SAN DIEGO NEWSROOM

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Council is scheduled to take up proposed policy changes on port commissioners and appointments to boards and commissions at its meeting Monday.

The amendments stem from a dispute with Mayor Bob Filner over appointments to the Port of San Diego Board of Commissioners that he vetoed.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Council passed a resolution Tuesday to require Mayor Bob Filner to sign an operating agreement for the city's Tourism Marketing District that the panel originally approved in November, despite his contentious plea for a two-day delay.

Filner has refused to sign the deal, which would release administrative funds to the agency that takes a 2 percent surcharge on hotel room rates, and uses the proceeds to promote San Diego as a vacation destination.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Mayor Bob Filner, the City Council and the board of the city of San Diego's Tourism Marketing District ended a heated dispute over the promotion's agency's funding Thursday.

The City Council voted unanimously to accept terms of an amended operating agreement, and asked the City Attorney's Office to return with an appropriate resolution early next month.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego City Council voted unanimously Monday to commit more than $10 million in anticipated federal grant money to fund homeless programs, along with public service, capital improvement and community economic development projects in the upcoming fiscal year.

City officials expected annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Development through the Community Block Development Grant Program would be 5 percent less than the amount allocated during the 2013 fiscal year because of sequestration-related cuts, although the amount of actual funding will not be known until early April.