5/28/1980 | Congressman Bob Wilson speaks at Annual Dinner. $11/person; membership is at 700. |
10/1980 | Sewage treatment issue arises. PLVB supports the City’s application to continue only primary treatment of sewage, provided that the City acquires or sets aside an adequate site for a future secondary treatment and water reclamation plant. |
5/22/1981 | Memberships exceed 900; Chief of Police William Kolender speaks at Annual Dinner. $12/person. |
10/13/1981 | SDG&E begins work on undergrounding on Talbot. |
5/1981 | From King Boyd’s timeline for the 25-year celebration: “The Local Coastal Program reared its ugly head and the Association immediately marshaled its forces to get changes made. Kirk Butler particularly objected to the suggestion that Rosecrans be widened to four lanes as one would go through her living room.” |
2/1982 | PLVB steps into debate on allowing fishing on Kellogg Beach; lack of public restrooms, litter, and crowding at issue. |
3/1982 | Port halts fishing on Kellogg Beach. |
5/26/1982 | Annual Dinner - $12.50; membership reaches 1000+. |
6/30/1982 | Ceremony marks completion of undergrounding project on Talbot. |
1982 | PLVB weighs in on opposing the Bay Club Hotel Marina because of the 30-foot height limitation and objection to over-building. The hotel is eventually built to be two stories. |
5/26/1983 | PLVB weighs in on opposing the Bay Club Hotel Marina because of the 30-foot height limitation and objection to over-building. The hotel is eventually built to be two stories. |
5/26/1983 | Neil Morgan returns to Annual Dinner; dues still $5 individual; $10/family. |
1983 | Ann Jackson, with PLVB, writes letter to School Board regarding the newly vacant Dana Junior High School. PLVA Concerned of vandals and neglect. School Board Assures PLVA there will be security at location. |
2/1984 | PLVB enters debate on people living in cars parked on city streets; City Council votes to ban the use of vehicles for temporary or permanent living quarters. |
2/1984 | PLVB becomes Point Loma Village Association. The newsletter states, “During the past few years the Association has become increasingly involved in working with various agencies of federal, state and local governments, the Port District and other who directly affect the entire Point Loma area. The Association now acts as a service group, the voice of the community.” |
5/31 1984 | PLVA celebrates its 20th anniversary; dinner still $12.50; membership drive increases membership to 1,350. |
8/21/1984 | Newsrack enforcement is in the news. In the November newsletter: “We are meeting almost weekly with the City to try and resolve the problem of newsrack proliferation and have support of Councilman Gloria McCall in her effort to “screen” the obscene publications with opaque glass.” |
11/1984 | Another billboard down – three to go. |
11/1984 | Dorothea Laub and son Richard survey business owners in the Village and determine that parking is the #1 problem! |
1/1985 | PLVA weighs in on advertising balloons. |
2/1985 | Another billboard down! Two to go! PLVA weighs in on satellite dishes. |
3/1985 | PLVA gets involved in updating the Peninsula Land Use Plan. |
5/1985 | PLVA turns its attention to the Dana Jr. High site after vandals attack. The school was closed in the summer of 1983 due to lack of attendance. The PLA tries to slow down the school board’s bid process and is horrified to find that the school district is considering rezoning the property to allow for multi-family development; it’s later found that the school district allowed the SWAT team to use the school for exercises! Thus the bullet holes in the walls. Residents seek a court order to stop the demolition of Dana. |
5/30/1985 | Ernie Hahn speaks at the Annual Dinner on “San Diego – Rebirth of Downtown.” |
9/23/1985 | Point Loma Sign installed on Harbor Drive – Dorothea Laub toiled on the project and argued with the City for over a year; the cost: $5,000. Dorothea said that the sign “gives Point Loma a real sense of community.” New logo based on the sign unveiled in 2/1986. |
1986 | PLVA Chairwoman, Ann Jackson, joins forces with the Dana Coalition and PLVA membership. Dana in shambles and homeless living in school. Hot water was never turned off. PLVA sends team out to clean up the grounds and Base Ball Field. Hang banner " If the School District won't take care of their school, PLVA and the Community will have to." School Board announced selling Dana off to private development. |
5/1986 | PLVA is happy to report that the lease for the Booby Trap has not been renewed. La Scala moves in and takes over lease. |
5/29/1986 | Annual Dinner: $15/person. |
6/1986 | PLVA lobbies to save five piers in the Shelter Island Yacht Basin. |
7/1986 | PLVA enters flap over Navy personnel parking on Rosecrans. Problem: Navy won’t allow sailors to park unregistered or uninsured cars on base. |
12/1986 | Dana School closure investigated by the San Diego County Grand Jury. |
1987 | Dorothea Laub, , nominates Ann Jackson, to Chair the Peninsula Community Planning Board. Makes recommendation to Mayor Maureen O'Connor and City Counsel to change the zoning of Dana Junior High School. Proposal was to zone it under the Institutional Overlay Zone ( I-Zone). This would protect the property against private ownership, and had to remain a Public use. PLVA backs it up. Hundreds of people at City Hall. City Counsel approves. |
5/28/1987 | PLVA celebrates its 25th year; Malin Burnham speaks about “The America’s Cup – What it Means to Pt. Loma and San Diego.” Record set for largest dinner turnout – 435. |
11/1987 | City purchases the lot on the corner of Poinsettia and Voltaire to accommodate a new Point Loma Library. |
1/1988 | City approves a new Peninsula Community Plan. Features: A substantial amount of property rezoned to commercial; an ordinance with the intent to develop a general nautical or related historical design theme; pedestrian orientation; better signs and landscaping. PLVA members Dick Lareau, Norm Magneson were major contributors to the plan. |
1/1988 | PLVA sends a questionnaire to its members asking about changing the name to Point Loma Association (to eliminate misconception that PLVA directs its energies only toward Village area), increasing dues and creating additional membership levels, installing parking meters, extending the trolley line to Point Loma, and other issues. |
5/19/1988 | Councilman Ron Roberts is the speaker for the Annual Dinner; PLVA has 1700 members. |
6/1988 | Dues increase to $10/member. |
3/1989 | Dana school site rejected for swap with the Midway Adult Center. Proposed uses: library, auditorium, fields (would sell old library land). |
4/1989 | PLA newsletter is four pages! |
5/10/1989 | PLVA changes its name to Point Loma Association; membership reaches all-time high of 1,900 members. |
5/18/1989 | Steve Kelley, Editorial Cartoonist for the San Diego Union, is the speaker at the 27th Annual Dinner meeting at the Kona Kai. $17.50/person. |
6/1989 | PLA purchases two street signs at Shafter/Scott at Shelter Island Drive; local banks pitch in to purchase four more. |
11/1989 | PLA weighs in on sewage treatment facility and supports water reclamation. |
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