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Let Inga Tell You: Living in the Twilight Zone

August 17, 2016 in La Jolla News

Let Inga Tell You: I’ve written before about living in a house in the Twilight Zone. I’m still trying to figure out if we’d have to disclose this if we ever sell. The house was built in 1947, so you’d think the city would have caught on by now that it’s here. But several city databases — Environmental Services (trash pickup) and Transportation Services (public transit) still maintain there is no such address. I could accept this, except that the San Diego County Tax Assessor’s Office knows where we are. It’s a quirky address. I get it. The next door neighbor to the south has a different street name. The houses directly to the east and north of me have yet another street name. For a while last year, the Post Office had the five houses on my street that have the same street name on three different postal routes. (The only reason our water hasn’t been turned off is that we can now pay most bills on line.) But I’ll save the Post Office issues for a 10-part series in the future.

First Foundation has its roots in wealth management

August 17, 2016 in La Jolla News

Like the financial institution of which he is chief executive officer, Scott F. Kavanaugh is constantly on the move. His Irvine-based First Foundation Inc., which has had a San Diego office on Executive Drive since 2011, has expanded from Southern California (seven branches) east into Las Vegas and west to Hawaii. Meanwhile, Kavanaugh says “My absolute favorite thing to do is to get in the car or get on a plane and go see and work with our bankers and investment management teams to meet with clients. So I probably travel more than the typical CEO.”