SAN DIEGO -- San Diego may become the first city in the nation to have a street named after LGBT civil rights icon Harvey Milk.

After winding its way through the city's planning process, the proposal to rename Hillcrest's Blaine Avenue will be heard by the City Council on Tuesday, May 8, at its 2 pm session.

SAN DIEGO – Members of the local LGBT community headed to City Hall this morning, to hear the city’s Planning Commission deliberate over two land use proposals in Hillcrest; one to install a flag pole that would bear a rainbow flag year-round, and the other to name a street after legendary civil rights hero, Harvey Milk.

While organizers of the proposal to rename Blaine Avenue as Harvey Milk Street left with the commission’s affirmative recommendation, proponents of the Hillcrest Pride Flag project will need to return to the commission’s meeting on April 26 for another vote.

SAN DIEGO – The proposal to rename Blaine Street in Hillcrest after LGBT civil rights hero Harvey Milk received a thumbs-up from the Uptown Planners at a meeting Tuesday night.

The Uptown Planners board, which is a citizens group that provides advisory recommendations to the City of San Diego regarding land use and projects in the neighborhoods within the Uptown Community Plan area, voted 6-4 in favor of changing the street’s name to Harvey Milk Street.

SAN DIEGO -- While it is widely known that an army of nearly 1,000 volunteers come together to produce the annual San Diego LGBT Pride festivities, many don't know that the organization operates a year round volunteer program called "Pride 365."

Those who wish to learn more about year-round volunteer opportunities with San Diego Pride are encouraged to attend the organization's next volunteer information session, to be held Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10 am.

San Diego Pride has put together a list of the many opportunities it has available: