Summary — what happened
Between 2012 and 2026, the same set of San Diego oversight mechanisms repeatedly produced documented gaps without producing documented violations. A 2024 City Auditor performance audit found that 42% of contract alterations from 2017 to 2023 — $155 million — were brought to City Council late, retroactively, or not at all; 13% ($15 million) had no Council approval at all. E-86 Named examples include Rehrig Pacific ($30.3M), Dell Marketing ($18.6M), Luth and Turley ($10M), and ADS Corporation ($2.86M across five retroactive alterations). E-86C-2614C-2615C-2616C-2613 Four audits since 2015 made the same findings; no staff were disciplined. E-86 In a separate channel, San Diego bars all organizational, PAC, and union contributions to candidates E-86, so corporate money moved through IE committees: four of them spent $2.15M+ for Gloria's 2024 re-election against a 5-to-1 funding advantage, including $800,000 raised in three weeks by San Diegans for Fairness (chaired by Stephen Cushman, who resigned a city consulting contract the same day) and $450,000 from A Better San Diego, anchored by a single $350,000 donation from a McDonald's-franchise-owner business alliance. E-332E-335C-76C-2601C-2602
The same institutions recur across channels. The Downtown San Diego Partnership holds $3.84M in city contracts plus an $11M/year business-improvement-district management role C-180; its PAC raised $173,124 and distributed it to IE committees supporting Gloria and to a Faulconer committee. E-351 Gloria solicited $450,000+ in behested payments — 36 of 40 Form 803 filings on the city clerk's site since 2023 came from the Mayor's Office E-352 — and was fined $10,500 for filing ten of them late, some 679+ days. E-318 His Planning Commission chair, Kelly Moden, whose firm received a $32.7M no-bid developer fee on the 101 Ash tower, was cleared by the Ethics Commission because the project did not go before the commission she chaired. E-132E-380 The Gloria administration suspended internal audits of Mission Bay leases — $38.88M in annual revenue — for nine months during a $250M budget gap, then reserved the right to do it again. E-329 The full set of fines across the investigation totals $16,000; the documented money flows exceed $340 million. E-86 No safeguard examined produced a finding of illegality. That is the documented pattern: each mechanism operated within the law.
Timeline
Bahia Resort lease extension. A 40-year extension of Evans Hotels' Bahia Resort lease on city-owned Mission Bay land is approved in the final week of Mayor Sanders' tenure, with no competitive process.
The lobbyist hire. Southwest Strategies hires Diana Palacios while she is Deputy Chief of Staff to Councilman Sherman. By late 2015 she lobbies under her married name; her husband, Stephen Puetz, is Chief of Staff to Mayor Faulconer.
Contract alterations. Across this window, 42% of city contract alterations ($155M) are brought to Council late, retroactively, or not at all; 13% ($15M) receive no Council approval. The average unapproved amendment is $856,000. Named cases: Rehrig Pacific $30,262,000 (approved 65 days before expiration); Dell Marketing $18,633,600 (49 days before); Luth and Turley $10,000,000 (18 days before); ADS Corporation $2,858,198 (five retroactive alterations); Herc Rentals approved at $14M, grown to $32.5M.
The $200 fine. The FPPC fines Gloria $200 through a streamlined enforcement program for the four-committee campaign structure that moved $5.67M (detailed in Report #1).
Vendor-gift audit. A city audit finds an employee accepted $3,000+ in gifts from vendors and revised invoices to inflate costs by $37,000 while covertly advising those vendors; a criminal investigation is opened and closed without charges.
Ash Street lobbying. Reporting documents the city attorney and mayoral aides meeting with lobbyists over the 101 Ash Street litigation.
For All of Us. The Union-Tribune reports that For All of Us, a nonprofit receiving behested donations solicited by Gloria, has no incorporation papers and operates through fiscal sponsorship that minimizes disclosure (detailed in Report #1/#3).
EIFD staff report. A city staff report explains the proposed Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) for Midway Rising: future property-tax growth above a base year — revenue that would otherwise go to the city general fund — would fund district infrastructure for up to 45 years.
Council explores the subsidy. The City Council votes to explore an EIFD for Midway Rising. Zephyr CEO Brad Termini states the project is "not financially feasible without getting some of the infrastructure paid for"; all three final bidding teams had proposed an EIFD.
The behested fine. The SD Ethics Commission (Stipulation 23-16) fines Gloria $10,500 for ten late behested-payment disclosures, some filed 679+ days late.
Mission Bay audit suspension begins. The Gloria administration stops internal audits of Mission Bay leases; the suspension runs nine months, through April 2025. The Economic Development Department revokes the City Auditor's access to the reporting software. Over one-third of leases are on expired holdover.
Shelter-lease dual roles. Reporting raises conflict-of-interest questions over a shelter-lease negotiator's dual roles.
Contract audit published. City Auditor Report 25-02 documents the $155M contract-alteration pattern. Councilmember Marni von Wilpert: "That's against the law." For every dollar cut from community services through budget vetoes, thirty-one dollars in contract amendments bypassed the Council.
The $2.15M election. Gloria wins re-election with a 5-to-1 funding advantage: his campaign raises $930,000; four IE committees spend $2.15M+; his opponent raises $193,000. San Diegans for Fairness raises $800,000 in three weeks (chair Stephen Cushman resigned a city consulting contract the same day he began chairing it). California Progress for All spends $131,493 (funded by the Chamber PAC, Sempra, Amazon, East West Bank). Big City San Diego raises $141,000, launched with $25,000 from Monarch Housing Solutions, which was simultaneously pursuing an unsolicited development proposal on city-owned Mission Bay land.
Mission Bay revenue documented. A City Auditor FY2023 performance audit records $38.88M in adjusted Mission Bay lease revenue; top leaseholders include SeaWorld ($13.5M), the Bahia partnership ($3.4M), and Campland ($1.6M). The Mission Bay oversight committee has six of eleven member terms expired.
The secret study. Reporting notes the Keyser Marston Associates fiscal analysis of the Midway EIFD — hired summer 2024 — has still not been released.
Council slams Gloria. Council members publicly criticize Gloria for cutting community services while $155M bypassed Council.
The $32.7M no-bid lease. The City Council votes 8-0 to award a 60-year lease on the 101 Ash tower — a $267.6M project with a $32.7M developer fee — to a team led by Kelly Moden, CEO of cREate Development and then chair of the Planning Commission, with no competitive bid. The Ethics Commission later finds no conflict because the project did not go before the Planning Commission.
The $1.1M net. A developer-funded report projects Midway Rising could yield $178M/year in new local spending; the same report estimates the city's net general-fund gain at $1.1M/year after service costs — roughly $117 per new resident per year across ~9,360 projected residents.
Planning Commission recommends Midway. Planning Commission Report PC-25-043 unanimously recommends Midway Rising; it does not mention the EIFD or the KMA study.
Two more fines. Councilmember Jennifer Campbell is fined $300 for failing to retain copies of two campaign mailers. Jesus Cardenas is fined $5,000 — the Ethics Commission maximum at the time (since raised to $15,000) — for taking lobbying-client meetings while serving as Councilmember Whitburn's chief of staff; he and his sister later plead guilty to felony charges over $170,000 in PPP fraud.
Vacation-rental-tax fight. As the council considers a vacation-rental tax, Airbnb announces $15M in California political spending with San Diego a "top focus." Councilmember Henry Foster III had solicited $100,000 from Airbnb for an Encanto skate plaza, routed to the San Diego Parks Foundation. Airbnb gave $0 directly to Gloria, Elo-Rivera, Moreno, or von Wilpert in the period.
Court blow to Midway. A court strikes down the voter-approved height-limit removal a second time on procedural grounds; Gloria extends the exclusive negotiating agreement to December 2026.
Audit suspension reported. The Union-Tribune reports the nine-month Mission Bay audit suspension; Mission Bay lease revenue was $38.88M in FY2023, ~15.5% of the city's $250M budget gap. City Auditor Andy Hanau issues five recommendations; Gloria's signed response reserves the right to suspend audits again.
Solicitations continue. Reporting documents officials continuing to solicit donations to favored charities — Foster ($100K from Airbnb), Moreno ($20K), von Wilpert ($5K).
Golf-course holdover audit. A new audit finds the same lease-holdover pattern in golf-course leases: Fairbanks Ranch generated $16.7M in revenue while the city received under $1M/year.
The rebrand. Southwest Strategies rebrands as Bodewell Group; during the transition, a gap appears in EC-603 lobbying disclosure filings.
Cross-channel institutions
The same names recur across legally distinct channels — city contracts, IE committees, PAC donations, and behested payments — that look unrelated on any single filing.
- Downtown San Diego Partnership (DSDP) — contracts + PAC. Holds $3,844,068 in city contracts plus management of an $11M/year business-improvement district C-180; its PAC raised $173,124 from 107 donors and distributed $70,000 to San Diegans for Fairness, $5,000 to California Progress for All, $20,000 to a 2020 Gloria IE, and $25,000 to a Faulconer IE. E-351C-2690C-2691C-2656
- Sempra Energy. Appears in the DSDP PAC donor list ($25,000) and the California Progress for All donor list. E-351E-350
- East West Bank. Appears in California Progress for All donations and in For All of Us behested-payment donations ($5,000). E-350E-352
- Cushman. Stephen Cushman chaired San Diegans for Fairness (which raised $800,000 for Gloria); the Cushman Foundation separately made a $50,000 behested payment at Gloria's request. C-76C-101
Inferred: these recurrences describe a single institutional ecosystem that both receives city funding and funds the political infrastructure supporting the officeholder — a characterization of the documented flows, not a legal finding of coordination; IE committees are constitutionally protected and no illegal coordination is alleged.
Behested payments — the donor list
Gloria solicited $450,000+ total; 36 of 40 Form 803 filings on the city clerk's site since 2023 came from the Mayor's Office. E-352 Donors to "San Diegans Together Tackling Homelessness":
| Donor | Amount | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Torrey Coast Foundation | $75,000 | C-98 |
| Conrad Prebys Foundation | $50,000 | C-100 |
| Cushman Foundation | $50,000 | C-101 |
| Brutten Family Foundation | $50,000 | C-102 |
| Sycuan Citizens PAC | $25,000 | C-103 |
| Ace Parking | $10,000 | C-104 |
For All of Us separately received $5,000 each from Sudberry Properties, SP+ Corporation, Marvin K. Brown Auto Center, and East West Bank. E-352 In a separate office, Councilmember Henry Foster III solicited $100,000 from Airbnb (to the San Diego Parks Foundation) while the council was weighing a vacation-rental tax affecting Airbnb's business. E-354C-2706
Fines, in scale
Every fine in the underlying investigation, against the sum at stake. The fine total is $16,000; the documented money flows exceed $340M.
| Subject | Violation | Fine | Sum at stake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Gloria | Four-committee campaign structure (FPPC) | $200 | $5.67M E-81 |
| Jennifer Campbell | Missing campaign mailer copies | $300 | — E-331 |
| Jesus Cardenas | Lobbying while chief of staff (Ethics max at the time) | $5,000 | — E-336 |
| Todd Gloria | Ten late behested disclosures (679+ days) | $10,500 | $450,000+ E-318E-352 |
Inferred: the report characterizes this schedule as "a price list, not a deterrent" — an interpretation of the financials, not a legal finding. The current Ethics Commission maximum is $15,000. E-86
Behested-payment law changes
- SB 760 (signed 2025) exempts officials making "public appeals" for donations from behested-payment reporting unless the payment would have a material financial effect on the official or family. E-344
- AB 775 (pending) would let officials satisfy reporting with "good faith estimates" instead of exact figures. E-346
Inferred: the report frames both as a narrowing of disclosure requirements; the characterization is the report's, and neither bill is alleged to be unlawful. E-344E-346
Academic context
- A study of 132 cities across five states found that for every $500 donated by real-estate interests, cities permitted an additional 2.5 multi-family housing units. E-348
- A peer-reviewed study found companies contributing more to federal candidates subsequently received more federal contracts, controlling for past performance. E-349
These are external research findings cited for context, not findings about San Diego specifically.
Defense-money pattern (federal)
General Atomics' corporate PAC disbursed $634,000 in the 2025–2026 cycle across 389 contributions: top career donor to Republican Brian Bilbray ($85,000 PAC + $17,000 employees), then $7,500 to Democrat Scott Peters in the 2024 cycle after he won the San Diego–area House Armed Services seat. E-388E-394E-387 CEO Neal Blue separately gave $1M+ in individual federal contributions in the 2024 cycle (Team McConnell $250,000, Calvert Victory $150,000). E-397 Congressmember Sara Jacobs is the only San Diego–area Armed Services member taking zero defense PAC money. E-394 Inferred: the report characterizes this as the PAC "giving to whoever holds the San Diego–area House Armed Services seat" — a "money follows the seat" illustration, not a documented finding — and explicitly does not claim Gloria's family connection influenced policy; the personal connection (Phil Gloria) is documented, not a finding. E-400
Key players
- Todd Gloria — Mayor of San Diego; solicited $450,000+ in behested payments, fined $200 (FPPC) and $10,500 (Ethics), administration suspended Mission Bay audits.
- Stephen Cushman — chaired the $800,000 San Diegans for Fairness IE; resigned a city consulting contract the same day; Cushman Foundation made a $50,000 behested payment to a Gloria-solicited cause.
- Kelly Moden — CEO of cREate Development and Planning Commission chair whose firm received the $32.7M no-bid 101 Ash developer fee; Ethics Commission found no conflict.
- Diana Palacios / Stephen Puetz — lobbyist hired by Southwest Strategies while her husband was the Faulconer chief of staff she lobbied; she later joined the San Diego Padres organization. C-2727
- Jesus Cardenas — Whitburn chief of staff fined $5,000 for lobbying-client meetings; later pleaded guilty to $170,000 PPP fraud.
- Brad / Stefanie Termini (Zephyr) — Midway Rising developers; gave $100,000+ to Gloria via a LiUNA IE committee (cross-reference to Gloria Files Reports #1–#3; see Caveats). DB
- Downtown San Diego Partnership — $3.84M in city contracts + $11M/yr BID role; its PAC funds IE committees supporting the officeholder.
- General Atomics / Neal & Linden Blue — defense PAC and the Blue brothers; "money follows the seat" federal example.
Caveats
- Nothing here is found illegal. Each safeguard examined operated within the law; the brief documents architecture, not crime. No claim of conspiracy or quid pro quo is made.
- Aggregated figures. The $155M contract-alteration total and the $2.15M+ IE figure are aggregated from audit and disclosure sources and may not capture every transaction. The "$340M+ in money flows" headline aggregates contracts, subsidies, IE spending, and behested payments documented across all four Gloria Files reports.
- Characterizations vs. findings. "Money loop," "captured," "designed to fail," "price list," "revolving door," and "no conflict on a technicality" are the report's characterizations of documented financials and relationships, not legal determinations. The Moden, Cushman, and Palacios dual roles are documented through public records; no ethics body has ruled them improper (the Ethics Commission affirmatively found no Moden conflict).
- Midway subsidy estimate. The ~$900M ($600M–$1.2B) EIFD figure is a MathPolitics estimate based on the Otay Mesa comparable, not an official figure; the official KMA analysis is unreleased. E-315E-313
- Cross-references. The Termini $100,000+ figure and the $5.67M four-committee structure are documented in Gloria Files Reports #1–#3 and carried here as cross-references; see those reports for itemized sourcing.
Reference key
- E-15 CBS 8 San Diego, "Midway Rising drops hundreds of affordable units and hotel," 2023-10-03. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/midway-rising-drops-hundreds-affordable-units-and-hotel/509-5073635d-69e1-4514-9990-8a37268177ca
- E-19 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Midway Rising scraps hotel and middle-income homes," 2023-10-02. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/10/02/midway-rising-scraps-hotel-and-middle-income-homes-from-sports-arena-project/
- E-81 Times of San Diego, "Assemblyman Todd Gloria Pays Fine for Violating Political Reform Act Rules," 2019-11-08. https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2019/11/08/assemblyman-todd-gloria-pays-fine-for-violating-political-reform-act-rules/
- E-82 San Diego Union-Tribune, "City attorney, mayoral aides met with lobbyists on Ash St.," 2021-10-24. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-10-24/san-diego-city-attorney-mayoral-aides-meeting-with-lobbyists-over-ash-street-liltigation
- E-86 San Diego City Auditor, "Performance Audit of the City's Contract Management Process (Report 25-02)," 2024-07-31. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/25-02-performance-audit-of-the-city-s-contract-management-process.pdf
- E-104 San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego officials continue to solicit donations to favored charities," 2025-12-23. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/23/san-diego-officials-continue-to-solicit-donations-to-favored-charities/
- E-132 OB Rag, "City Council hands over Ash Street tower to development team of Kelly Moden," 2025-07-29. https://obrag.org/2025/07/city-council-hands-over-ash-street-tower-to-development-team-of-kelly-moden-chair-of-the-planning-commission-no-conflict-of-interest-there-oh-no/
- E-302 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Shelter lease negotiator's dual roles raise questions," 2024-07-28. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/28/shelter-lease-negotiators-dual-roles-raise-questions-about-conflicts-of-interest/
- E-306 Voice of San Diego, "Midway's ambitious redevelopment plan is now a massive test of what state housing laws allow," 2025-11-05. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/11/05/midways-ambitious-redevelopment-plan-is-now-a-massive-test-of-what-state-housing-laws-allow/
- E-308 Voice of San Diego, "That Proposed Midway Subsidy, Quick Explainer," 2024-03-14. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/03/14/that-proposed-midway-subsidy-quick-explainer/
- E-313 Keyser Marston Associates, "Otay Mesa Enhanced Infrastructure District (EIFD) Tax Increment Projections," 2017. https://www.keysermarston.com/project/otay-mesa-enhanced-infrastructure-district-eifd/
- E-315 MathPolitics AI analysis, "Midway EIFD tax-increment estimate ($600M–$1.2B over 45 years), based on Otay Mesa comparables." (internal estimate; no public URL) DB
- E-317 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Gloria charity For All of Us withholds finances," 2023-05-30. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-05-30/for-all-of-us-todd-gloria-public-disclosure-behested-payments
- E-318 San Diego Ethics Commission, Stipulation 23-16 (Gloria fined $10,500), 2024-04-11. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/stip23-16.pdf
- E-323 San Diego Union-Tribune, "$3.9B Midway Rising project could yield $178M in new local spending each year," 2025-08-13. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/13/3-9b-midway-rising-project-could-yield-178m-in-new-local-spending-each-year/
- E-326 City of San Diego Economic Development Department, "Staff Report: EIFD Exploration for Midway Rising," 2024-02-23. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/staff_report_for-midway-rising-march-12_-_.pdf
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- E-329 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Gloria administration suspended internal audits of Mission Bay leases for 9 months," 2025-11-18. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/18/amid-crushing-backlog-san-diego-temporarily-suspended-internal-audits-for-prime-mission-bay-properties-independent-review-finds/
- E-331 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Campbell agrees to pay $300 for campaign violation," 2025-09-13. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/12/san-diego-city-councilmember-campbell-agrees-to-pay-300-for-campaign-violation/
- E-332 OB Rag, "Gloria Had 5 to 1 Campaign Funding Advantage," 2024-11-12. https://obrag.org/2024/11/gloria-had-5-to-1-campaign-funding-advantage/
- E-335 San Diego Reader, "Todd Gloria Gets Cash from McDonald's Franchise Owners," 2024-10-30. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2024/oct/30/radar-supersized-campaign-cash/
- E-336 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Jesus Cardenas fined $5,000 for San Diego ethics violation," 2025-09-13. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/13/jesus-cardenas-fined-5000-for-san-diego-ethics-violation/
- E-343 KPBS, "Court deals blow to Midway Rising; Gloria extends ENA," 2025-10-21. https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/10/20/failure-not-an-option-gloria-says-after-court-deals-blow-to-midway-rising-development
- E-344 California Legislature / CalMatters, SB 760 (behested-payment exemption). https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb760
- E-346 California Legislature / CalMatters, AB 775 (good-faith estimates for behested payments). https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab775
- E-348 MOST Policy Initiative, "Local Campaign Contribution Limits," 2024. https://mostpolicyinitiative.org/science-note/local-campaign-contribution-limits/
- E-349 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (Oxford), "Agency Independence, Campaign Contributions, and Favoritism in US Federal Contracting," 2022. https://academic.oup.com/jpart/article/33/2/262/6586849
- E-350 Cal-Access, California Progress for All (FPPC 1469821), 2023–2024. https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1469821&session=2023
- E-351 San Diego City Clerk efile, DSDP PAC full campaign-finance filings 2024–2026 (state_id 1420259). https://efile.sandiego.gov/public/search/campaign?state_id=1420259
- E-352 San Diego City Clerk efile, Todd Gloria Form 803 Behested Payment Reports 2021–2025. https://efile.sandiego.gov/public/search/behested
- E-354 San Diego City Clerk efile, Henry Foster III Form 803 (Airbnb $100,000 to SD Parks Foundation). https://efile.sandiego.gov/public/search/behested?official=henry-foster-iii
- E-360 Voice of San Diego, "Battle Lines Drawn on Vacation Rental Tax," 2025-10-20. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/20/battle-lines-drawn-on-vacation-rental-tax/
- E-361 KPBS, "San Diego council committee votes down empty second home tax ballot measure," 2026-01-28. https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/01/28/san-diego-council-committee-votes-down-empty-second-home-tax-ballot-measure
- E-362 CBS 8, "Council votes for empty homes tax." https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-city-empty-homes-tax/509-eda5e8fc-8482-40ad-8710-0608f99deb16
- E-364 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Audit criticizes how San Diego handles its $80M in annual leases," 2022-03-01. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2022/03/01/audit-criticizes-how-san-diego-handles-its-80m-in-annual-leases-its-likely-forgoing-millions/
- E-366 inewsource, "San Diego Mission Bay Park housing controversy," 2025-10-14. https://inewsource.org/2025/10/14/san-diego-mission-bay-park-housing-controversy/
- E-369 Voice of San Diego, "Bill Evans, Man of Influence," 2012-12-19. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2012/12/19/bill-evans-man-of-influence/
- E-370 Voice of San Diego, "5 Oddities Surrounding the Bahia Resort's Lease Extension," 2012-12-10. https://voiceofsandiego.org/2012/12/10/5-oddities-surrounding-the-bahia-resorts-lease-extension/
- E-372 City of San Diego Office of the City Auditor, "Performance Audit of the Lease Management Renewal Process," 2022-02-09. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/22-007_lease_mgmt_renewal_process.pdf
- E-373 OB Rag, "Audit reveals city allowed lapsed leases for public golf courses," 2026-02-12. https://obrag.org/2026/02/another-whos-minding-the-store-moment-audit-reveals-city-allowed-lapsed-leases-for-public-golf-courses-missing-out-on-millions/
- E-378 San Diego Office of the City Auditor, "Performance Audit of the Mission Bay and San Diego Regional Parks Improvement Funds FY2023," 2024-11. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/performance-audit-of-the-mission-bay-and-san-diego-regional-parks-improvement-funds-fy2023.pdf
- E-379 KPBS, "Public records lawsuit filed over 101 Ash St. affordable housing proposal," 2025-07-14. https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/07/14/public-records-lawsuit-filed-over-101-ash-st-affordable-housing-proposal
- E-380 San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego agrees to lease 101 Ash St. to developer for low-income housing," 2025-07-29. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/29/san-diego-agrees-to-lease-101-ash-st-to-developer-for-low-income-housing/
- E-381 Times of San Diego, "San Diego taxpayer sues over transparency in 101 Ash Street $250M proposal," 2025-07-14. https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2025/07/14/san-diego-taxpayer-sues-over-transparency-101-ash-street-250m-proposal/
- E-385 La Prensa San Diego, "Lobbyist at center of 101 Ash scandal hired wife of Mayor's Chief to help lobby Mayor." https://laprensa.org/lobbyist-center-101-ash-scandal-hired-wife-mayors-chief-help-lobby-mayor
- E-387 inewsource, "PACs back incumbents; just ask Scott Peters," 2014-08-28. https://inewsource.org/2014/08/28/pacs-back-incumbents-just-ask-scott-peters/
- E-388 Federal Election Commission, General Atomics PAC (C00215285) overview. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00215285/
- E-394 Federal Election Commission, GA PAC Schedule B disbursements (2024 transaction period). https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00215285&two_year_transaction_period=2024
- E-395 City of San Diego, Planning Commission Report PC-25-043 (Midway Rising), 2025-09. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/item-2-midway-rising-final-report.pdf
- E-397 Federal Election Commission, Neal Blue individual contributions 2023–2024. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=blue%2C+neal&two_year_transaction_period=2024
- E-400 OB Rag / La Prensa San Diego, "For his entire political career, Todd Gloria has mischaracterized his blue-collar roots" (Phil Gloria at General Atomics). https://obrag.org/2024/09/for-his-entire-political-career-todd-gloria-has-mischaracterized-his-blue-collar-roots/comment-page-1/
- E-401 General Atomics, "San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Tours GA Fusion Facilities," 2023-05. https://www.ga.com/san-diego-mayor-todd-gloria-tours-ga-fusion-facilities
- E-403 San Diego Union-Tribune, "Midway Rising analysis sheds new light on plan for San Diego's sports arena site," 2025-03-25. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/25/midway-rising-analysis-sheds-new-light-on-plan-for-san-diegos-sports-arena-site/
- C-76, C-82, C-98, C-100, C-101, C-102, C-103, C-104, C-180, C-238, C-2601, C-2602, C-2613, C-2614, C-2615, C-2616, C-2617, C-2656, C-2671, C-2690, C-2691, C-2706, C-2716, C-2719, C-2725, C-2726, C-2727 MathPolitics database connection records as cited in the full report
the-system(Gloria Files Part 4). → view in evidence search - DB MathPolitics database connection/evidence IDs and internal records (e.g., the SW Strategies→Bodewell rebrand and EC-603 gap; internal-only evidence E-315) as cited in the full report. → view in evidence search
Report #4 · The Gloria Files (series order 4) · condensed AI fact sheet. Chronological; every claim cited; inferences flagged. Source: full report the-system (Gloria Files Part 4).
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