Guillermo Mendez and Kit Goldman lead a session on how to spot and combat sexual harassment at Elite Business Ventures in Poway Guillermo Mendez and Kit Goldman lead a session on how to spot and combat sexual harassment at Elite Business Ventures in Poway Sexual harassment is serious business, and state law requires companies with 50 employees or more to train its supervisors and employees on do’s and don’ts. The veteran actress, who produced more than 100 shows in the Gaslamp Quarter, ditched her grease paint in 1992 and launched Live Action Edutainment, now known by the more prosaic Workplace Training Network .
Category: San Diego County, CA
San Diego Economic Outlook
San Diego County has entered 2017 with great hopes as well as concerns about what’s ahead for the economy. A panel of six experts recently peered into the future at the 33rd annual San Diego County Economic Roundtable, sponsored by the County of San Diego, San Diego Workforce Partnership, the University of San Diego School of Business and The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Raise rejected for National City mayor
National City Mayor Ron Morrison rallied local city leaders earlier this year to defend redevelopment, but the Legislature overrode objections and passed two laws that eliminate the program or requi National City leaders on Tuesday rejected a 32 percent pay raise for Mayor Ron Morrison, a proposed increase opposed by dozens of residents packed into the City Council chambers. The increase, unveiled at a City Council meeting late last month, would have boosted Morrison’s annual base pay to $65,000 and brought his total compensation package including benefits to $92,600.
San Diego sees rare tax cut in 2017
San Diego will see a slight decrease in sales tax in 2017, according to the California State Board of Equalization. California’s statewide sales tax rate dropped one quarter of one percent effective Sunday, as a result of the expiration of a temporary tax boost approved by voters four years ago.
County GOP’s new director dogged by Nazi jokes made as a teen
The newly named acting executive director of San Diego County’s Republican Party had his own political ambitions dashed two years ago when photographs surfaced of him in a German military uniform making Nazi jokes. Sage Naumann, who was running for the Carlsbad school board in 2014 as a 19-year-old, said at the time the photos were taken when he was 14 and that the outfit was for Halloween .
Your apartment might make a great condo
If there was any question about demand for condos in San Diego County’s housing market, Hillcrest’s Deca complex may have answered it. The luxury condos on Park Boulevard, starting near $500,000, went on sale last week.