CityBeat is down in the dumps, and we’re taking you with us
• In their recent charter reform debate, City Council Members Donna Frye and Tony Young are ready to fight, while Council President Scott Peters bends for compromise.
• In a rare presentation to the public, two developers pitched their plans for the long undeveloped Mercado acreage in the heart of Barrio Logan.
• Spin Cycle: John takes in the triple whammy of the “State of the…” speeches
• Homeless person of the week: Willie Jewell.
• John Purlia, master of Swap Meet Art.
• D.A. wants to give this guy a hand – he really, really needs it.
• Predicting the future of Switchback’s Jon Foreman.
• Reviews of Persepolis, The Better Half, In This Corner, and all that’s fun to do in San Diego this week.








