SAN DIEGO -- Congressmen Scott Peters, County Supervisor Greg Cox, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and Santee Councilmember Jack Dale will ride bicycles on Wednesday from Downtown to the San Diego Bay to launch Bike Month in the county.

The event is being organized by the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and SANDAG.

(This post originally appeared HERE in Voice of San Diego).

Statement: "The mayor's budget skips a year in terms of our street infrastructure repair that the council was planning on doing, delaying that bond for an entire year until 2014," City Councilman Kevin Faulconer said in an April 16 interview on KPBS's "Evening Edition."

SAN DIEGO -- Elected officials and civic leaders joined the public in celebrating the completion of repairs, restoration and renovation to Balboa Park’s lily pond on Monday, Feb. 25, highlighting the city’s ability to collaborate and unite over a common cause.

"The real story here is not necessarily the upgrade of the lily pond, but how San Diegans came together to pitch in for a beloved community asset that was threatened," Council President Todd Gloria said at the 9:30 a.m. event. Balboa Park is in the City’s third district, which Gloria represents.

SAN DIEGO -- Mayor Bob Filner announced Friday that the city will be ending a controversial red light camera program.

The program charges violators up to $490 when the automated cameras catch motorists running red lights. The program contract with the city expired Thursday night and will not be renewed, Filner said.

"The state and company make money," Filner said of American Traffic Solutions, the company that contracts the cameras to the City of San Diego. "But it's a wash for us," he said.