6+ hour, 2+ min ago  (577+ words) Big questions have been swirling around county government contracting since prosecutors charged a former top leader of a contractor with misappropriating public money. Earlier this year, the county hired an outside consultant to dig into its contracting practices. Now that…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (574+ words) Earlier this year, our Public Matters partners at inewsource revealed how San Diego property owners can obtain a short-term rental license even after illegally evicting a tenant. It’s happening because of a loophole in the law, inewsource reported. The loophole…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1492+ words) Back in 2020, many people had their doubts about a proposed increase to the hotel tax, called Measure C, that promised new money to expand the Convention Center, help solve homelessness and fix city streets. Homelessness advocate Michael McConnell was one…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (555+ words) In the just-before-Covid-times, a majority of city voters backed a hotel-tax increase that pledged new money for a Convention Center expansion, additional homeless services and road repairs. After years of legal wrangling over whether Measure C passed, it’s now in…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (595+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court last week issued three major immigration-related decisions that will significantly impact immigrants across San Diego. The court’s decisions on three pivotal immigration cases advance the Trump administration’s ability to proceed with some of its most controversial actions....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (188+ words) The leader of the $1.2 billion public agency charged with transforming San Diego’s energy supply was nowhere to be seen at a meeting of its board on Thursday. Instead, San Diego Community Power’s chief operating officer, Jack Clark, stood in as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (644+ words) County leaders are keeping their options open for a future county-backed tax hike as a citizens coalition pushes a November sales tax measure. Officials in late April quietly extended a contract with consultants tasked with researching and poll-testing potential county…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (282+ words) The city of San Diego and the county dodged a bullet Thursday in the leadup to the deadline to put statewide initiatives on the ballot. As reported by Politico, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association had qualified an initiative for the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1336+ words) When San Diegans caught wind of proposed budget cuts to arts programs and libraries this spring, they fought back with a fervor, filling courtyards and bombarding social media comment sections. But a line item to defund the Neil Good Day…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (319+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a confusing press release Thursday that made it seem like the Tijuana River sewage crisis was getting $46 million in state funding. Media outlets nationwide jumped on the news. Except that wasn’t the case at all. Newsom…...