New SDPD chief makes sweeping changes to department structure
![After months of foreshadowing, new San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl announced just days into his tenure that sweeping changes are being made to the department’s decades-old organizational model. The new structure is leaner at the top, with four fewer assistant chief spots, and weaves in more civilian professionals at the department’s highest levels, including an assistant director of finance. The shifts mean some of the agency’s top leaders will be demoted — something that hasn’t happened in decades. The chief has been teasing his plans for a reorganization since his nomination by Mayor Todd Gloria in March. He’s noted […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SUT-L-1458415-Wahl-sworn-XOL-008-1.jpg?w=728 "After months of foreshadowing, new San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl announced just days into his tenure that sweeping changes are being made to the department’s decades-old organizational model. The new structure is leaner at the top, with four fewer assistant chief spots, and weaves in more civilian professionals at the department’s highest levels, including an assistant director of finance. The shifts mean some of the agency’s top leaders will be demoted — something that hasn’t happened in decades. The chief has been teasing his plans for a reorganization since his nomination by Mayor Todd Gloria in March. He’s noted […]")
After months of foreshadowing, new San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl announced just days into his tenure that sweeping changes are being made to the department’s decades-old organizational model. The new structure is leaner at the top, with four fewer assistant chief spots, and weaves in more civilian professionals at the department’s highest levels, including an assistant director of finance....
![The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla’s 2024 Concerts by the Sea series wants to send everyone to Margaritaville. The lineup will include Jimmy Buffett tribute band Jimmy’s Buffet taking the stage at Scripps Park on Sunday, July 21, to celebrate the original Parrothead with a variety of danceable songs. “You can’t be mad while listening […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ljl-l-jimmy-buffett-band.jpg?w=470 "The Kiwanis Club of La Jolla’s 2024 Concerts by the Sea series wants to send everyone to Margaritaville. The lineup will include Jimmy Buffett tribute band Jimmy’s Buffet taking the stage at Scripps Park on Sunday, July 21, to celebrate the original Parrothead with a variety of danceable songs. “You can’t be mad while listening […]")
![Looking to answer La Jollans’ questions about accessory dwelling units, the La Jolla Town Council held a forum during its June 13 meeting about recent changes to housing development rules in the city of San Diego and how regulations in the coastal zone are unique. The forum, part of a year’s worth of meeting topics suggested by community members, featured city Development Services Department Assistant Director Gary Geiler as its keynote speaker. Town Council President Treger Strasberg said ADUs — also known as backyard apartments and “granny flats” — come up often as a topic of discussion and questions. “There […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ljl-l-town-council-1.jpg?w=353 "Looking to answer La Jollans’ questions about accessory dwelling units, the La Jolla Town Council held a forum during its June 13 meeting about recent changes to housing development rules in the city of San Diego and how regulations in the coastal zone are unique. The forum, part of a year’s worth of meeting topics suggested by community members, featured city Development Services Department Assistant Director Gary Geiler as its keynote speaker. Town Council President Treger Strasberg said ADUs — also known as backyard apartments and “granny flats” — come up often as a topic of discussion and questions. “There […]")
![Could an adaptive-reuse ordinance be a solution in the city of San Diego’s complicated — and sometimes conflicting — plan to update its housing regulations and preservation strategies? One La Jolla resident thinks so. During a June 10 talk at the La Jolla/Riford Library, local historian Diane Kane, former president of the La Jolla Community Planning Association, discussed the city’s ongoing update to its Heritage Preservation Program, areas in which development needs and preservation needs conflict, and how a change in policy could help achieve most of the update’s goals. Through the Preservation and Progress initiative, announced earlier this year, […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ljl-l-kane-talk-1.jpg?w=395 "Could an adaptive-reuse ordinance be a solution in the city of San Diego’s complicated — and sometimes conflicting — plan to update its housing regulations and preservation strategies? One La Jolla resident thinks so. During a June 10 talk at the La Jolla/Riford Library, local historian Diane Kane, former president of the La Jolla Community Planning Association, discussed the city’s ongoing update to its Heritage Preservation Program, areas in which development needs and preservation needs conflict, and how a change in policy could help achieve most of the update’s goals. Through the Preservation and Progress initiative, announced earlier this year, […]")
