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Discusses politics and government in San Diego, California, as of March 21, 2005. Description of the mayoral campaign of Donna Frye, an environmentalist and progressive San Diego City Council member; Description of Frye's life and influence on environmental policy; Description of San Diego's movement toward a Democratic political culture; Controversy surrounding the legitimacy of votes that would elect Frye.

The article reports that the city of San Diego, California will continue its efforts to alleviate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOS) as part of a consent decree entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decree requires San Diego to spend $1 billion over the next six years in improving its sanitary sewers. The city's municipal wastewater system comprises 2,800 miles of sewer lines and 84 pumping stations serving 1.2 million residents. The leading causes of SSOS include blockages caused by grease and the tree roots, according to San Diego's Metropolitan Wastewater Department.

Reports the signing of a bipartisan bill by United States President Bill Clinton making Otay Mountain part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in San Diego, California. Sponsors of the bill in the Congress; Descriptions of the Otay Mountain; Campaign of the California Wild Heritage to protect public lands in the Sierra Nevada.