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Tifereth group will eat
prior to movie on eating
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)--Tifereth Israel Synagogue members and guests will have a salad and vegetarian pizza dinner at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, at BJ's Restaurant, thn go across Grossmont Center's parking lot to the Reading Cinema to take in a 7 p.m. showing of the movie Julia & Julie, a story based on food authority Julia Childs and a young woman who wanted to be just like her.
The dinner-movie combination is part of Tifereth Israel's "Chick Flicks" activity--which guests can join for $28 if they make reservations by August 4, and for $33 if reservations are made after that. To RSVP and for more details, contact Beth Klareich at (619) 697-6001.
Scholar to discuss Jews of France at Cong. Dor Hadash Sept. 11
SAN DIEGO—Dr. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, professor of history at CSU San Marcos, will talk about the Jewish community in contemporary France on September 11 at 7:30 pm at at Reconstructionist Congregation Dor Hadash, 4858 Ronson Court.
She earned a B.A. in intellectual history and political philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from
Stanford University.
Before coming to CSUSM, she was Lucius N. Littauer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Judaic
Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2000, Prof. Sepinwall was one of thirty early-career scholars selected to participate in the International Seminar on the Atlantic World at Harvard University. She teaches courses in comparative world and European history, focusing on intercultural contact, revolutions, colonialism, travel, and the history of ideas.
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SD Councilwoman Emerald seeks
statewide regulation of pedicabs
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)--
Now that the San Diego City Council has voted on a tougher Pedicab Ordinance, City Councilmember Marti Emerald is seeking even stronger safety measures from the State Legislature. Councilmember Emerald chairs the City Council’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee and led the effort to strengthen the city’s pedicab regulations. Now she is looking for statewide reform.
Councilmember Emerald is working with San Diego’s legislative delegation to amend the California Vehicle Code. The proposed amendment would require pedicab operators to have a valid California Driver’s License.
Councilmember Emerald says, “It’s a step in the right direction to make sure our pedicab industry is safe and accountable”.
The City of San Diego began regulating pedicabs in January of 2000. As San Diego grew, so did the number of pedicabs. But all is not rosy with the popular mode of transportation. Many downtown residents and businesses, as well as pedicab passengers and even some pedicab company owners, complained of improper parking, lack of proof of insurance, and overcharging of fares.
There were also complaints that the number of pedicabs on some streets was causing traffic jams and some drivers were reckless. On July 4th, a tourist was killed when a pedicab turned too quickly causing her to fall out of the pedicab. She suffered a fatal head injury.
The City’s Traffic Engineering operations and the San Diego Police Department’s Traffic Division scrutinized the current regulations and suggested several revisions to the current ordinance. Some of the amended ordinances include passengers must wear seatbelts, pedicabs are prohibited on sidewalks and streets with speed limits over 25 MPH. Fares
must be posted on all pedicabs, and operators must carry proof of insurance. You can see a complete list of the new regulations at: www.sandiego.gov
The PS&NS Committee is awaiting a legal opinion from the City Attorney on a proposed regulation to restrict the number of pedicabs operator licenses issued. The City Council plans to take that up in September.
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