McCormack’s Emergence Answers 3 Key Questions
The women accusing Mayor Bob Filner of habitual sexual harassment now have a public face. Irene McCormack, Filner’s former communications director, appeared alongside national civil rights attorney...
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Fact Check: The Resignation Race
Statement: “I was proud to be the first elected official on the Democratic side to stand up and ask (Filner) to resign,” state Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez said during a Politifest panel on Aug. 3....
View ArticleThe Growing Intensity of Filner’s Non-Harassment Scandals
When a trio of former supporters of Bob Filner originally went public with allegations of sexual harassment and a call for the mayor’s resignation, they included a curious non-sequitur. Cory Briggs, an...
View ArticleMorning Report: How Democratic Are Community Planning Groups?
In a follow-up to his eye-opening interview with local architect-developer Ted Smith (he’s the one who declared that “community groups do not represent the community”), VOSD land-use reporter Andrew...
View ArticleMeet the Latest Road Repair Roadblock
You might have heard of Cory Briggs. He’s the lawyer suing City Council President Todd Gloria and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith over public records, suing to stop the planned Convention Center expansion...
View ArticleWhy Faulconer’s Streets Plan Doesn’t Mean Streets Will Get Better
Mayor Kevin Faulconer stood on a street in Golden Hill Wednesday morning to announce that he was making good on a campaign promise to fix streets. Faulconer said he’d dedicate at least half of the...
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How San Diego’s Most Disruptive Lawyer Makes His Money
Cory Briggs, the attorney who helped end the political career of Bob Filner, wants to stop a lot of other things in San Diego, too. Like an expansion of the city’s Convention Center. And a half-dozen...
View ArticleFive Big Briggs Lawsuits
In San Diego, attorney Cory Briggs is best known for blowing the whistle on the scandals that led to former Mayor Bob Filner’s resignation. But he also has filed more high-profile lawsuits against the...
View ArticleBehind the City’s Secret Cory Briggs Memo
Cory Briggs is such a thorn in the side of San Diego leaders that they recently commissioned a secret memo about him. Briggs’ lawsuits are currently holding up numerous big-ticket projects, including...
View ArticleWeaponizing the State’s Environmental Law
Sure, lawsuits over California’s main environmental quality law can force developers to put solar panels on their big-box stores or plant hundreds of trees to offset the greenhouse gasses their...
View ArticleSan Diego Explained: CEQA’s Effect on Development
The Convention Center won’t break ground on the long-awaited expansion anytime soon. That’s because, according to attorney Cory Briggs, the plans break a big California environmental law. The...
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Beef Week: The Briggs-Goldsmith Feud Proves You Can Fight City Hall
It’s Beef Week at Voice of San Diego. We’re explaining some of the region’s long-running tensions — and the characters behind them — to help you understand civic affairs in San Diego. ♦♦♦ It is rare in...
View ArticleTop Stories: May 30-June 5
These were the most popular Voice of San Diego stories for the week of May 30-June 5. 1. We’re Suing the City of Carson Carson says there are no communications between its elected officials and the NFL...
View ArticleThere Is a Bad Guy in the Convention Center Saga – But It’s Not Who You Think
Speaking last week at the Catfish Club, City Councilman Scott Sherman responded to a question about why the city is refusing to consider a downtown joint stadium/convention center facility with this:...
View ArticleTop Stories: June 6-12
These were the most popular Voice of San Diego stories for the week of June 6-June 12. 1. Chargers, Lincoln Club Come to Word Blows Ahead of negotiations between the team and local governments Monday,...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Where the Convention Center Expansion Stands
Here we are again. Comic-Con attendees are about to descend on downtown, packing streets and crowding the Convention Center. And this week, Mayor Kevin Faulconer put immediate fears to rest and...
View ArticleWhat We Learned This Week
Someone at our member coffee this week joked that we’re becoming the new Cory Briggs. That is, we’ve gotten involved in some legal disputes. Fortunately, we aren’t getting sued, but we’re trying to...
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Convention Center Study Is a Double-Edged Sword for Waterfront Expansion...
A new study released last week bolstered the case for a waterfront expansion to the San Diego Convention Center and even persuaded Mayor Kevin Faulconer to support a tax hike to fund the project. But...
View ArticleThe Genius of – and the Problem With – the Briggs Hotel-Tax Overhaul
At one point in my recent meeting with Cory Briggs, Donna Frye and two members of San Diegans for Open Government – Pedro Quiroz Jr. and Richard Lawrence – Briggs’ smart phone rang. Mark Fabiani, the...
View ArticleSan Diego Explained: Rethinking the Hotel Tax
Tourists staying in San Diego pay a tax on their hotel rooms that ends up in city coffers. Under the current system, there’s a 10.5 percent tax on hotel bills, plus another 2 percent that goes to the...
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