I suspect it has to do with people working loan mods.
But a quick look at lpasap.com for San Diego showed 12 properties in the county with autions scheduled for today and another 127 that were scheduled for today but have been postponed.
I used to check these lists daily (and post info on the outcomes on sdlookup.com)… It was definitely more auctions back when I was doing this a few years ago.
Since banks are being mandated to try and work out loan mods before they foreclose… that’s delaying some of the action.