Daily Business Report: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022
San Diego State, AleSmith partner to launch State Ale
SDSU alum partners with his alma mater at Snapdragon Stadium
By GoAztecs
With the opening of Snapdragon Stadium this Saturday and the upcoming fall sports season, AleSmith Brewing Company and San Diego State University announced AleSmith as the official craft brewery. This partnership kicks off the 2022-2023 football season with the launch of State Ale, a collaboration beer between the SDSU and AleSmith that will be available throughout San Diego.
“We look forward to partnering with AleSmith Brewing, one of the premier craft breweries in the world,” said San Diego State director of athletics, John David Wicker. “San Diego State shares AleSmith’s similar values of family and community, and we’re excited to have AleSmith as our official craft brewery.”
“We are proud to collaborate on State Ale with a world-class brewery such as AleSmith,” said San Diego State executive associate athletic director, Mission Valley Development Derek Grice. “We were committed to bring a beer to the San Diego community for all to enjoy, and I think we’ve created something that all San Diegans can be proud of.”
In addition to the collaborative brew, SDSU and AleSmith will partner on future projects around the University and athletic department.
State Ale will be available in 12oz 6-pack cans, 12-pack cans, and on draft at Snapdragon Stadium along with bars and restaurants throughout San Diego, and at the AleSmith Tasting Room.
Board of Supervisors accept two grants for
new investments into mental health resources
The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept two grants that will allow the county to make significant investments into behavioral health services.
The grants include $12.4 million of Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Launch Ready Grant funding from the California Department of Health Care Services and $1.2 million of Mental Health Student Services Act funding from the Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission.
The first grant will pay for the construction of a new 12-bed acute psychiatric unit within the existing Edgemoor Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility in Santee. Edgemoor provides long-term skilled nursing care for individuals with complex medical needs who require specialized interventions from highly trained staff.
The second grant will make significant investments into suicide prevention programs for young people. The grant will allow the county to enhance the existing Creating Opportunities in Preventing and Eliminating Suicide, or COPES program.
Monthly bills would be $23 to $29
if San Diego voters end free trash pickup
An analysis unveiled Tuesday says San Diego single-family homeowners would pay between $23 and $29 per month for trash service if city voters approve a November ballot measure ending free trash pickup for those customers.
But monthly bills would almost certainly be somewhat higher than that range because the analysis, which was completed by the city’s independent budget analyst, does not account for increased service levels such as free trash bins and more frequent recycling pickups.
The ballot measure would guarantee free trash bins, which the city does not currently provide, and new state mandates require the city to extend green waste service to all households and to pick up recycling once a week instead of once every two weeks.
Debra Maxie reappointed to California Student Aid Commission
Debra Maxie of San Diego has been reappointed to the California Student Aid Commission by the state Senate Rules Committee. A retired educator, Maxie was a teacher and counselor in San Diego City schools for 38 years. Maxie is a member of the Association of African American Educators, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Incorporated and Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated.
She is currently the secretary of the California Student Aid Commission, where she has served as a Senate Rules Committee appointee since 2019. Previously,Maxie served as a speaker appointee to the commission from 2015-2019.
The term is four years. Members may receive $100 per meeting and reimbursement for necessary travel expenses.
National University selects new leader
The board of National University has selected Mark David Milliron to serve as its next president and CEO, beginning Oct. 1, 2022. In the coming months, the university will integrate Northcentral University as it expands its reach and impact nationally and internationally. Michael R. Cunningham, chancellor of the National University System, will retire at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 academic year.
Milliron is an award-winning leader, teacher, author, speaker, and consultant who has served across the K-12, higher education, philanthropy, corporate, and nonprofit spectrum over the last three decades. He comes to the NU presidency from his role as senior vice president at Western Governors University and executive dean of its School of Education—the largest college of education in the U.S.
He also serves as board chair of the Trellis Foundation, vice chair of the Board of Trustees for Bennett College, and holds an appointment as a Professor of Practice in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin.
Illumina and Minderoo Foundation commit $27.8 million
to apply advanced genomics to marine conservation
Minderoo Foundation and Illumina,Inc. announced a $27.8 million partnership that will leverage the power of genomics to accelerate scientific understanding of marine systems and help marine conservationists make informed decisions. The three-year partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to conserving marine biodiversity and understanding the changing marine ecosystems on which people and national economies depend.
Minderoo Foundation’s director of OceanOmics, Steve Burnell, said that scaling environmental DNA technologies and applying new computational and artificial-intelligence-enabled approaches have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of life in the ocean and our ability to protect it.
“By rapidly identifying species that may be endangered, invasive, or otherwise poorly understood, the research will contribute data and information to support timely and impactful marine biodiversity conservation,” Burnell said. “Minderoo Foundation is committed to returning our oceans to a flourishing state.”
TechTank bridges generational
divide with classes and workshops
Cox Communications and San Diego Oasis, an organization devoted to lifelong learning for seniors, have teamed up to make learning technology affordable, accessible, and designed to help adults aged 50+ address their specific needs. This new, first-of-its-kind center will offer free one-on-one sessions and technology demonstrations and $5 mini workshops for smartphone apps.
Seniors lag far behind younger adults in digital literacy and access. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, more than 41 percent of adults 65 and older do not use the internet at all, and 53 percent don’t subscribe to internet service at home many seniors lack the money or the knowledge to adequately access the internet and use it to the fullest.
This is the case for far too many low-income seniors on a fixed income. TechTank aims to help equip the senior population with the technology skills they need to access services, gain employment, receive an education or get medical care online.
Community Congregational Development
Corporation reaches $6 million grant milestone
Community Congregational Development Corporation (CCDC) announced that it has reached a $6 million grant milestone in pursuit of its mission to serve and support the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual health and well-being of older adults. CCDC, which has primarily carried out its charitable endeavors across the South Bay and especially Chula Vista, is one of just nine foundations across the nation that focuses on senior causes.
The $6 million donation milestone was reached when CCDC presented a $160,000 check to Legal Aid for Justice for South Bay Seniors, which facilitates access and maintains supports and services that impact social determinants of health (e.g., housing, food, public benefits and debt). With support from the CCDC, the Justice project has hired two case managers to specifically target older adults in the South Bay in a culturally and linguistically competent manner. CCDC’s grant will serve approximately 800 seniors through the two case managers.
Cox Communications and partners
to present ‘Teacher of the Year’ event
The San Diego Office of Education teams up with Cox Communications and title sponsor San Diego County Credit Union to present “Salute to Teachers” Oct. 2, a 9 to 10 p.m. broadcast over Cox Channel 4. The event includes student performances, inspiring stories, and recognition of the county’s 40 local teachers chosen by their districts as “Teacher of the Year.” The 40 are also nominees for the 2022-2023 San Diego County Teacher of the Year.
ASID partners with Humble Design to custom-design
home for family emerging from homelessness
The local chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers, San Diego (ASID), is partnering with Humble Design San Diego to design and furnish a home in Old Town for a family emerging from homelessness on Sept. 2. A design team composed of Humble Design staff designers and an ASID guest designer is scheduled to meet the family – a single mom with four boys – earlier that week. “Based on that interview, ASID volunteers will have three days to use their creativity and expertise to design a home that reflects the preferences, interests, color choices, hobbies and dreams of the five-member family,” said Laura Lavoie, city director for Humble Design San Diego.
The designers will have access to Humble Design’s warehouse of donated furnishings, accessories, kitchenware and linens located at 2031 Commercial Street in Logan Heights, as well as their ingenuity and resources. Humble Design has furnished more than 2,500 homes across five cities since its founding in Detroit in 2009.
USA West Square Dance Convention in San Diego
Hundreds of dancers from the Western States and beyond will gather at the Handlery Hotel in San Diego today through Saturday for the USA West Square Dance Convention. Although this is the 19th such convention, it is the first time to be held in San Diego. Over 550 dancers have pre-registered for the convention and more are expected for the three days of dancing from morning til night. Schedule is available at the group’s website (www.california.usawest.net)
While the focus is on square dancing, other dance modes will be featured as well. Line dancing, Contra dancing (like English country dancing), and especially Round dancing (choreographed ballroom dancing) will be included. They’ll be exhibits, educational events, entertainment, and a live band.
Poway to Palomar Middle College opens
at Palomar’s Rancho Bernardo Center
The newest high school in the Poway Unified School District opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the first day of classes at Palomar College’s Rancho Bernardo Education Center on Monday, August 15.
Poway to Palomar Middle College (PPMC) is the first high school located entirely on one of Palomar’s campuses. Students will attend class at Palomar in Rancho Bernardo, have access to the library there, and have additional support from staff on site. They will also graduate high school with up to a full year’s head start on their college coursework.
This first class is 43 students, and the goal is to bring the “high-potential, high-risk” students who are least likely to choose higher education into the college environment and provide them with their first college credits while still in high school.
Sempra Foundation and GRID Alternatives advance
energy access for Mexico’s orphans and migrant youth
Sempra Foundation, founded by Sempra, and GRID Alternatives announced the completion of multiple solar energy installations designed to help provide access to clean renewable power for environmental and economic justice communities in northern Baja California, Mexico. The solar installations serve as onsite power sources for several organizations including Rancho de los Niños, an orphanage near Ensenada, and YMCA Menores Migrantes, a youth migrant shelter in Tijuana. Organizations have seen electricity cost reductions of up to 50 percent, allowing funds to be reallocated to critical needs that are not typically covered by donations.
Sempra Foundation provided $200,000in funding for the projects as part of its year-long collaboration with GRID Alternatives to install grid-tied solar energy systems at seven locations: two orphanages, two Indigenous residential communities, a health center, a migrant center, and a hospice serving individuals experiencing homelessness and living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. GRID Alternatives will also provide support with equipment maintenance and operation over time.
