PB Planning Group The Pacific Beach Planning Group (PBPG) is seeking candidates for its annual elections to be held March 23, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Beach Library. The PBPG is composed of 20 volunteers elected to represent the residential and commercial areas of Pacific Beach and to advise the city on new development projects, parking, traffic, future planning and other issues related to the Pacific Beach Community Plan. Candidates must be residents or business owners/operators in Pacific Beach and must have attended one PBPG meeting prior to being elected. PBPG meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Pacific Beach Library (next meeting is Jan. 26). For more information and candidate forms, visit www.pbplanning.org or call Marcie Beckett at (858) 483-8908. Applications are due by March 9. MB Precise Planning Board The Mission Beach Precise Planning Board is holding elections in March to fill vacant seats for representatives from the community in the following areas: Area 1, between San Diego Place and the south side of Capistrano Place; Area 2, between the north side of Capistrano Place and the south side of West Mission Bay Drive and Ventura Place; Area 3, between the north side of West Mission Bay Drive and the south side of El Carmel Place; Area 4, between the north side of El Carmel Place and the south side of San Jose Place; and Area V, between the north side of San Jose Place and the south side of Pacific Beach Drive. Bylaws require eligible candidates to attend at least one meeting in the year before the election. Eligible candidates must be at least 18 years of age and affiliated with the community as a property owner, resident whose primary residence is an address in the community planning area, or local business person who is a local business or not-for-profit owner, operator, manager or designee at a non-residential real property address in the community planning area. The board meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Belmont Community Room. Interested eligible candidates can attend the Feb. 15 board meeting. For more information, call (858) 344-1684.