Councilmember David Alvarez

City of San Diego-- District Eight

STATEMENT
For Immediate Release Contact: Lisa Schmidt
August 26, 2014 (619) 210-9499 cell
lmschmidt@sandiego.gov


Alvarez Comments on San Diego Convention Center expansion

SAN DIEGO (August 26, 2014) Regarding the San Diego Convention Center expansion
project, Alvarez made the following statement:

I am pleased that my Council colleagues recognized that an appeal is not in the best
interest of the City. We have a new opportunity to move forward with a better project,
including a potential stadium site, and engage San Diegans in a citywide dialogue about
how to build the best facility possible. The people of San Diego should get a say on whether
to fund a Convention Center expansion, and discuss the size, scope and location of the
project that best serves the needs of our City.

Alvarez voted against the Council action approving the special taxing plan for a Convention
Center expansion in 2012.

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Alvarez is the Councilmember for the Eighth Council District of the City of San Diego, which includes the
northern communities of Barrio Logan, Grant Hill, Logan Heights, Memorial, Sherman Heights, Stockton
and the southern communities of San Ysidro, Otay Mesa East and West, Ocean View Hills, Nestor, Egger
Highlands and the Tijuana River Valley. He is currently the chair of the City Councils Committee on the
Environment.