!”

January 20, 2009: Al Qaida forces in Yemen unite under the umbrella of Al Qaida in the Arabian Pensinsula (AQAP).

February 2009: Awlaki blog post, “I pray that Allah destroys America and all its allies and the day that happens, and I assure you it will and sooner than you think, I will be very pleased.”

Early 2009: E-mail contacts continue between Awlaki and Hassan. FBI San Diego forwards two messages to Washington Field Office. Later e-mail described as “more serious” not shared.

March 15, 2009: AQAP claims credit for attacks that kills four South Korean tourists and their guide in in the city of Shibam in Hadramut; days later, a convoy of Korean officials sent to investigate is attacked.

July 2009: Awlaki praises insurgent attack on Yemeni troops in Marib.

Aug. 4: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253, attends Sana’a Institute for the Arabic Language, according to the Yemeni Foreign Ministry.

August: The U.S. National Security Agency intercepts al-Qaida conversations about an unidentified “Nigerian.”

Aug. 27: AQAP claims credit for an attack that narrowly missed Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a senior member of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family and head of the kingdom’s counterterrorism operations. Suicide bomber detonated PETN bomb hidden in his underwear.

Sept. 21: Abdulmutallab leaves Sana’a Institute.

Fall: NSA intercepts “voice-to-voice communication” between Abdulmutallab and Awlaki indicating that Aulaqi “was in some way involved in facilitating this guy’s transportation or trip through Yemen.”

October: Abdulmutallab travels to Shabwa province. The 23-year-old engineering graduate probably met with al-Qaeda operatives in a house built by Awlaki.

October: CIA rebuffs Yemeni government request for help locating Awlaki for possible capture operation, according to . CIA concluded that it could not assist because the agency lacked specific evidence that he threatened the lives of Americans. A Yemeni request forU.S. Special Forces’ help on the ground in pursuing Awlaki also refused.

Fall: Awlaki tells Yemeni journalist that he met Abdulmutallab:

• “Umar Farouk is one of my students; I had communications with him,” Awlaki says
• Yemeni Foreign Minister Rashad Alimi states Abdulmutallab met Awlaki at a remote meeting place in Shabwa province.
• Abdulmutallab tells FBI that Alwaki personally blessed attack.

November: U.S. official tells David Ignatius Awlaki “didn’t go operational until November. It wasn’t a case of missed intelligence, not at all. The Yemenis didn’t even think he had assumed an operational role.” This official also notes that “there was an American policy decision not to put boots on the ground,” limiting any military action.

Nov. 5, 2009: Hasan allegedly kills 13 at Fort Hood.

Nov. 7, 2009: Post on Awlaki’s website praises Hasan as a “hero.”

After the Fort Hood shooting, FBI, CIA, NSA, NCTC conduct interagency “scrub” of Awlaki’s contacts to determine who poses a threat. (Michael Leiter, testimony 1/20/09 before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.)

Dec. 7, 2009: Abdulmutallab leaves Yemen for Ethiopia.

Dec. 14, 2009: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton designates Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula aka Al Qaeda in Yemen as a terrorist organization. Two AQAP leaders, Nasir al-Wahishi and Said Ali al-Shihri, also designated as terrorists

Dec. 23, 2009: Al-Jazeera broadcasts interview with Awlaki.

Dec. 24, 2009: Awlaki falsely reported as killed in Yemeni airstrike.

• On orders from President Barack Obama, ABC News reports, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles against two suspected al-Qaida sites: a suspected training camp north of Sanaa and a location where officials said “an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned.”
• Yemen Embassy states Yemeni air forces targeted “scores of Yemeni and foreign al-Qaida operatives” at a remote location southeast of Sanaa. Awlaki “presumed to be at the site” along with Nasir al-Whaishi, senior leader of Al Qaida in the Arabian Pensinsula (AQAP) and his deputy, (former Guantanamo detainee) Said al-Shiri.
• Official Yemen state news agency, SABA, reports attack targeted an al-Qaida hideout in the Rafdh area of the al-Said district in Shabwa province.

Dec. 25, 2009: Rep. Pete Hoekstra, senior Republican on House Intelligence Committee, suggests there may be a link between Awlaki and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

Dec. 29, 2009: Alwaki became “operational” sometime over past year, senior U.S. official tells Fox News.

“Late” 2009: Awlaki’s name added to separate lists of maintained “High Value Targets” and “High Value Individuals” maintained by U.S. Joint Special Operations Command’s list and the Central Intelligence Agency

Jan. 3, 2010: “Mr. Awlaki is a problem. He’s clearly a part of Al Qaida in Arabian Peninsula. He’s not just a cleric. He is in fact trying to instigate terrorism,” said John Brennan, deputy national security advisor for counterterrorism and homeland security.

Jan. 14: Ali Mohamed Al Anisi, the director of Yemen’s National Security Agency and a senior presidential adviser, said talks were under way with members of Mr. Awlaki’s tribe in an effort to convince the cleric to turn himself in.

Jan. 19: Awlaki tells Yemeni journalist he has no intention of surrendering and denies Yemeni government claims that negotiations were underway aiming at a surrender.

Jan. 20: Senate Foreign Relations Committee report: “Although Awlaki has not yet been accused of a crime, U.S. intelligence and military officials consider him to be a direct threat to U.S. interests.”

Jan. 25: ABC News reports, “White House lawyers are mulling the legality of proposed attempts to kill an American citizen, Anwar Awlaki … according to two people briefed by U.S. intelligence officials.”

Jan. 27:

• “U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people….”
• “As part of the operations, Obama approved a Dec. 24 strike against a compound where a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was thought to be meeting with other regional al-Qaeda leaders. Although he was not the focus of the strike and was not killed, he has since been added to a shortlist of U.S. citizens specifically targeted for killing or capture by the JSOC, military officials said.”
• “Both the CIA and the JSOC maintain lists of individuals, called “High Value Targets” and “High Value Individuals,” whom they seek to kill or capture. The JSOC list includes three Americans, including Aulaqi, whose name was added late last year. As of several months ago, the CIA list included three U.S. citizens, and an intelligence official said that Aulaqi’s name has now been added.”

Jan. 31: LA Times: “While Awlaki has not yet been placed on the CIA list, the officials said it is all but certain that he will be added because of the threat he poses. … Awlaki is already on the military’s list, which is maintained by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.”

Feb. 2: Awlaki tells Al-Jazeera that he did not order the Christmas Day airliner bombing, but expresses support.

Feb. 3: Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says intelligence community may assassinate U.S. citizens involved in terrorism. “We take direct actions against terrorists in the intelligence community,” he said. “If we think that direct action will involve killing an American, we get specific permission to do that.”

Feb. 5: CBS News: “The suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt told federal investigators that radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out the attack, CBS News has learned”

March 19: Awlaki calls on American Muslims to take up Jihad against the United States. 

March 26: CIA Director Leon Panetta tells WSJ Awlaki is “clearly” someone the agency is seeking. “There isn’t any question that he’s one of the individuals that we’re focusing on.”

May 23: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a 45-minute interview with Awlaki, who justifies killing American civilians.

June 3: DOJ reveals that Awlaki had been in e-mail contact with 29-year-0ld Barry Walter Bujol in Texas. Awlaki provided Bujol with a document entitled “42 Ways of Supporting Jihad.” Bujol asked Awlaki for advice on how to provide money to the “mujahideen” overseas.

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UPDATE MAY 22, 2011

Less than a week after Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan, U.S. drones have tried to killed radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, according to U.S. officials.

Officials say the missile strike did not succeed in killing Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric who has become a leading voice of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemeni affiliate of al Qaeda.

Yemeni officials said two al Qaeda operatives were killed in the Thursday strike in a remote area of Yemen.

The attempt to kill Awlaki was the first acknowledged U.S military strike inside Yemen in a year. In May 2010, missiles killed an envoy of Yemeni president Saleh by mistake. Unlike previous strikes in Yemen that have involved Tomahawk cruise missile launched by Navy ships, Thursday's strike involved a predator drone. Until now, drones flying over Yemen had been unarmed.

In early 2010, the Obama administration authorized the CIA and the U.S. military to kill Awlaki even though he is a U.S. citizen. Born in New Mexico, Awlaki moved to Yemen in 2004. Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad said he was inspired by Awlaki, and accused Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan exchanged emails with Awlaki. In January 2010, Awlaki said he had had contact with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be "underwear bomber" accused of trying to blow up Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

In September, the Yemeni government said it had surrounded Awlaki in the village of Houta, but then said it had instead captured two-dozen al Qaeda fighters and a "vital terror headquarters."

In a statement, the Yemeni government said the military was still "combing the area, searching for militants before declaring the area safe for its residents to return." The military says the battle began after a failed attack by AQAP on a pipeline. Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the wake of the fighting.

Yemeni officials said they believed Awlaki was near the village with a group of suspected al Qaeda militants. But a Yemeni diplomat who had spoken to military commanders on the scene told ABC News there was no confirmation that Awlaki was at the location.

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(KPBS -- Amita Sharma - June 2010. For more visit here...)

Islamic Cleric Raised Red Flags While in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Long before Anwar al Awlaki said, "Jihad against America is binding upon myself just as it is binding on every other able muslim," the Islamic preacher counseled some of the most infamous jihadists in American history."

Awlaki was an Imam at the Ribat Mosque in La Mesa in 2000 when he held regular sessions with two of the September 11th hijackers -- Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. Intelligence officials said the two Al Qaeda operatives viewed Awlaki as a spiritual adviser.

"He was meeting with al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar in the ante room off of the al rabat mosque. Just the three of them."

San Diego-based Ray Fournier is a former state department official who investigated Awlaki.

"It stands to reason that when three people get together and two of them end up being hijackers that end up in the Pentagon, they're obviously discussing how they're going to stay on track," Fournier said. "He's absolving them of their sins. He's making sure that their cover within Western culture is being maintained. He's making sure they're going to stay operational."

Awlaki's meetings with Hazmi and Mihdhar may not have been his first with muslim extremists in San Diego. In 1999, the FBI investigated Awlaki after the bureau received information that he may have been approached by an agent for Osama Bin Laden. And it was during this probe, that investigators learned Awlaki had contact with the Holy Land Foundation involved in raising money for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Awlaki's public sermons didn't yet preach violent jihad. But Fournier said Awlaki was already radicalized before he arrived in San Diego in 1996. He said investigators point to his conduct as a student at Colorado State University.

"It became apparent that he was trying to do a lot of work converting people to Islam there on the campus," Fournier said. "He had a very traditional Islamic appearance, a long beard, wearing the long wardrobe that would be more appropriate for the Middle East."

But there were also signs he was not a complete traditionalist. San Diego police officers arrested Awlaki twice for soliciting prostitutes.

Terrorism Expert Brian Michael Jenkins of the think tank the Rand Corporation said religious extremists have often led colorful early lives.

"And in some cases, their radicalization was a rejection of their own sins," Jenkins said. "They had not been pure. They had not lived up to standards they admired. Rather than clean up their act, they become a zealot -- a zealot that is angry with what they are themselves. And therefore that anger becomes outwardly directed."

Awlaki left San Diego in 2000 to be the imam at a mosque in Virginia. The September 11th hijacker Hazmi, who attended Awlaki's sermons in San Diego, showed up at the same mosque. Some in the FBI believed Awlaki provided material support for the hijackers but they did not have enough evidence to build a criminal case.

So Fournier tried another tactic. Fournier says Awlaki committed passport fraud by stating he was a Yemeni citizen when he entered the United States in 1990 even though he's a U.S. citizen.

The false claim enabled Awlaki to receive $20,000 in grant money to study American culture.

Sometime after September 11th, Awlaki moved to Yemen. Then, Fournier pushed for Awlaki to be charged with passport fraud. An arrest warrant was issued in 2002 but was rescinded shortly before Awlaki returned to the U.S. Fournier says if Awlaki had been tried and convicted, he could have been put away for 10 years.

"It's pretty frustrating to say the least," Fournier said. "We really don't know what future we would have led had the warrant been executed when Anwar arrived in the United States in 2002."

Fournier said he's certain it would have been a different future.

Road to Abkhazia leads through Del Mar Pt. 2: B. Talley goes Atlantic with Black Sea tale...

Driving back down Abkhazia’s wending coast, Del Mar's Bruce Talley pointed to a series of decrepit, half-collapsed Soviet- era buildings. “I see a five-star hotel here,” he says, and “a family resort over there,” and “definitely something akin to a Club Med along the coast up here.” When a line of palm trees gives way to a view of the snowcapped Caucasus Mountains, Talley jabs my arm again. “Look! It’s like Big Sur meets Kauai!” And then he laughs. “Okay, so that’s a bit of a stretch. But just wait. You’ll see. This place will change so fast.”

Editor's Note:

Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News first found Del Mar businessman Bruce Talley at the local smashburger during a breif respite from his Black Sea entrepreneurial ventures. Talley has been working with the government of Abkhazia, a former province of Georgia that seceded in 1992. He has been working with the Abkhaz government to open its maginficent, untarnished Black Sea coastline to visitors and potential eco-friendly development.

Known for its mild climate, attractive beaches lapping up to towering mountain ranges, the nation of 220,000 citizens is a mere 30-minute drive from Sochi, Russia, the scene of the 2014 Winter Olympics. For more from Talley's look at them thar Abkhaz dreams, visit Bruce's blog at:   http://www.brucetalley.com/. Our previous coverage of Talley's stock and trade can be found at http://tiny.cc/92r55.

Now, Talley has gone viral with an Atlantic Monthly story appearing today, Friday, Feb. 18 on his effervescent Abkhazia efforts. Haley Sweetland Edwards, a journalist who covers Central Asia and the Middle East and currently lives in Tbilisi, Georgia, profiled Talley for the Atlantic...

Boca on the Black Sea

An American developer seeks to create the “Florida of the Caucasus.”

By HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS

"THE REAL-ESTATE developer doesn’t seem to see the bullet holes in the cement wall behind him. Or the mortar-scarred apartment buildings. Or the half-bombed mansions where trees sprout through wallpapered living rooms. All the real-estate developer seems to see in Abkhazia, this breakaway territory wedged between Georgia and Russia along the Black Sea, is opportunity.

“This place could be the Florida of the Caucasus,” Bruce Talley says, jabbing my arm with excitement as we walk between two filthy concrete hotels. Gorbachev, Khrushchev, and Stalin all built vacation homes in the area, their porches overlooking a string of empty beaches, turquoise water, and looming mountains that tinge peach at sunset. “This is the ideal subtropical paradise for 145 million Russians, and there is nowhere for them to stay.”

Puss TV - Watch Video: Abkhazian vew of dispute with Georgia, posted Jan. 23, 2011

Watch Video - Watch Video Georgian view of the Abkhazian situation, posted Feb. 13, 2011.

The fact that Abkhazia, a piece of land roughly the size of Puerto Rico, claims to be an independent nation; that Georgia vehemently claims it as its own; that a formidable queue of Russian tanks along the Georgian border defends its asserted sovereignty; that hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled from here in the past two decades, leaving their empty homes to crumble in the beautiful sunshine—these are all merely matters of detail.

Talley, a South Dakota farm boy who served a stint in Alaska as a crab fisherman, made millions as a bond salesman in California, enjoying a lifestyle that afforded him Porsches (plural) and a Ferrari (metallic blue).

He got into real-estate development six years ago and moved to southern Russia, convinced that a fortune can be made here (he’s currently developing a shopping center in Krasnodar).

In November, after receiving a personal invitation from Abkhazia’s de facto prime minister, Talley became the first American real-estate developer to open a firm here. (“We need Western investment,” Prime Minister Sergei Shamba told me. “Bruce is good for us.”) Talley now blogs, tweets, and maintains both a YouTube channel and a Facebook fan page—all to promote Abkhazia.

Talley’s moment of opportunity traces back to the confused crack-up of the Soviet Union, when the region of Abkhazia was incorporated into the new nation of Georgia. Independent-minded Abkhazians promptly set up their own government and managed to stave off Georgian authority. For most of the past 20 years, though, Abkhazia’s economy has been in a deep freeze, stymied by war with Georgia in the early ’90s and then by international blockades.

For more, visit the Atlantic's full story here...

San Dieguito Planning Group Agenda for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 meeting at 16936 El Fuego

(Note: Discussion of the controversial Chinese Bible School at 4S Ranch has been postponed to a later date)

PUBLIC NOTICE

SAN DIEGUITO PLANNING GROUP

P.O. Box 2789, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 92067

NOTICE OF MEETING:    February 3, 2011

Place of Meeting:    RANCHO SANTA FE FIRE STATION  (meeting room), 16936 El Fuego, Rancho Santa Fe, California.  TBM 1168-D3, (El Fuego intersects Linea del Cielo at the west end of the village.)

FINAL  Agenda  --- REGULAR MEETING

A final agenda, including changes and additions if any, may be posted in front of the U.S. Post Office, Rancho Santa Fe, seventy-two (72) hours before the meeting.   Certain matters, as may be noted, will be set for a time certain.  Matters on the agenda are NOT necessarily heard in the order listed.  Continuances, if any, will be announced at the start of the meeting or may be contained in a final agenda.  Time devoted to an item will vary depending on its complexity, importance to the group and public, and the length of the agenda.

NOTE: Please complete a speaker slip if you wish to speak on an issue. (Including Open Forum)

1. CALL TO ORDER: 7:00P.M.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  

 2.  AGENDA REVIEW

 3.    APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  Misc. Prior Meetings   [Circulated to Members during Meeting for initials, comments if any]  

 4.OPEN FORUM:  Public and group member comments on non-agenda items only. (3 minute time limit per speaker.)  No official action may be taken at this meeting on any new matters raised.   Complete speaker slip prior to your presentation.

GENERAL PLANNING ITEMS:    

General Plan Update; Draft response to DPLU re: our position on General Plan drafts, including conservation subdivision language; planning group control of projects through the community plans.

Review suggestions for road improvements/ maintenance needed throughout San Dieguito Region.

6.     MAJOR PROJECTS AND LAND USE ITEMS:

 A. AD 10-032  Northwood Barn – 16330 Rambla de las Flores, RSF @ Calle Chaparro – second dwelling unit attached to barn:  650 sq. ft. unit over 1660 sq. ft. barn - Applicant Contact Maxwell Wethrich 858-756-1735  County Planner:  Michelle Chan 858-694-2610  SDPG Planner: Laurel Lemarie. [to trail for RSF Art Jury action]

 B. .....

 C. VAR 10-011  Rancho Cielo Estates – Cielo Montagna – Avenida Manantial & Via Rancho Cielo rear yard setback variance  from 40 ft. to 15 ft.     apn 264-670-18 & 19,   applicant contact:  Jim Kilgore 858-751-0633 jim.kilgore@latitude33.com   Planner:  Douglas Dill  

 D.  TM 5565 – Cielo Village, 18055 Calle Ambiente, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.  Condominium conversion of existing commercial property. APN: 265-493-09;  21.46 acres; proposed split into 6 lots with 52 commercial units.  Applicant: Cielo Village, LLC; Mort McCarthy; (858) 277-4305, ext. 223; Engineer: Latitude 33; Jim Kilgore; (858) 751-0633  ext. 119; SDPG Planner, Doug Dill, (760) 736-4333.

E. AD 10-045  Lennar – Bridges – Suerte del Este Gate – electric gate with card reader/keypad for controlling access to Via de las Flores from Suerte del Este –will affect or control access to existing Escondido Creek crossing from RSF to Elfin Forest over existing dirt road – use to be restricted to authorized users of the road - apn 264-650-09-00  Applicant contact:  Mike Shapouri;  Planner:  Laurel Lemarie.

F. P 10-037 REZ 10-004 CHINESE BIBLE MUP/REZONE – Santa Fe Valley Chinese Church 16919 Four Gee Road n/o Tallus Glen.    Proposed church in Santa Fe Valley Specific Plan area – 1000 seat main sanctuary, to expand to 1500, with classrooms, offices recreation, school, and ancillary uses.  43 ft. high with two 57 ft. towers; S88 zone to RS-2 zone  [Tentatively to be heard 2/17/11, buy subject to continuance]

G. P10-031 - Del Mar Country Club - Verizon Wireless Facility - Major Use Permit - 6001 Club House Drive, RSF - Allow the installation of two (2) new, 12' high omni antennas and one (1) E-011/GPS antenna to the existing cell site at the Del Mar Country Club - three (3) 6 ' antenna current exist at the site - Project Contact: Ted Marioncelli (760) 807-1850 / Planner Alia Kanani DPLU (858) 694-2069 / Planning Group: Don Willis (858) 481-6922

7. REPORTS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION:

8. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:

A. Consideration and comments on circulation mail

B.   Future agenda items and planning

C.   Adding potential projects to Transnet & PLDO Funds Lists for future votes – no action to be taken, except as noted above.

D. Election of Officers for 2011

E. Election to Reappoint Bill Schlosser to the group.

NOTE:  There is a vacancy on the planning group as a result of the expiration of terms.  If you wish to participate, we request you provide the chair with a current resume and attend 2 or 3 meetings, depending on our meeting schedule in the next few months.

Future Meeting Dates:   NOTE:  Temporarily, pending further notice, we may skip every other meeting because of a lack of filing of new projects.  We do, however, reserve the right to schedule meetings as needed, including the use of the following dates, so watch your e-mail and public notice posted at the RSF Post Office.

2/17/11 3/3/11 3/17/11 3/31/11 

DEL DIOS NICOLAS CHRISTENFELD 

PARKS / TAC/COUNTY PARKS                   JACK MC GEE

GENERAL PLAN 2020 + COMMUNITY PLAN LOIS JONES

SAN DIEGUITO RIVER PARK BRUCE LISKA/CHACO CLOTFELTER

4S RANCH TOM HICKERSON

RSF ASSOCIATION BILL SCHLOSSER/LOIS JONES

ROADS & TRAFFIC / SANDAG BILL SCHLOSSER

EL CAMINO REAL/VIA DE LA VALLE DON WILLIS/JACK McGEE

ELFIN FOREST DOUG DILL / JACQUELINE ARSIVAUD-BENJAMIN

 

Paul Marks, Chairman          760-489-0900   FAX 760-489-4881     e-mail:   paul@paulmarks.com                              

Doug Dill, Vice-Chairman 760-736-4333   FAX 760-736-4333     e-mail:    heddills@worldnet.att.net   

Lois Jones, Secretary 760-755-7189   FAX 760-755-7204     e-mail:    loikaj@cox.net

San Dieguito Planning Group wants to fill two vacancies, pares back to one meet per month

The San Dieguito Planning Group has decided that our meetings will be held every four weeks, unless specially noted, according to Paul Marks, longtime group chairman.

"We are going to this schedule because there are few filings for permits and maps, and those filed are often taking months to process," Marks said. " Having little of interest on an agenda makes it difficult to get members to attend consistently."

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 6, at which time the group will elect officers for 2011.

 "We also have two vacancies as a result of members not having run for re-election," Marks said. "If you are willing to commit to two night meetings a month [we expect to return to that schedule], and be willing to report on a project at least five or six times a year [including requests for variances, subdivisions, lot splits, design review, etc.], and are a registered voter living in the San Dieguito Planning area, your participation is welcome."

Knowledge of the area is important, and we value prior experience and prior public service representing neighborhoods, other recommending bodies, and town councils, but these are not requirements, Marks said.

Marks asks potential applicants to attend at least three meetings "before we hold a vote so that you can determine whether the position is something you are willing to accept. The pay is zero, but we anticipate a 100% increase in 2011.  If you are interested, submit a resume to me and I will distribute it to our members."

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he San Dieguito Community Plan Area is, generally, a low-density estate residential area surrounded by the rapidly urbanizing areas of North San Diego County. To the west lie the coastal cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach; to the north are Carlsbad and San Marcos; to the east Escondido; and on the south, the City of San Diego.

The San Dieguito Plan Area was first inhabited by Indians, and evidence indicates that a large thriving aboriginal population lived throughout the Plan Area.During the period of Spanish colonization the area was used as rangeland.  Following the Mexican Revolution of 1822, land known as Rancho San Dieguito was given to Juan Osuna who settled within the area of what is now the community of Rancho Santa Fe.

In the early Twentieth Century, most of the land that comprised Rancho Santa Fe was sold to the Santa Fe Land Development Company.The company wanted to use the land to grow trees that could be harvested, primarily, for railroad ties. However, an unfortunate choice was made to plant about three million eucalyptus trees which proved to be useless as lumber. While this venture was a failure, the trees thrived in the climate, and the man-made forest was to become an important element in marketing the land for large-lot estate residential development.

-San Dieguito Community Plan,
San Diego County General Plan

AGENDA CENTRAL: San Dieguito Planning Group, Rancho Santa Fe School Board

Editors note:

From time to time, and in greater detail, we'll publish agendas of upcoming publc meetings. If anyone attending the meeting wants to send us information, photos, videos, feel free to do so and we'll have them up and informing people about what's going on in no time.

Send info to 92067freepress@gmail.com

-- Dan Weisman

PUBLIC NOTICE

SAN DIEGUITO PLANNING GROUP

P.O. Box 2789, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 92067

  NOTICE OF MEETING:    October 14, 2010

 Place of Meeting:    RANCHO SANTA FE FIRE STATION  (meeting room), 16936 El Fuego, Rancho Santa Fe, California.  TBM 1168-D3, (El Fuego intersects Linea del Cielo at the west end of the village.)

 Prelim    Agenda  --- REGULAR MEETING

A final agenda, including changes and additions if any, may be posted in front of the U.S. Post Office, Rancho Santa Fe, seventy-two (72) hours before the meeting.   Certain matters, as may be noted, will be set for a time certain.  Matters on the agenda are NOT necessarily heard in the order listed.  Continuances, if any, will be announced at the start of the meeting or may be contained in a final agenda.  Time devoted to an item will vary depending on its complexity, importance to the group and public, and the length of the agenda.

NOTE: Please complete a speaker slip if you wish to speak on an issue. (Including Open Forum)

1. CALL TO ORDER: 7:00P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  

2.  AGENDA REVIEW

3.    APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  Misc. Prior Meetings   [Circulated to Members during Meeting for initials, comments if any]  

4.OPEN FORUM:  Public and group member comments on non-agenda items only. (3 minute time limit per speaker.)  No official action may be taken at this meeting on any new matters raised.   Complete speaker slip prior to your presentation.

5. GENERAL PLANNING ITEMS:    

a. Proposal for candidates for funds for safe routes to schools.

b. POD 09-012  Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Ordinance, County of San Diego – proposal represented as clarifying existing regulations and streamlining the application procedures – this could include cell towers, poles, undergrounding, equipment enclosures, facilities and bunkers.   Planner:  Don Willis

6.      MAJOR PROJECTS AND LAND USE ITEMS:

A. AD 10-032  Northwood Barn – 16330 Rambla de las Flores, RSF @ Calle Chaparro – second dwelling unit attached to barn:  650 sq. ft. unit over 1660 sq. ft. barn - Applicant Contact Maxwell Wethrich 858-756-1735  County Planner:  Michelle Chan 858-694-2610  SDPG Planner: Laurel Lemarie. [to trail for RSF Art Jury action]

B. AD10-028 Brutten Family 2nd Dwelling Unit.  18411 Via de las Flores, Rancho Santa Fe.  Cross street:  Aliso Canyon Rd.  Applicant seeks second dwelling unit of 2185 square feet; 1680 sq. feet is allowed.  Second dwelling unit will be a combined garage, hay storage and 24/7 caretaker quaters.  Two additional parking spaces will be provided.  [Note:  This will be heard again as new plans reflect 1300 sq. ft. covered area added to project]  Applicant representative:  Allard Jensen, AIA, 858-678-0060.  County planner:  Dixie Switzer, 858-694-3041.  SDPG planner:  Laurel Lemarie, 858-756-2835.

C. Susner – Del Rayo SPA – Request to Waive Design & Landscaping Guideline Review – 620 sq. ft. detached poolhouse with 2273 sq. ft. patio - may include site plan, setback and additional waivers -  apn 302-303-08-00  Applicant Contact:  Miseal Arrellano 760-438-2963  SDPG Planner:  Bruce Liska  (858) 756-5391.   

D.   TM 5278 PRL 3  Anderson Subdivision – 5 or 8 units on 19 acres - @ Aguilera Lane north of Elfin Forest Road Road, west of EF/HG fire station – apn 223-092-17  Applicant Contact:  Hadley Johnson 760-728-1134  SDPG Planner  Doug Dill  [Tabled from 9/30/10 mtg after discussion]

TM 5565 – Cielo Village, 18055 Calle Ambiente, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.  Condominium conversion of existing commercial property. APN: 265-493-09;  21.46 acres; proposed split into 6 lots with 52 commercial units.  Applicant: Cielo Village, LLC; Mort McCarthy; (858) 277-4305, ext. 223; Engineer: Latitude 33; Jim Kilgore; (858) 751-0633  ext. 119; SDPG Planner, Doug Dill, (760) 736-4333.  

F. VAR 10-011  Rancho Cielo Estates – Cielo Montagna – Avenida Manantial & Via Rancho Cielo rear yard setback variance  from 40 ft. to 15 ft.     apn 264-670-18 & 19,   applicant contact:  Jim Kilgore 858-751-0633 jim.kilgore@latitude33.com   Planner:  Douglas Dill

7. REPORTS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION:

DEL DIOS NICOLAS CHRISTENFELD 

PARKS / TAC/COUNTY PARKS                   JACK MC GEE

GENERAL PLAN 2020 + COMMUNITY PLAN LOIS JONES

SAN DIEGUITO RIVER PARK BRUCE LISKA/CHACO CLOTFELTER

4S RANCH TOM HICKERSON

RSF ASSOCIATION BILL SCHLOSSER/LOIS JONES

ROADS & TRAFFIC / SANDAG BILL SCHLOSSER

EL CAMINO REAL/VIA DE LA VALLE DON WILLIS/JACK McGEE

ELFIN FOREST DOUG DILL / JACQUELINE Arsivaud-          BenJAMIN

8. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:

 A. Consideration and comments on circulation mail

B.    Future agenda items and planning

C.    Adding potential projects to Transnet & PLDO Funds Lists for future votes – no action to be taken

Future Meeting Dates: 

9/30/10 10/14/10 10/28/10 11/11/10 !2/2/10 12/16/10

Note change of dates in November and December due to Thanksgiving Holiday

 Paul Marks, Chairman           760-489-0900   FAX 760-489-4881     e-mail:   paul@paulmarks.com                              

Doug Dill, Vice-Chairman 760-736-4333   FAX 760-736-4333     e-mail:    heddills@worldnet.att.net   

Lois Jones, Secretary 760-755-7189   FAX 760-755-7204     e-mail:    loikaj@cox.net

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AGENDA

Agenda for Regular Meeting of the Board of TrusteesRancho Santa Fe School District – Library5927 La GranadaRancho Santa Fe, CA 92067Thursday, October 7, 2010Open Session 5:00 p.m.

NOTE: All Board members and guests are requested to TURN OFF their cellular phone ringers duringthe meeting.

I. Call To Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Student Recognition

1. Students who achieved a perfect score of 600 for their STAR Language Arts Test

Grade 3Shannon Buss

2. Students who achieved a perfect score of 600 for their STAR Math Test

Grade 2Patrick Harrington

Grade 3Reilly CunninghamTucker DrawdySheila KaiserIsabella MaciaGabrielle NguyenMalia RiviereJahon ShapouriSawyer SimoNicole SteinRachel Waite

Grade 4Garth ErdossyGiselle EsquerBrandon FitzpatrickPaul GauvreauShawn KulakowskiBreana NguyenAshley Perison

OFFICIAL AGENDA, Regular Meeting, October 7, 2010

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Nicholas RosettaJackson Tuck

Grade 5Nicole BussLily KlinekElizabeth LiangBennett McCaskillLucy RickersonElizabeth RussellTravis Wilson

Grade 6Diana Leavitt

Grade 7Seamus Comerford

3. Students who achieved a perfect score of 600 for their STAR Math and ELA Tests

Grade 2Conrad DelgadoElla Fox

4. Students who achieved a perfect score of 600 for their STAR Math and Science Tests

Grade 5Michael Curcio

IV. Minutes

1. Approval of Special Meeting of September 9, 2010

V. Public Comment

It is at this time that anyone wishing to speak regarding an item on the agenda or othertopic is given an opportunity to do so. If you wish to speak under Public Comment,complete a comment card. Advance written information regarding the subject will beappreciated so that all might be better informed regarding the matter. In the interest oftime and order, presentations from the public are limited to three (3) minutes per person.

Members of the public who require disability accommodation in order to participate in themeeting should contact the Superintendent at (858) 756-1141, or in writing, at least 24hours prior to the meeting. (Government Code section 54954.2)

In accordance with the Brown Act, unless an item has been placed on the published agenda,there shall be no action taken. The Board may 1) acknowledge receipt of the information, 2) referto staff for further study, or 3) refer the matter to the next agenda.

VI. Discussion/Action Items

1. Prop K & E Citizens’ Oversight Committees Annual Report for 2009-20102. Discussion and approval of bottled water not to exceed $8,000 for the 2010-2011 schoolyear.3. Approval of the 2011-2012 School Year Calendar4. ReportsMs. Lindy Delaney, Superintendent

OFFICIAL AGENDA, Regular Meeting, October 7, 2010

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Rowe Facilities Update – Tim Ireland, Project Manager and SuperintendentLindy Delaney1. Change Orders2. BudgetSchool Dedication, October 20, 2010Prop K and E County Treasury Investment UpdatePerforming Arts Center Update by Marti Ritto and Carol Warren1. October 20, 2010 Benefit Concert2. February 5, 2011 Gala2010 STAR Test Results by Assistant Superintendent, Cindy SchaubRotary, Community Center, and School Rummage Sale2010-2011 School Year

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VII. Consent Calendar Items

The following items are routine business matters of the Board and will be handled by a singlemotion unless Governing Board members or members of the audience request to have an itemremoved from the Consent Calendar for discussion.

1. Business Reports:a. Purchase Ordersb. Fund Report (August)c. Payrolld. Commercial Warrants (August/September)2. Approve Change Order 11 for DSA Application #04-109900 (Main Campus) for an increase incontract amount of $320,673.00 for a total contract sum of $30,732,449.00 (from$30,411,776.00).3. Approve San Diego and Imperial County Schools Fringe Benefits Consortium Self-FundedPPO Pool Program Memorandum of Understanding.4. Approve funding for art projects, “Keep Track of Your Beach Toys” mural and “Catching theWave for a Cleaner Ocean,” for the Scripps Ocean Partnership not to exceed $2,000.Funded by the Scripps Family donation.5. Accept check from the Rancho Santa Fe Association in the amount of $132,000 for half of thecosts of the changes recommended by the Art Jury for the R. Roger Rowe ModernizationProject.6. Accept check from the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation in the amount of $3,000.00 from theRancho Santa Fe School District Performing Arts Center Fund.7. Accept gift from the Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation of $200,000 towards fulfilling thegrant proposal of $1,000,000 for the 2010-2011 school year.

VIII. Board Member Requests re Agenda Items and Future Agenda Items

From time-to-time writings that are public records, which are related to open session items on an agendafor a regular meeting, may be distributed to school board members after the posting of the agenda.Whenever this occurs, such writings will be available for public inspection in the Office of theSuperintendent located at 5927 La Granada, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.

Few economic sectors in San Diego County have achieved more success than the golf industry.

The region ranks among the top golf travel destinations in the world. San Diego is home to 90 public and private golf courses, several of which rank in various “top 100” lists, and a number of the largest golf equipment manufacturers are located in the county. San Diego’s Torrey Pines Golf Course annually hosts one of the PGA tour’s most popular events and was the site of the 2008 U.S. Open, the second highest attended in Open history.

All told, in 2008 golf-related activities in San Diego County generated more than $2.6 billion in revenues and accounts for approximately 26,900 jobs. Average income for golf-related jobs in San Diego was $39,700.

Size of San Diego’s Golf Economy
During 2008, golf-related activities in San Diego generated more than $2.60 billion in revenues. This makes golf larger than our legal services sector ($2.3 billion), aerospace ($1.8 billion)... (more)