Daily Business Report-Feb. 27, 2018
Restaurateur Dan Shea, left, and Peter Seidler, managing partner of the San Diego Padres, will receive the Philanthropy in Peacemaking Award for their leadership in housing the homeless. (Photo courtesy of the National Conflict Resolution Center)
National Conflict Resolution Center
to Present 30th Annual Peacemaker Awards
The National Conflict Resolution Center will present the 30th annual Peacemaker Awards on Saturday, April 7, to honor individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to conflict resolution nationally and in San Diego.
The awards dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina. Jessie Knight, former executive vice president of Sempra Energy and San Diego Gas & Electric chairman, will emcee the event.
Among the honorees are San Diego Padres Managing Partner Peter Seidler and chain restaurant operator Dan Shea who for months pushed the city to use industrial tents for homeless shelters, committing $1.5 million toward the effort. They will receive the Philanthropy in Peacemaking Award.
The other honorees:
National Peacemaker Award: No Labels
A national organization championing bipartisan solutions which has inspired members of Congress to reject political extremism and put country before party.
Community Heroes Honorees:
Elizabeth Bustos, Racial Justice & Equity
For Elizabeth Bustos, the road to racial justice begins with the fundamental right of everyone to have access to quality health care. She serves as director for Be There San Diego, a group of health-care organizations, governmental entities and community groups who have come together with the common goal of prevent strokes and heart attacks. As director of the San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project, she brings together faith-based organizations and health practitioners to raise awareness and develop solutions eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities when it comes to heart disease, especially amongst African Americans who are at a significantly higher risk of developing the disease.
Anne Wilson, Affordable Housing
Anne Wilson has been “making home happen” for lower income families and seniors for 30 years. Most recently she oversaw the construction of North Park Senior Apartments, San Diego’s first LGBT-friendly affordable housing community. Wilson has served as the senior vice president of housing and real estate development for Community HousingWorks since 2002. Her passion for inclusion, public service, excellence and collaboration drives her to bring community and government groups together to improve the lives of working families by making more affordable housing readily available to those who need it the most.
Elizabeth Lopez, Immigration
Elizabeth Lopez founded the Southern California Immigration Project in 2015, a nonprofit providing free or low-cost legal services to asylum seekers, predominantly from Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Rwanda, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Egypt. Understanding the unique challenges and needs of this underserved community was the catalyst for Lopez to focus her law practice on asylum seekers. Lopez generously funds the Southern California Immigration Project with her own money. Many of her clients have no family members around and Lopez has become an extended family to them.
Diane Takvorian, Environmental Justice & Sustainability
An environmental justice advocate, Diane Takvorian is dedicated to inspiring low-income San Diegans to pursue a healthy and sustainable quality of life in their communities. She helped fund the Environmental Health Coalition in 1980 and serves as its executive director. The coalition’s focus is environmental social justice, defined by the notion that everyone deserves a safe place to live, work and play. During its inception, the coalition has tirelessly worked to relocate commercial polluters who impact children’s health, reroute truck traffic off neighborhood streets and push for community plans providing for more green space, affordable housing and sustainable transportation.
“National Conflict Resolution Center not only educates, but also encourages people to apply effective communication and conflict resolution skills in the workplace, community and at home,” said NCRC President Steven P. Dinkin. “This year’s event theme is “There Is A Solution,” and with our organization’s efforts in collaboration with the 2018 Peacemaker honorees, we as a community can help find solutions to the toughest challenges impacting society today. More importantly, we believe there are solutions out there to be found.”
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Pacific Gateway Towers in
Oceanside Sells for $14.9 Million
Pacific Gateway Towers, a 68,748-square-foot, two-building Class A office and medical project in Oceanside, has sold for $14.94 million. Private Investor Charlie Jadallah acquired the property from IPF Tri City LLC (Fenway Properties LLC).
Pacific Gateway Towers consists of two four-story multi-tenant buildings on 5.16 acres and located at 3142 and 3156 Vista Way in Oceanside. IPF Tri City LLC had purchased the project in 2014. The property underwent significant renovations in 2015/2016 to reposition and then was leased up to approximately 95.5 percent at the time of Jadallah’s acquisition.
Mark Avilla, Rick Reeder and Brad Tecca of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the seller. The buyer was represented by Nick Totah of Marcus & Millichap.
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Governor Signs New California Law
to Expand Youth Voting Participation
Gov. Jerry Brown Monday signed a new law by Assemblymembers Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) to automatically pre-register all voting eligible 16- and 17-year olds to vote when they receive a California Driver’s License or California State I.D. The measure, AB 1407, will automatically pre-register approximately 200,000 to vote annually and will be largest expansion of youth voter access in American history.
In 2015, Assemblymembers Gonzalez Fletcher, McCarty and Luis Alejo successfully established the New Motor Voter Program allowing every eligible person who requested a driver’s license or state identification card to be automatically registered to vote. AB 1407 updates the 2015 New Motor Program to include automatic voter pre-registration and allowing young people to opt out of preregistration if they wish.
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Approves Sempra Energy’s
Acquisition of Oncor’s Holding Company
Sempra Energy announced Monday that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has provided its final approval for Sempra Energy’s agreement to acquire Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and its indirect 80 percent ownership interest in Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.Approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas is the final major regulatory milestone before the transaction can be completed. The commission is expected to consider an order approving Sempra Energy’s and Oncor’s application as early as March 8.
“Today’s action by the Bankruptcy Court paves the way for EFH to end its long-running bankruptcy case and advances our proposal to acquire a majority stake in Oncor to the final stage,” said Debra L. Reed, chairman, president and CEO of Sempra Energy.
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Personnel Announcements
Maxine Ward and Mathilda Bialk
Join Studio E Architects as Principals
Studio E Architects has brought Maxine Ward and Mathilda Bialk on as partners and principals. The two will join founding principals Eric Naslund and John Sheehan in the creative direction and ownership of the firm.
The two new principals have produced many meaningful projects in San Diego and beyond. Bialk was instrumental in the design of UC Davis’s West Village Square, the country’s largest net-zero energy development and a ULI Global Award for Excellence winner. Ward’s work includes landmark affordable housing communities such as Downtown San Diego’s Celadon at 9th and Broadway — also a ULI Global Award for Excellence winner — and Talmadge Gateway, San Diego County’s first supportive housing community designed for formerly homeless seniors with chronic health needs.
“Maxine and Mathilda started here early in their careers and earned great respect from the staff over a decade of strong creative work,” said Naslund. “I’m excited about where we are heading with their unique perspective and what it means for our work.”
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Juvilyn Alegre Reappointed to
California Building Standards Commission
Gov. Jerry Brown has reappointed Juvilyn Alegre, 47, of Chula Vista, to the California Building Standards Commission, where she has served since 2016. Alegre has served as fire prevention supervisor at the San Diego Fire Rescue Department since 2012, where she was a fire prevention inspector from 2007 to 2012.
She was a wastewater pretreatment inspector at the city of San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department from 2000 to 2007 and hazardous materials inspector at the city of San Diego Environmental Services Department from 1994 to 2000. This position requires Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Alegre is a Democrat.
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Mark Stainbrook Named Harbor
Police Chief by Port of San Diego
The Port of San Diego has named Mark Stainbrook as its new vice president of public safety/harbor police chief, effective March 1. Stainbrook has been serving in this role in an acting capacity since October 2017 and previously served in an acting role for a year. He has been with the department since November 2011.
Stainbrook will oversee the Port of San Diego’s Harbor Police Department, Homeland Security and all Port security aspects.
Stainbrook has been a Port employee for six years. He retired as a lieutenant from the Los Angeles Police Department, where he served in a variety of assignments including patrol, gangs, internal affairs, intelligence and counter-terrorism.
Stainbrook is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. In his second career, he is a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve with 31 years of military service. He graduated with honors from California State University Long Beach with a master’s degree in public policy administration.
Stainbrook has worked with the U.S. State Department in Kenya, Chad, Nepal and India to train their police forces on counter-terrorism, criminal intelligence and community policing methods. He joined the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a Senior Fellow in June 2016.
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Patrick Walker Joins Lee & Associates
Patrick Walker has been named president of Lee & Associates-North San Diego commercial real estate firm.
Walker, who comes to Lee & Associates-North San Diego from Ten-X, where he served as senior director and vice president, was also with Trigild Real Estate Services and Voit Real Estate Services, where he was national director of asset sales and VP of commercial real Estate, respectively.
A graduate from Torrey Pines High School and Oregon State University, Walker and his family live in Carlsbad.
