San Diego Coastkeeper

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City of San Diego

On October 18, the 34th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act, San Diego Coastkeeper released the 2006 Clean Water Report Card, which examines the voting record of each City Council member over the past year on issues impacting the health of local waters and coastal habitat. The City received an overall ‘B’ grade on the 5th Annual Report Card, with three Council members scoring ‘A’ grades.

The Report Card, prepared by Strategic Community Consulting and commissioned by Coastkeeper, reviewed 23 votes taken by the City Council from October 2005 through September 2006. Donna Frye scored the highest grade of any Council member, with a 100% pro-coastal voting record, earning her an ‘A+’. She is the only Councilmember to score in the ‘A’ range on each of the five Report Cards. Councilmember Frye was followed by Toni Atkins and Brian Mainschein, who each scored an ‘A-‘. Kevin Faulconer and Ben Hueso, the two newest Councilmembers, each received a ‘C+’, the lowest marks on the evaluation.

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